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Knife3589/1 a-b

Ceremonial parang (part a) with scabbard (part b). Long knife has a cylindrical horn hilt that tapers towards top; rectangular protrusion extends from left side. Both top half of hilt and protrusion are hollowed out. Circular, curvilinear, linear, and fang-like motifs carved in relief along upper half of hilt; hilt grip covered with woven band of rattan. Holes are drilled into the tapered section of the hilt, for hanging purposes; hilt attached to blade with resin. Knife blade is convex on one side, slightly concave on the other, and widens from the hilt; back edge of point is tiered. Linear, "X" designs, geometric, and curvilinear motifs incised along front of blade. Scabbard is composed of wood sheath for the long knife, and has a smaller plant fibre and fabric sheath tied to back with rattan. Wood sheath is made of two pieces of wood bound together with rattan; upper two bands of rattan are plain, bottom four are tied decoratively. Panels decorated with floral and curvilinear motifs carved along front of wood sheath. Smaller sheath is undecorated and has two pieces of bamboo along the interior edges, providing shape. Long braided rattan cord, with looped ends, threaded through small sheath, for carrying purposes.

Culture
Iban
Material
metal, bone, rattan, resin, bamboo grass ?, cotton fibre ? and plant fibre
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Knife3509/7 a-c

Long knife (part a), whittling knife (part b) and scabbard (part c). Long knife has a deer horn hilt carved into the profile of a bird’s head. Hourglass-like designs and curvilinear motifs incised throughout. Protruding from the top of the bird’s head and the beak are sections of short black and red hair. Hole drilled through pronounced nostrils, for hanging or attachment purposes. Hilt grip covered with woven band of rattan. The blade is convex on one side, slightly concave on the other, and widens from the hilt. Tip is angled. The whittling knife has a small curved blade attached to a long, slightly curved handle. Blade end of hilt decorated with a wide band of braided metal. Blades of both knifes are secured to hilts with resin. The scabbard is composed of a wood sheath for the long knife and a bark sheath for the whittling knife. Wood sheath made of two pieces of wood bound together with rattan. Ties alternate between single dyed strands and thick decorative bands. Bands, woven with naturally coloured and dyed strands, consist of “X”-shaped designs, concentric circles and knots. Wood is painted dark red and has incised motifs, matching designs on long knife hilt, throughout. Bark sheath is undecorated and secured to wood sheath with plain rattan ties. Braided rattan carrying cord, with looped end, threaded through bark sheath.

Culture
Bidayuh
Material
steel metal, deer horn, rattan fibre, hair, resin, wood, bark, paint and dye
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketB71 a-c

Cylindrical, twilled basket (part a) woven in a diagonal pattern with folded strips of grass. Has a string tied twice around the outside near top. Wadded up dark brown-green and black cloth (part b) is inside at the bottom. There is also a coil (part c) of plant fibre, possibly rattan?

Culture
Bidayuh
Material
grass, rattan and cotton fibre
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerB118 a-b

Plain, cylindrical container (part a) with lid (part b). Container is darker around the smaller upper portion, has a smaller lighter portion just below, and has a medium brown larger lower portion. Lid is decorated with a band of woven rattan in brown and black. Surface of bamboo is shiny.

Culture
Punan
Material
rattan and bamboo grass
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile442/1

Two panels joined together at seam with geometric patterns in brown and outlined in white. Spots and lines of blue fill some spaces between. Border on one end of two stripes and one row of perpendicular lines with circles at end, and thin row of woven blue and light yellow-brown thread. Wide band of narrow alternating stripes in red-orange, light yellow-brown, and blue, with band in between of shallow zig-zag. Opposite end has short fringe.

Culture
Western Indonesian
Material
cotton fibre ? and dye
Made in
Malaysia ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BoxB45

Cylindrical container with a short chain that has string on a wire handle to which a bone spatula is attached. Container is decorated with a design that consists of tapering ovals around the upper portion and semi-circles around the lower portion. Lid has toothed ends and is decorated with a design that consist of semi circles on the lower edge which are engraved and painted. Woven bands are around the container and lid.

Culture
Iban
Material
brass metal, bone, rattan, iron metal, bamboo grass and fibre
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerB119 a-b

Cylindrical container (part a) of a box of a section of bamboo that is quite plain. Container has a smaller upper portion that is of a darker orange-brown than the longer lower section that is light yellow-brown with faint incised markings of a horizontal band around near the top with a vertical zig zag. Waist hook and handle (part b) is elaborately carved in animal and floral patterns and is attached to the box with two bands of woven rattan and string. Two-pronged handle has a long bodied, crouching animal with rounded eyes, a snout, an open mouth that shows the tongue, and a short split tail. Animal is standing over an elaborate open work spiral design. Behind the animal, there is a panel with elaborate spiral designs on the back of which, there is carved a human face with a turn-wheel-like feature that has horn-like projections at either side above in between the human face and the animal.

Culture
Punan
Material
wood, rattan and bamboo grass
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketB39

Beaker-shaped woven basket in two layers with a fine outside of woven grass and a coarse inside of woven rattan. Brass for the foot and a brass band in the middle with a string handle. Woven geometric design in panels of red, black, and brown. Upper portion design consists of swirls. Lower portion design consists of diamond shapes that have petal-like shapes at either side within and extending swirls at either top and bottom within.

Culture
Bidayuh
Material
rattan, brass metal and grass
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerB61

A natural coloured cylindrical container with a top that is bound by a woven band. Container is decorated wtih horizontal bands of abstract designs emphasized with black pigment around the top and the bottom. Designs consist of the following from top to bottom: tapering ovals with a half-feather-like extension at either side; swirls with a half-feather-like extension at either side; triangular shapes with swirls within and large swirl designs; and swirls with a half-feather-like extension at either side. Stopper has a red and dark blue tassel and a bead that has a white and blue swirl pattern on a red background.

Culture
Bukitan
Material
glass, fibre, wood, bamboo grass and pigment
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatB86

Conical woven hat that has three equally spaced, vertical bands of geometric patterns in black and red on a natural ground that consist of vertical diamond shapes with smaller ones within outlined by zig zags. Three equally spaced red-brown sticks in between the geometric bands extend upward to create a three-arched loop at the top with a pyamid below at the centre.

Culture
Bidayuh
Material
palm leaf ? and dye
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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