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Belt814/10

Girl's belt formed of six wool strands tied together at one end with pieces of fibre twisted in. There are sections of blue and yellow.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wool fibre, sisal fibre ?, palm leaf and dye
Made in
Olubus, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Headdress812/19

Light-cream coloured palm leaf(?) headdress. There are seven sections of leaves that are split at the ends and that are folded back and attached to the band.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
palm leaf ?
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pot1295/1

Pot of a decorated gourd with woven neck of grass and plastic(?). A claw protrudes from top of plug, held in place by tightly wound grass. Decorations are in a band around gourd's centre and consist of spirals that meet to form triangular spaces that are filled with either fine incised lines or three petaled flowers.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
gourd fruit, palm leaf ?, pig tusk ? and plastic ?
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Body MaskIe505

Tumbuan body mask/costume. Mask is composed of a conical basketry top with woven facial features near the top, which is finished with a lip that juts upwards and outwards to form a circle as viewed from the top. The top is painted in alternating white and orange vertical bands. The bottom of the mask is finished with a long fringe attached to a ring of bent branch.

Culture
Asmat
Material
wood, bark fibre, ochre pigment ?, lime mineral ? and palm leaf
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Coconut Strainer734/6

Strainer, twill weave in natural coloured plant material. Elongated cone shape with loop at small end.

Culture
Swahili
Material
palm leaf
Made in
Tanzania ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hat734/2

Hat of stitched together palm leaves with an ovular brim and a pointed tip. Brim has leaves folded around it and has blanket stitching in light brown twined cord; other stitching is in thin pieces of palm leaf. Interior has a second layer of woven leaves with a band around sides for holding onto head and a third layer across one of the narrow ends with an edge finished with folded over leaf and blanket stitching.

Culture
I-Kiribati
Material
palm leaf and fibre
Made in
Gilbert Group, Kiribati
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shoes1404/38 a-b

Pair of small shoes made from woven palm leaf. The base of the shoe is made from interwoven leaves, and the upper part of the shoe is made from leaves woven into a chevron pattern with the ends of the leaves on the inside of each shoe.

Culture
Taiwanese
Material
palm leaf
Made in
Taiwan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArmbandSf1161

Armband for the lower arm, woven so that one end has long warp tassels from end of pattern while the other end is looped with cord running through the length of the warp.

Culture
Mayoruna
Material
palm fibre
Made in
Peru ? or Brazil ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LoomSf1160 a-b

Loom for making wrist bands (parts a-b) consisting of a piece of branch wood (part a) that is bent and tied into a teardrop shape. It is bound only at the point where the two ends meet. Attached to the loom is a half completed wristlet with two shuttles. Part b is the wood beater or weaving sword, in an elongated diamond shape, made out of very hard wood. One end of beater is a sharp point, the other end is blunt.

Culture
Mayoruna
Material
wood and palm fibre
Made in
Peru ? or Brazil ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cloth1001/3

Square, textured, raffia cloth woven in dark yellow and cream diamond pattern with heavy parallel brown and light brown lines between.

Culture
Kuba
Material
palm leaf fibre and dye
Made in
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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