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BasketEf214

This shallow basket is woven of grass in natural and dyed shades of red and blue. Design is over-woven with coloured fillets of grass in natural, red, and blue. Bottom is star shape radiating outward in four sectors of colour, two red, and two natural. Around this is row of natural colour grass, followed by inverted triangles filling in background. Sides decorated in diagonal bands of red alternating with rows of blue diamond shapes and red triangles separated with natural grass bands. Above this, one row of natural-coloured grasses and a final one of alternating red and natural grasses finish basket.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
synthetic dye and sikki grass
Made in
Mithila, Bihar, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketEf213

Shallow basket woven of grass in natural, dyed shades of red and green. On interior, a red starburst shape radiates out. It is outlined in natural colour. The background is filled in with green fillets. A single row of natural colour finishes off the bottom. The rising sides are a geometric pattern in red, green, and natural, finished off with one row of natural fillets and a second row of 9 cm. Wide strips of red and green.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
sikki grass and synthetic dye
Made in
Mithila, Bihar, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketEf212

Shallow basketry tray woven of grass, natural and dyed, in shades of red, green, yellow, and blue. Design is over-woven with coloured fillets of grass in natural, green, yellow, and red, in form of outward radiating star shape. Background is filled in with blue. Around circular bottom is row of red. Rising sides are woven in red and natural grass inverted triangular shapes, above which a row of green and one of alternating yellow and orange bands finish the basket.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
synthetic dye and sikki grass
Made in
Mithila, Bihar, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagEf258

Small drawstring bag of hand-woven yellow cotton in plain weave. Stylized floral motif is embroidered with black thread closely following the warp and weft of the fabric. Unlined. Machine sewn seams. Hand sewn finishing. Drawstring is of two strand twisted cotton, dark and light purple, with orange tassels. '90' written on the inside with blue ink.

Culture
Bihari
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Bihar, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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YokeB575

A cylindrical wood piece with three equally spaced natural bulges. Two equally spaced flat wood bars go through the cylindrical wood piece. A metal chain is attached from one flat wood bar to its respective end of the cylindrical wood piece. There are three equally spaced metal pins along the top of the cylindrical wood piece.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
wood and aluminium metal
Made in
Bihar, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerB574

A gourd fruit container that has a round base and narrow neck. Fibre cording has been wrapped around the neck of the container. The rim of the gourd fruit has a notched rim.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
gourd fruit and fibre
Made in
Bihar, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PillowB573

A small circular head cushion with a hole at the centre. Fancy twist "weave" around the edge.

Culture
Turi
Material
palm leaf ? or bamboo leaf ?
Made in
Bihar, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model PloughB571

Model plough. Light wood colour. Plough has a wide rectangular base that is incised at one end and holds a long and flat blade. The other end of the base is more narrow. A long rectangular piece of wood is embedded into the narrow part of the base and protrudes upwards. Attached to it is a narrow and slightly rounded piece of wood. Together, they made a long handle that rests perpendicular to the base and blade. There are two rectangular cut-outs in the base. One is near the centre of the base on the top and one is on the underside of the base near the blade.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
wood and metal
Made in
Bihar, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketB569 a-b

Basket base (a) with lid (b). Double layer of weaving: the inside is herring-bone weave and the outside is a regular warp and weft weave. Dyed pink and black wefts around centre of base and over lid. Forged iron handles on lid and base.

Culture
Turi
Material
bamboo grass, dye, stem ? and iron metal
Made in
Bihar, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Winnowing BasketB567

Scoop or shovel-shaped basket, woven with natural coloured grass. One side curves upwards and the other side widens to a flattened edge. The perimeter of the entire tray is lined with a thick piece of bamboo that is secured by eleven sections of stitched grass.

Culture
Santal
Material
bamboo grass
Made in
Bihar, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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