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BasketB152

Thick palm leaf piece woven together in a cross-hatching pattern to form a simple open weave basket with a braided bail-like handle. Opening on each end of the basket.

Culture
Sakai
Material
palm leaf
Made in
Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketB97

Basket that has four rounded sides with a vertical red-brown supporting stick at each of the four corners also bound to the circular red-brown rim that has three sets of interconnected coils around each side. Natural colour with black diamond design in the form of lozenges. The inside is plain.

Culture
Bidayuh
Material
stem ? and palm leaf
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatB89

Wide brimmed, light yellow hat with a star shaped beaded design in the top centre panel. Beaded star made of red, white, black, yellow, and green. Panels in between each star point are a black geometric design on a yellow background with inward pointing red, green, white, and black triangles along the outer edges. Trimmed with red and black and white checked fabric.

Culture
Punan
Material
palm leaf, cotton fibre and glass
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatB85

Basketry woven hat that has a cone shape with stitching along the rim. Plain natural colour.

Culture
Bidayuh
Material
palm leaf, fibre and stem ?
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketB77

Woven hand bag shape with an opening similar to that of an evening purse with two small handles. Design consists of alternating horizontal black and natural colour lines.

Culture
Bidayuh
Material
palm leaf
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketAb301 a-b

Slightly boat-shaped rectangular basket box (part a) with a lid (part b) made of palm leaf overlaid with stiff woven grass of both dark brown and cream colour. Pattern resulting is a series of interlocking diamonds and zigzags. The base of both the basket and lid are a solid piece of wood sewn into the basket with fibre. The basket and lid have slightly convex long sides. The basket (part a) has two slats bound for the rim which are separated from the main design by a horizontal, black, braided edge. Main design consists of five lozenge patterns around the sides bofdered by counter-clock-wise pointing diagonal lines in dark and light brown. The lid (part b) has a longitudinal lozenge-patterned band with perpendicular zig zags at either side while the sides have a vertical zig zag pattern and are eded with black braids.

Culture
Southern African
Material
wood, rattan, grass and palm leaf
Made in
Southern Africa, Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerB399 a-b

Two natural-coloured rectangular-shaped woven pieces with one piece (part a) fitting into the other piece (part b).

Culture
Philippines
Material
grass ? or palm leaf ?
Made in
Batangas, Philippines
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerB398 a-b

Two rectangular-shaped woven pieces that have a flared corners with one piece (part a) fitting into the other piece (part b). The main design is consisting of a geometric pattern on the bottom (part a), and cover (part b) in various shades of brown while having the weft fillets wrapped with lighter ones.

Culture
Philippines
Material
grass ? or palm leaf ?
Made in
Batangas, Philippines
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PillowB573

A small circular head cushion with a hole at the centre. Fancy twist "weave" around the edge.

Culture
Turi
Material
palm leaf ? or bamboo leaf ?
Made in
Bihar, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ManuscriptB557

Palm leaf manuscript with red wood covers and a long red cord. There is a decorative ivory rosette securing one end of the red cord fastener. The inside pages are covered in script and held in position by the threaded cord.

Culture
Kerala
Material
wood, palm leaf, fibre, ink and ivory ?
Made in
Kerala, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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