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BasketK4.334

A shallow coiled circular basket with straight sides. The bottom main design consists of a four petal flower design outlined in dark brown. Between each "petal" is a line made of orange and dark brown. Near the centre, there is a coil that matches the rim. The sides have a design that consists of a natural colour with an occasional dark brown vertical stripe on the coiled layer. The rim has a pattern of natural coloured checkered diamond shapes along a dark brown background.

Culture
Ovimbundu
Material
plant fibre
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketK4.333

A large coiled circular basket with the sides flaring upward. The main design is blue-green and orange on a natural coloured background consisting of a possible representation of two "trees", four triangles, and two geometrical figures. Each like representational design component is opposite one another. The centre bottom is dark and of another fibre. The rim has a design which consists of orange crosses with natural coloured middles on a natural coloured background. Stands on its circular foot pedestal.

Culture
Ovimbundu
Material
plant fibre
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatK4.332

Flat, circular woven mat, or tray, made in a coiled technique. The background is natural colour designs in brown and orange. Designs on mat are of two people joined by "hand" above a house type of structure, and next to a figure resembling animal head. Brown outer edge.

Culture
Southern African
Material
plant fibre
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureK4.327

Model figure with brightly painted white, brown, blue, pink horizontal stripes around body. White pleated skirt, feet and hands. Head without facial features and a protruding area at the chin. Plume-like carved headpiece. Vegetable fibre rope running from left hand, over left shoulder behind head and up to right side of head. Black base. "Sacalumbo" written under base.

Culture
Mbunda
Material
plant fibre, wood and paint
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketK4.155

Dish-shaped basket with sides that flare upward and a round base. Design consists of two horizontal rows of brown downward pointing triangles in four equally spaced double-pairs surrounded by horizontal dark brown bands on a natural brown background. Dish has a short foot at the base.

Culture
Southern African
Material
plant fibre
Made in
Zambia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketK4.150

A beaker-shaped coil basket that has a rounded cylindrical body which tapers downward to a flared outward footed base. Design consists of geometric dark brown zig zags horizontally all around.

Culture
East African
Material
plant fibre
Made in
Uganda
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileB155

Strip of reddish-brown folded bark cloth with repeated blue three-dot pattern forming a zigzag design on one face. Plant fibre twine tied around the bark cloth near the centre.

Culture
Malay
Material
bark, paint and plant fibre
Made in
Malacca, Maluku, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Knife BladeB509 a-c

Long, flared, slightly curved blade (a) with a tapering tang; blade has a blunt, squared end with a barb at one corner. A tube-like double ferrule (part b), with raffia-like fibres tied through it, loosely rests on the tang.

Culture
Cambodian
Material
iron metal and plant fibre
Made in
Cambodia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CapeB267

Cape made of pandanus leaf that has been gathered at the neck and sewn with plant fibre. Flares outwards.

Culture
Murut
Material
pandanus leaf and plant fibre
Made in
Kalimantan, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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KnifeB265 a-c

Two connected sheaths (a), one holding a long knife (b) and one a short dagger (c). The end of the bone sword handle is elaborately carved and decorated with blond, brown, red and black hair. The handle grip is wrapped in black fibre. The blade is in a flat wooden sheath lashed together with black, brown and natural fibre. The dagger has a carved wooden handle and is enclosed in a betel leaf bark sheath trimmed with red fibre. There is woven cord pulled through holes in the dagger's sheath.

Culture
Bidayuh
Material
wood, iron metal, fibre, bark, plant fibre, goat hair and bone
Made in
Kalimantan, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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