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Leggings2710/2 a-b

Pair of hand sewn fabric leggings with ties. Dark blue cloth has green satin backing and is embroidered in red, yellow and green. At the back of each legging, at the bottom of the slit, are two long ties of folded blue cloth and another long tie has been sewn at its mid-point onto the front near top centre.

Culture
Ainu
Material
cotton fibre and silk fibre ?
Made in
Hokkaido, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cuff2710/3 a-b

Pair of hand sewn fabric tie-on wrist covers, or cuffs? Dark blue cotton cloth with green satin backing has darker green edging and embroidered decoration in red, yellow and pale green. At one side edge of each cuff is a long tie of folded blue cloth, and a loop of folded green cloth is sewn on to the back.

Culture
Ainu
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre ?, metal and plastic
Made in
Hokkaido, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tumpline2710/1

Elm bark tumpline, called tar in the Ainu language. Stiff front panel of woven brown and cream cotton has design of two arrows or rocket ships ? facing each other, with an X shape in the middle. Bark is braided, then twisted into long ties and knotted at the ends.

Culture
Ainu
Material
elm bark and cotton fibre
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Libation WandEd9.5

Libation-offering wand, known as ikupasuy in Ainu. Long, thin wooden piece that tapers to a squared-off point at one end and has rounded corners at the other. There are three oval-shaped sections in the centre of the piece with cross-hatching designs inside. They are outlined with scroll-like designs and four smaller sections of cross-hatching. There are three carved lines at each end.

Culture
Ainu
Material
walnut wood
Made in
Hokkaido, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Woman's KnifeEd9.4 a-b

Knife with light-coloured carved wooden handle (part a) and carved wooden sheath (part b). Both handle and sheath are decorated with oval-shaped sections of cross-hatching that are outlined with scroll designs. Sheath has grey and green coloured fibre wrapped around the opening that is threaded through a wooden loop at the side and connects to a wooden peg-like piece.

Culture
Ainu
Material
yew wood, metal and fibre
Made in
Hokkaido, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Musical Instrument1288/1 a-b

The bamboo instrument (part a) is a plucked idiophone known as mukkuri in Ainu. It is made of a flat long wooden stick which extends into a wider rectangular shape at one end. Within the first piece there are two slits which go along the stick in a prong-like shape; a red string loop is attached. The second piece (part b) is a paper document with orange designs and black and white writing characters with a picture of the object in the bottom middle.

Culture
Ainu
Material
bamboo grass ?, paper and fibre
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Libation WandEd9.6

Libation-offering wand, known as ikupasuy in Ainu. Long, thin wooden piece that tapers to a squared-off point at one end and has rounded corners at the other. There is one oval-shaped sections near the end of the piece with cross-hatching designs inside. It is outlined with scroll-like designs that continue the length of the piece. There are three carved lines at each end.

Culture
Ainu
Material
yew wood
Made in
Hokkaido, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sake CupEd9.3 a-b

Part a is a cup with a wide round opening, that tapers to a raised foot near the bottom. It has a carved scalloped band around its rim. The rest of the cup is textured. Part b is the saucer to the cup. It is raised on a cone-shaped piece, then flares out to a disk-shaped platform that is slightly upturned and narrows towards the centre to create a small cup-shape in the centre. There is a round hollow tube through the three sections. The entire surface of both the cone-shaped piece and the disk-shaped piece has grooved lines that widen on the outer edges.

Culture
Ainu
Material
pagoda wood
Made in
Hokkaido, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Soup BowlEd9.2

A carved, rectangular, light brown bowl with upper pointed ends, one of which is bigger and more ornately carved.

Culture
Ainu
Material
yew wood ?
Made in
Hokkaido, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Soup BowlEd9.1

A carved, deep, oval, greyish-brown, wooden bowl with upper pointed ends.

Culture
Ainu
Material
elm wood
Made in
Hokkaido, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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