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FluteB185

Bamboo flute made from an open-ended bamboo tube with no finger holes; angled triangular hole near one end.

Culture
Malay
Material
bamboo grass
Made in
Malacca, Maluku, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wind Musical InstrumentB108

Six varying lengths of bamboo, from which the nodes have been removed, are inserted into a hole in one side of gourd and sealed with resin. These are tied around in a bundle with a woven band and a fibre loop to keep them from collapsing. Stem of the gourd serves as the mouth tube of the instrument.

Culture
Murut
Material
bamboo grass, gourd fruit, resin and fibre
Made in
Kalimantan, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketB107

Shallow dish-shaped basket of a plain weave and natural colour. Pairs of coils around the rim are connected along the bottom of the exterior side of the rim.

Culture
Iban
Material
bamboo grass and rattan
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wind Musical InstrumentB106

Natural colour of thirty eight pipes of varying lengths bound together by two lengths that create a v-shape and in such a way that, although they alternate in projecting outward, they go from the shortest length to that of increasing size.

Culture
Murut
Material
bamboo grass and fibre
Made in
Kalimantan, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanEdz1021

A closing paper fan that has bamboo grass ribs. On one side, there is a polychrome scene of a family of nobles watching a dance. On other side, there is a scene of three warriors in black on a white background and a signature. Black characters on both sides. The fan has metal rivets.

Culture
Chinese
Material
bamboo grass, paper and metal
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanEd5.1522

Folding paper hand fan with bamboo ribs. Leaf is silver speckled on white on one side, and gold speckled on other side. Bamboo leaves and branches are painted in gold on the exterior of the ribs. Small insect in red and white on each rib.

Culture
Japanese
Material
lacquer, brass metal, bamboo grass and paper
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Folding FanN3.56

A closing fan made of twenty-eight smooth flat ribs of split bamboo narrowing where they are attached to the fan of yellow brown oiled paper. A curvilinear design is burned on the base of each side of each rib. End pieces of the fan are strips of bamboo with the nodes prominent and a design burned on of dots and curvilinear motifs. Handle of the fan is of black wood fastened by a metal rivet with a small ring on one side.

Culture
Korean
Material
paper, bamboo grass, metal, bean oil and paste adhesive
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Folding FanN3.54

A closing fan made of seventeen flat bamboo ribs with tapering end pieces of natural colour bamboo. Edges of the ribs curve inwards just below the point where they reach the paper cover of the fan, which is white. Fan is held together with a brass rivet that has a small ring on one side. Rivet is set into wooden ends of the same colour, which flare outward at the base.

Culture
Korean
Material
bamboo grass, paper, wood, metal and adhesive
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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QuiverN2.1344 a-c

Hide quiver with two arrows (parts b-c) and attached basketry container. The top end of quiver is black and gold skin and the bottom half is of black and grey fur.

Culture
Japanese
Material
bamboo grass, rattan, lacquer, feather and skin
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BoxN2.369 a-b

Box with lid. Interior and exterior plain black. Split woven bamboo, heavily lacquered.

Culture
Japanese
Material
lacquer and bamboo grass
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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