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Basket3147/3

Basket is rectangular but with rounded corners; sides flare out somewhat from base to rim. Made of sewn coils of wrapped cedar root bundles. Among the horizontal rows of the body are two rows of imbricated diamond shaped designs near the top and a single line of gammadion crosses near the bottom. Several thongs of hide are attached as loops through the basket near the rim; a braided fibre cord with a wide handle is also attached near the rim. The tumpline handle is woven with pink and brown wool in a diagonal pattern.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, wool fibre, rawhide skin and plant fibre
Made in
Seabird Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3182/22

Ceramic ritxoko doll. Figure has two thick legs above tiny feet, a long torso and chest, and a small face with thick heavy brown hair high at top and falling down the back and sides past the shoulders. Large orange beads are added to the hair at the sides. A fringe of red and white wool falls from the face, and a plant fibre loin cloth is attached through a hole in the figure at midpoint and by a belt around the waist. Figure is painted with designs in orange and dark brown with triangular motifs.

Culture
Iny
Material
clay, paint, wool fibre and plant fibre
Made in
Ilha do Bananal, Tocantins, Brazil
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bride Price Belt3145/1

Belt made of wood, shells and plant fibre. Wooden base is long, thin and curved, with all the bark removed, and loops carved at each end. Around middle between the loops the wood is covered in a dense weaving of plant fibres which serve as anchors for a line of upright shells that run the length of the piece along its top edge. Shells increase in size from ends to centre. Each is round, with concentric circles making up the interior structure. Cortex colouring is a white base with orange to dark brown dots.

Culture
Iatmul
Material
wood, plant fibre and shell
Made in
Kaminibit, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cape3142/1

Korowai style cape. Garment is woven tightly of a tan coloured wool, with alternating short, thick stripes of tan and black applied to front along both edges and top. A thick black fringe hangs from the bottom, with a few strands double the length of the rest. The body of the cape contains double strands of long black fringe widely spaced, amongst a light covering of feathers and down. The back is undecorated. At top corners are attached twisted ropes of plant fibre, with a smaller piece at bottom right.

Culture
Maori
Material
wool, feather, dye and plant fibre
Made in
New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNWC/0152

Culture
Tlingit ?
Material
plant fibre
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
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Halibut Hook With RopeE/1135 *

Culture
Tlingit
Material
wood, plant fibre, metal and cord
Made in
USA ?
Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
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Bag3134/7

Woven string bag (bilum). The bag is rectangular, curved at the base and narrowing slightly toward mouth, where a thin handle is attached at top corners. The bag is brightly dyed in multiple colours, primarily blue, red, green and yellow, in horizontal strips of squared zigzag patterning on both front and back.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
plant fibre, cotton fibre ? and dye
Made in
East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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