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BlowgunIb416

Blowgun of natural dark brown wood. Thin metal lance-olate blade lashed to shaft with four sets of rattan binding, the lowest one of which is wrapped around four times while the middle two are wrapped around twice and the top one is wrapped around multiple times. Muzzle is plugged with pandanus leaves. Shaft widens slightly from muzzle to butt end, where it flares to form mouthpiece. Mouthpiece slightly concave; hole at centre (0.9 cm.) edged with red wax. Pith inside hole with small hole bored through length.

Culture
Punan
Material
wood, iron metal, rattan, pandanus leaf and wax
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerB397 a-b

Two big thin flat rectangular-shaped woven pieces with one piece (part a) fitting into the other (part b). The main design is consisting of dark brown linear geometric design in four panels on a faded red, and natural-coloured background.

Culture
Philippines
Material
palm leaf ? or grass ?
Made in
Batangas, Philippines
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketIj4

A flat plaited basket with a rectangular shape. Made from dried flax leaves. Terminal edges at bottom and around inside 2 cm. from the top are plaited together to form a strong ridge. Two plaited handles are attached at mid-point to inside top ridge, one at either sides. Body of basket is flat-plaited; ridges are oval. Handles are round.

Culture
Maori
Material
flax leaf
Made in
New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TrayCb89

Circular, coiled basketry tray with abstract design. Light brown, dark brown and reddish/brown alternating circular rim sections, followed by triangle and broken line motif in three colours. Another band of alternating and repeated light brown, dark browh, reddish brown. Center is solid reddish brown.

Culture
Hausa
Material
dun palm leaf ?, elephant grass and dye ?
Made in
Sudan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatEdz902

Round hat with a flat brim that curves down at the edge. The crown is raised and flat on top. Formed of layers of bamboo leaves, enclosed inside and outside by rattan in open hexagonal weave. Top of crown covered in light coloured rattan in a woven pattern. The brim is finished with a double rim of split bamboo, lashed on with woven rattan. Inside the crown is a square of pink paper. The hat is varnished on the outside.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
bamboo leaf, paper, rattan, bamboo grass and lacquer
Made in
Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketIa48

Cylindrical basket with a square base. Diagonal twill plaited basket with a dark and medium brown overlaid geometric pattern. The bands are dark and medium brown with designs of natural colour. Main design consists of three horizontal bands as follows from top to bottom: four or three vertical lines in between three horizontal lines, solid diamond shapes with decorated corners, and four or three vertical lines in between three horizonal lines. Dark brown braided rim.

Culture
Philippines
Material
palm leaf, dye and bamboo grass
Made in
Mindanao, Philippines
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketIa40 a-b

Palm basket (a) with square base and lid (b); exterior has geometric, banded, diagonally woven pattern; interior is plain. Bamboo stitching around rim.

Culture
Philippines
Material
palm leaf, bamboo grass and dye
Made in
Mindanao, Philippines
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketIa36

Cylindrical basket with a square base. Basket woven of narrow strips of dark brown and natural-coloured palm leaf in a geometric, horizontal banded pattern. The bands are dark brown with designs of natural colour that include the following from top to bottom: fragmented tilted squares, sideways L-shapes, fragmented tilted squares, fragmented tilted squares, sideways L-shapes with an extra extension in the opposite direction at the other end, and fragmented tilted squares. Inside is natural colour. Around the top edge, there is a strip of natural coloured bamboo bound with a narrow strip of red-brown bamboo coiling.

Culture
T'Boli
Material
palm leaf and bamboo grass
Made in
Cotabato, Philippines
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SkirtC619

Skirt made from several layers of red, black and natural coloured grass and plant fibre fringes hung from a woven and sewn waistband. There is a row of leaf segments at the waist.

Culture
West Papuan
Material
grass, bark, plant fibre, leaf ? and dye ?
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanC920

A fan with a cordate leaf shape and a wooden handle. The fan has radiating folds and is rimmed with coiled leaf surrounded by leaves. The handle separates in such a manner as to have going over to one side and the other half going over to the other side.

Culture
Fijian
Material
palm leaf
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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