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BagAe112

A tightly plaited bag with wrapped seams. The rim and handle are braided. There are two large knots on each handle. Both bottom corners have a small tuft of raffia.

Culture
Central African
Material
palm leaf
Made in
Cameroon
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PouchAe111

A tightly plaited rectangular pouch with an overlapping flap at the front and each side braided closed. One side seam is brown while the other is undyed. The flap which closes the pouch folds over on a slant. The edge of the flap and the pouch under the flap are braided.

Culture
Central African
Material
palm leaf
Made in
Cameroon
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketSa345

Round, flat-bottomed basket. Strips of narrow bamboo are woven around wide vertical bamboo slats in wicker work. Palm leaf strips are wrapped around edge to form a rim. Natural bamboo colour.

Culture
Maya ?
Material
bamboo grass and palm leaf
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketSa245

Market basket; round, flat bottomed, shallow basket with near vertical sides. Woven of bamboo strips, in strong wicker work construction; natural colour. Palm leaf wrapped around rim.

Culture
Maya ?
Material
palm leaf and bamboo grass
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentIe427 a-c

A light brown-coloured elongated oval wood piece carved as human head (part a). Hair protrudes from the top and extends as a point over the forehead. Facial features are in relief. One horizontal step is cut for the eyebrows. The eyelids surround slit-like eyes filled slightly with silver foil(?). The long nose is pierced with knotted raffia. The cheekbones are peaked, and deeply recessed below, are formed by elevated sections resembling a nose form which continues around to the back of the head. The lips are formed by adding two balsa(?) pieces to the mouth. Faint traces of iron oxide, and black, and white paint. Raffia binding passes through pierced holes at the top back of the head. Dark brown wrapped bamboo ring (part b) with fine wicker work is added out from the edge with the ring width tapering in at one point. (One knotted fragment (part c) is separate)

Culture
New Guinea
Material
balsa wood ?, palm leaf, metal and bamboo grass
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
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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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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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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