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Feather Box3247/1 a-b

Carved, lidded box. Dark brown thin and oblong box, with heads emerging at both ends serving as handles. Bottom portion of box (part a) has a thick base, with shallowly carved interior dish. Exterior is heavily carved with intricate faces and curved lines, with inset circles of iridescent shell for eyes. Two holes are carved into the rim of the box into which fit corresponding squares of wood emerging from the lid (part b). Lid is similar in shape to bottom portion, with a shallow interior, and heavy intricate exterior carvings. A wide face sits at either end with the same iridescent shell for eyes.

Culture
Maori
Material
wood and shell
Made in
New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bodice3102/2

Woven bodice. The garment is a long piece of intricately patterned woven wool, wide at centre and narrowing toward ends. The patterns are linear and triangular shapes and motifs in red, black, yellow and white. A braid in the same colours is attached at the top to create shoulder straps. The bodice fastens at the back with a strip of velcro. The interior edges are lined with thin strips of a stiff, loose-weave, polyester fabric.

Culture
Maori
Material
wool fibre, nylon fibre and polyester fibre
Made in
Wellington, North Island, New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skirt3102/1

Skirt composed of strands of alternating beaten and unbeaten flax stalks forming a horizontal striped pattern where the unbeaten stalks are a light yellow colour, and the beaten segments are a dark brown colour. The stalks hang from a woven waistband made of dark brown braided fibre with long ties on each end, also braided.

Culture
Maori
Material
new zealand flax fibre, fibre and dye
Made in
Wellington, North Island, New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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