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BasketNi7

Elliptical coiled basket with elongated watch-spring coiled bottom. Light white-brown yucca with black devil's claw geometric design. Design is four sets of five rectangles with one central rectangle and another touching at each of the four corners.

Culture
Tohono O'odham
Material
yucca leaf and devil claw pod
Made in
Arizona, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNi6

Circular coiled basket with handle. Round watch-spring coiled bottom. Light white-brown yucca with black devil's claw fibre for geometric pattern. Pattern is three sets of rectangles inside one another. Handle has separate bands of black and outer rim has black crisscross overlay.

Culture
Tohono O'odham
Material
devil claw pod and yucca leaf
Made in
Arizona, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNi5

Circular bowl with round watch-spring coiled bottom in light white-brown yucca and black devil's claw fibre for geometric step design radiating from centre to outer edge. Coiled outer rim.

Culture
Tohono O'odham
Material
devil claw pod and yucca leaf
Made in
Arizona, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basketry MaterialNh160

Bundle of yellow yucca plant stalks; pointed at one end, splayed at the other. Slightly hollowed. Held together by paper wrapping at centre.

Culture
Southwest
Material
yucca leaf ? or paper ?
Made in
New Mexico, USA and Arizona, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC668

Club with short handle that has a slightly rounded triangular end and a flaring blade. The blade is decorated with incised spiral, crescent and wave designs in relief on the top half of both faces. Palm leaves are threaded through holes along the end of the blade.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
ebony wood and palm leaf
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatEf208

Large plaited mat of plant fibre. Design is created by pattern of the weave in natural coloured fibre, a checkerboard effect being created. Mat is fine, flexible, cool to touch. One side is polished.

Culture
Bengali
Material
fibre and leaf
Made in
Krishnanagar, West Bengal, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatEf207

Small square woven leaf mat of fine regular weave. Natural field in centre with narrow widthwise stripes at each end of two sides. A decorative design of linked circles forms one band at each side, the others are solid. Colours are green, purple, and natural. Fringe at two ends.

Culture
Oriya
Material
cotton fibre, shishule leaf and dye
Made in
Puri, Odisha, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatEf206

Small square woven leaf mat of fine regular weave. Natural field in centre with narrow widthwise stripes at each end in purple and green. Fringe along one end.

Culture
Oriya
Material
shishule leaf, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Puri, Odisha, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowAa175 a-b

An arrow with a shaft (part a) made of rounded light brown wood. There is a small lance-olate-shaped iron arrow point (part b). A dried leaf fits through a slit at the end of the shaft. The arrow has an incised zigzag line(?) on one side.

Culture
Mbuti
Material
wood, iron metal and leaf
Made in
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowAa174 a-b

An arrow with a shaft (part a) made of rounded light brown wood. There is a small lance-olate-shaped iron arrow point (part b) that has an incised line down the middle on both sides. A dried leaf fits through a slit at the end of the shaft.

Culture
Mbuti
Material
wood, iron metal and leaf
Made in
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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