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Pot2847/106

Tarago bisque, bulbous pot with two zoomorphic handles. Pot has a small mouth atop a straight-walled neck, shoulder slopes slightly and has a short straight drop to the pot body, which is round and bulbous, wide at centre point and narrowing to a round pointed bottom. On either side of the neck is a small creature, with four legs and a raised tail. One of the creatures is headless (due to damage), while the other has a wide, squat face, long wide mouth, and slit eyes. The pot is not painted and has no other decoration.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay
Made in
Costa Rica ? or Nicaragua ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile2966/1

Small weaving sample, woven on a loom, made of dyed wool and another fibre (packing material ?). The textile is rectangular, with uneven sides. At top and bottom are thick strips of white and yellow weaving. Between them, the body of the work is a random mix of dark blue, yellow and white fibres, with specks of orange.

Culture
Canadian
Material
wool fibre and synthetic fibre ?
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl2946/32

Small woven everyday mantle or shawl. Rectangular with undecorated black upper half and a central band of geometric patterns flanked by rows of animal designs on the lower half. Images of figures and insects. The animal patterns mirror each other across the linear design in the centre of the bottom portion. There are green, blue and purple stripes running horizontally across the lower half. All four sides have a white border with green and purple dots.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre
Made in
Candelaria, Chuquisaca, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth2947/13

Rectangular medium-brown tapa cloth with geometric patterns in light brown. Decorated with alternating four-point stars and pinwheels. One half of the tapa cloth is significantly more faded. Three sides have a broad un-pigmented border with irregular edges.

Culture
Samoan
Material
mulberry bark and pigment
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth2947/10

Rectangular tapa cloth. Geometric patterns in dark brown and light brown, on a medium brown base. The pattern alternates between crosses and two converging triangle. The edges of the cloth are un-pigmented, and somewhat ragged. There is a border along both top and bottom with swag shapes in light brown.

Culture
Samoan
Material
mulberry bark and pigment
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth2947/9

Rectangular tapa cloth with geometric patterns in dark and light brown on a medium brown base. Designs are organized into a 4 x 5 square grid, outlined in dark brown. Each of the squares contains a diagonal cross and two diamond and two triangular shapes. Two sides of each square are bordered with a line of triangles. The two remaining sides are decorated with a series of revolving hour-glass shapes.

Culture
Samoan
Material
mulberry bark and pigment
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mat2947/4

Large, rectangular, finely-woven tan mat with fringed grass borders on all four sides. The fringe consists of a regular, thin, short grass with a few long, thick strands. Inside the fringed edge is a decorative triangle-based pattern painted in grey. Along the long sides blue and blue-green fibres are woven into the edge. The short sides have a few sporadic green fibres at their edges, focused primarily in the corners.

Culture
Samoan
Material
grass, cotton fibre and pigment
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth2947/14

Rectangular tapa cloth with geometric patterns in dark brown and yellow on a tan base. Dark brown pinwheels are bordered by diamond patterns. These sequences alternate between two yellow diamonds and a black diamond with the black shapes falling at the corners of the pinwheels. Shapes are separated from one another by dark brown lines, giving the cloth a grid-like appearance. One edge is decorated with a series of dark brown hour glass shapes.

Culture
Samoan
Material
mulberry bark and pigment
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Knife2939/5

Ulu type steel knife. The blade has a wide, ovular shaped body. The handle and blade are made of one continuous piece of metal. The handle widens as it reaches the blade.

Culture
Inuit
Material
steel metal
Made in
Denmark
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Knife2939/3

Flared copper ulu type knife with a rounded edge on the bottom of the blade. The blade is connected to a horizontal copper handle by a short post.

Culture
Inuit
Material
copper metal
Made in
Holman, Northwest Territories, Canada and Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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