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Basket2763/13

Folded, woven grass betel nut basket. Long braided straps, attached at each corner of a flat square of light yellow woven grass, are knotted together into two crossed loops (opposing corners). Two bands of dark brown grass or stem are woven in a sqaure over a base weave of different tones of natural coloured fibres.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
grass and stem
Made in
Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Waistband2763/15

Long woven band to be worn around the waist. Two panels of light coloured grass, with open mesh-work at both ends that finishes in braids and loose, tassel-like fibres, are woven together lengthwise, the seam invisible on one side. Purple designs, stamped onto one side only, cover the middle area and both ends are dyed purple with the tassels yellow.

Culture
Ni-Vanuatu
Material
grass and dye
Made in
Vanuatu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket2763/6

Basket or bag with square-shaped base and tassels at the corners, woven from turquoise and white dyed grasses. The design created is of diamonds within diamonds and a band of small white diamonds runs around the rim. A braided border around the top rim extends into four long braids on each side that are all knotted together and the grass left loose at the ends.

Culture
Ni-Vanuatu
Material
bamboo grass ? and dye
Made in
Vanuatu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket2763/4

Basket or bag with square base and circular rim woven from light coloured grasses. A design of squares around the rim and diagonal bands in the body is created by weaving together four different tones of beige. A tightly braided border around the rim extends up, at each side, into five smaller braids that join together into one long thicker braid; the two braids are knotted together and left loose at the end in long tassels.

Culture
Ni-Vanuatu
Material
pandanus leaf ? or dye ?
Made in
Vanuatu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Helmet Mask2761/1

Cylindrical dark brown wooden initiation mask that pulls down over the head. Triangular shaped face with pointed chin, small ears, and rounded brow is carved into the front beneath an elaborately ridged hair style or headdress. The face is framed with a band of thin ridges, behind which large thick ridges and a crown ? run back to end in a circle of rounded knobs at the crown of the head. There are cut-outs at the eyes, a large opening at the back, and two bands of punched holes around the base.

Culture
Bassa
Material
wood and stain
Made in
Liberia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blouse PanelE160 a

Reverse appliqué cotton blouse panel or mola that is precise and finely stitched. The design consists of a large central manta ray with two smaller mantas on either side. All of the mantas have white eyes, are detailed with black rectangular-like shapes; they are green outlined in orange with yellow, pink, purple, green, blue and white detailing. The ground is black with black, orange, green, blue and purple stripes. One side is edged with a thick orange fabric border while the opposite side has black. The panel has a red fabric backing. Two edges are raw.

Culture
Kuna
Material
cotton fibre and synthetic dye
Made in
Darien, Panama
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shark Calling Figure2716/22

One part of a three piece artistic representation of the attributes of the "shark caller". Figure is a large yellowish wood propeller with thick rope knotted at centre is painted white overall and has incised decorative motifs painted yellow, red, and black on the front surface.[p

Culture
Malagan
Material
wood, paint and grass
Made in
Libba, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Imperfect Doll2699/1 a-c

Multi-media installation. The doll (a) consists of a wooden artist’s maquette body with brain-tanned deer hide head (no facial features), hand coverings, and dress (with fringes at sleeves and decorated with English and Cree text written in pink gel-pen ink), pink and yellow cut-glass seed beads sewn onto dress and moccasin boots, horse hair braids with white satin ribbon, ncecklace of porcupine quill, brass bead and sinew, clam shell earrings, and a belt with large brass buttons. The doll sits in a chair (part b) constructed of deer hide, wood, and sinew, and face a small LCD screen, which fastens to a wooden base (part c), and plays a video loop, with video and audio footage created by the artist.

Culture
Cree
Material
brass metal, cotton fibre, wood, deer skin, glass, fibre, horse hair, porcupine quill, sinew, clam shell and ink
Made in
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RobeEdz3797 a

Dark red robe that is worn with a belt (Edz3797 b). It has a rounded neck, slender cuffed sleeves and side opening with metal snap fasteners. There are long slits in the sides and back. The border around the neck, side opening and cuffs has large, partial flowers in black and white on a turquoise ground. The wide border above the bottom hem has three bands on a turquoise ground; one with a large floral motif in black and white and two of a meander motif in white. The inside lining is white cotton.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre, metal and cotton fibre
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Toy2754/2

Colourful hanging paper mache toy boat with 3-dimensional heads of animals attached to the outside of the cabin. A version of Noah's ark (name NOE painted at the front and back), the orange ship is sailing on blue waves with a cargo of a giraffe, a zebra, a blue hippopotamus, a blue and red leopard, a black bear (all with painted leather ears), and a green elephant.

Culture
Cuban
Material
paper, paint, adhesive, wood, leather skin, glaze and metal
Made in
Havana, Cuba
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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