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FanC1461

Hatchet-shaped woven fan with a red-finished handle. Handle has a small red bulbous shape at the bottom end with a knob. Fan has a small section of open work near the middle.

Culture
Eastern Polynesian ?
Material
wood, palm leaf and paint
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketC1275

Plain woven oblong oval basket which has a braided tail going along the inside longitudinally curving upwards at both ends.

Culture
Fijian
Material
palm leaf
Made in
Nakoro, Nadroga-Navosa, Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanC1282

Hatchet-shaped woven fan with a red and black handle. Handle has a large red bulbous shape at the bottom end.

Culture
Samoan
Material
wood, palm leaf and paint
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketC400

Woven basket. Undecorated, bulbous, herring bone weave basket with cover. Blanket stitch around rim of both basket and cover; loop handle off of one side.

Culture
I-Kiribati
Material
bark and palm leaf
Made in
Nonouti, Gilbert Group, Kiribati
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketC401 a-e

Flap top box with four smaller baskets fitted inside; two woven handle straps attached at the rim; subtle linear pattern; edge finished in blanket stitch. Inside baskets are of similar style as large basket with no handles.

Culture
I-Kiribati
Material
palm leaf and fibre
Made in
Nonouti, Gilbert Group, Kiribati
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatC403

A basketry woven hat with a crown and a wide brim. The side of the crown, and the rim each have two horizontal bands of decoration consisting of a four parallel diagonal grasses (?) creating a zig zag-like pattern.

Culture
I-Kiribati
Material
palm leaf ? or grass ?
Made in
Nonouti, Gilbert Group, Kiribati
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SwordC411

Tapered, cylindrical, brown wood shaft that has four rows of teeth with opposing sides of equal length. Shark teeth are secured by twisted fibre string. The longer sides have forty-eight teeth while the shorter sides have nineteen teeth. Bands of double black hair interwoven with woven palm leaf decorate both ends of the toothed portion. Two bands of black hair are around near the wider end and the middle within these interwoven bands at both ends.

Culture
I-Kiribati
Material
shark tooth, hair, fibre, wood and palm leaf
Made in
Nukunau, Gilbert Group, Kiribati
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketC1481

Elongated basket with an oval shape and a handle. Natural colour palm with a horizontal band in black and purple around the middle.

Culture
Western Polynesian
Material
palm leaf
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketC1483 a-e

Flap-topped basket with two compartments and four smaller baskets fitted inside; two woven handle straps; edges finished with blanket stitch; lid has fringe-like decorations at edge of flaps and pockets on the undersides of flaps. Inside baskets are of a similar but simpler style to the main basket.

Culture
Micronesian ?
Material
palm leaf and fibre
Made in
Federated States of Micronesia ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketC1484

Rectangular shape with flap covering and two handle straps attached; subtle pattern of vertical lines; edges bound with blanket stitch. Ribbon tied onto edge stitching.

Culture
Hawaiian
Material
palm leaf and fibre
Made in
Hawaii, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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