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Apron806/5

Black apron with woven ties. The apron skirt is rectangular with a band of striped fabric across the top edge. Red woven ties are attached at the top corners. The ties have a black chain motif, pink edges and end in tassels.

Culture
Chinese
Material
cotton fibre, dye and silk fibre ?
Made in
Guangdong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA8485

Flared cylindrical coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with short foot and looped handles from top row of coils. Watch-spring base construction. Imbricated design in two staggered rows of diamond shapes, alternating between black cherry bark outline, then cat-tail grass (?), and red cherry bark at center, and red cherry bark outline with cat-tail grass (?) and a dark cherry bark center. Top row of imbrication near rim alternating between red cherry bark stitches and dark cherry bark stitches. Foot has the same configuration as near rim.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
cherry bark, cat-tail grass ?, cedar root and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7257 a-b

Part (a) Cylindrical coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with flanged lid, part (b). Imbricated design of red cherry bark diamonds with three extra stitches at top, and vertical bands of alternating dark and red cherry bark triangles with cat-tail grass diagonal lines between. Lid has rim beaded at edge and top in red cherry bark, and four vertical bands of adjoined crosses in red cherry bark with cat-tail grass (?) centers, and small pyramid shapes near rim in red cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?) centers. One is a full cross.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
cedar root, cherry bark and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3205

Pentagonal coiled basket (bifurcated stitches). Watch-spring base construction. Imbricated design of wide vertical bands, different on each side; one side with checkerboard of red cherry bark and grass, and half of band in dark cherry bark and grass; one band has geometric shapes in grass with red bark background; next has grass geometric shapes outlined in dark bark; next has red bark and grass in checkerboard pattern, with larger square, and smaller squares at bottom; next has wide band of dark cherry bark and grass in checkerboard pattern. String through one corner at rim.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
dye, cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile1017/1

White rectangular textile with dark blue embroidery. The centre star motif is surrounded by a circle of floral motifs. There is a meander border around the outside with floral motifs and inset triangular corners with geometric, swastika and animal motifs. The panel has two hemmed and two selvage edges. The back is unlined.

Culture
Chinese
Material
cotton fibre ? and dye
Made in
Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleD1.475 a-b

Gourd shaped coiled rattle with separate handle (part b). Fully imbricated in alternating cat-tail grass and red cherry bark with black cherry bark design of vertical zig-zag. Handle has wooden base and woven covering, beaded in alternating rows of dark and red cherry bark. Metal pieces inserted to make sound.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
wood, cherry bark, cat-tail grass, cedar root, metal and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerCe341

Clay container made of red clay with a black gloss. Flat, slightly raised base, triangular shaped body with a rounded bottom and flat top. There is a central, circular opening on the top. Short, outward-pointing spout placed near the top. Horizontal handle, circular in cross-section, attached to top and body.

Culture
Greek
Material
clay, paint and glaze
Made in
Greece
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bobbin524/6 c

Thin, cylindrical wooden bobbin with beads (part c). There is a knob at one end with a wire loop and nine beads of various sizes in clear, white, red and blue. The other end has a flared tip and a recessed area for thread containing white thread. The shaft has several thin carved grooves.

Culture
English
Material
wood, metal and glass
Made in
United Kingdom and Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bobbin524/6 t

Thin, cylindrical wooden bobbin with beads (part t). There is a knob at one end with a wire loop and nine beads of various sizes in clear, white, blue and black. The other end has a flared tip and a recessed area for thread containing white thread. The shaft several thin carved grooves.

Culture
English
Material
wood, glass and metal
Made in
United Kingdom and Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ToolM3.76 o

Tool with a cylindrical handle and a spoon-like tip that has a teardrop shape as viewed from the top.

Culture
Roman ?
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Egypt
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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