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Basket3074/5

Round basket with imbricated decoration and cotton thread embellishment. Basket is wide at middle, inclining to a smaller base and mouth. Construction is a small, tight coil with tight, even redbud root wrapping. The imbricated decoration is in patterns of stepped triangles. Light cotton thread has been sewn at the lip in several sets of two long stitches, with a single zigzag pattern amongst them.

Culture
Maidu
Material
redbud root ?, willow root, acorn dye and cotton fibre
Made in
California, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3074/4

Round basket with straight, upright sides. Basket is flexible and of wrapped style construction. Woven decorations include three dual coloured, twisted strands of sedge root under the rim, a mirror image triangular design encircling the basket at centre, and an encircling line of small squares at bottom. The base is decorated with several concentric circles of various widths.

Culture
Maidu ?
Material
sedge root ?, root and acorn dye
Made in
California, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3074/3

Round basket with imbricated design. Basket is somewhat squat, with a wide belly narrowing to a slightly narrower lip. Construction is redbud ? root wrapped on a willow understructure. The basket is decorated with acorn dyed imbrication in diagonal lines of diamond shapes.

Culture
Maidu
Material
redbud root ?, willow root and acorn dye
Made in
California, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tray3074/2

Low, wide, dished tray for sifting acorn flour. Under-structure is made of willow, with tightly wrapped root. Imbrication is a dark brown colour in a lizard track design, spiraling from the rim in toward the centre or base on both interior and exterior of the tray.

Culture
Maidu
Material
redbud root ?, willow root and acorn dye
Made in
California, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3074/1

Tall, round basket has a willow root under-cage, with wrapped root. Base contains a central punt. Horizontal sections of root are dyed slightly darker to make a ringed pattern. Remnants of red dye can be seen in a few areas. From both top rim and 6cm from bottom hang fringes of small, conical, tin noisemakers attached to short lengths of hide.

Culture
Maidu
Material
redbud root ?, willow root, skin, tin metal and dye
Made in
California, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bowl3071/2

Large low-fired, unglazed and unpainted piki bowl. Mouth is wide, with sides gently curving in toward the small, round base. The terracotta bowl is covered inside and out in a light orange slip.

Culture
Hopi
Material
clay
Made in
Arizona, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bowl3071/1

Large low-fired, non-glazed bowl, possibly a bread bowl or serving dish. Mouth is wide, with sides gently curving in toward the small, slightly rounded base. The upper half of the bowl is painted with a repeating feather motif in orange and brown on a white background. The lower half and interior of the bowl are dark orange, stone polished to a shine.

Culture
Pueblo: Zia
Material
clay and paint
Made in
New Mexico, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Scroll Painting3065/20

Very long, horizontal scroll with line drawing in ink (baimiao 白描) of figures in an ocean scene, on brown paper. This handscroll depicts several Luohan crossing the sea. Men, women, sea creatures, dragons, demons and Buddha emerge from the waves and whitecaps of the continuous drawing. Some figures are richly dressed, others ragged and emaciated, carrying a variety of objects from fishing lines to bottles. The far right of the drawing takes place on land, showing a robed man surrounded by a tiger, warrior and demons. Red seals are stamped at each end of the painting. The work is mounted on silk fronted paper in cream colour, edged in dark yellow. A panel of mottled orange sits on the far right of the painting as well as a small panel of decorative, protective fabric on the underside. Wooden dowels are attached at each end of the piece, and a blue string with a jade button is sewn to the right dowel. The artist’s signature appears at the end of the scroll, and there is another square seal with four characters following these small seals, but it is not clear. Two more seals are in the lower left corner.

Culture
Chinese
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Scroll Painting3065/19

Long, vertical scroll with an ink painting of a nature scene. On brown paper are painted several trees standing at various elevations on the side of mountain, the peak of which can be seen in the distance at the top of the scroll. Amongst the trees are small houses and structures. An elderly man walks along a path at the bottom left of the picture. Five lines of Chinese script are at the top left, as well as two red stamps, with several red stamps also located on the bottom left. The painting is mounted on a larger piece of silk fronted paper in a light cream colour. A small strip of wood lines the top of the work, with a silk hanging string attached and a large decorative wooden dowel is attached at bottom. On the rear top right is a strip of tape with painted Chinese characters.

Culture
Chinese
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3055/16

Wooden ikenga figure. The figure sits on a rounded base with two small carved triangular wedges on either side of the body. The figure’s body is a rectangular shape with stylized, squared arms branching out from the base of the head in v-shapes to attach to the base. There are two small square sections of raised wood either side where the body meets the head. The head is elliptical in shape, narrow and flattened. The face of the figure extends over the front arm and has slanting eyes carved on the sides of the head, rounded lips and nose, and a sloping, high forehead. The back of the head extends outwards over the back arm and is decorated with a spiral design. The top of the head is adorned with four connected cylindrically carved shapes with incised cross-hatching on the ends, and two large curved horns. The horns are curved at the top and have a hollow interior, while the bottom horns curve outwards from the body and are narrower and solid.

Culture
Igbo
Material
wood
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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