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MatA2.596

Twined mat with wool yarn overlay. Very fine twined weave with embroidery overlay. Concentric bands resulting from embroidered concentric circles with small triangular figures in mixed colours. Colours: pink, rose, green, white.

Culture
Aleut
Material
sea grass ? and wool fibre
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2.597 a-b

Cigarette case and cover. Twined weave and cross warp openwork twined weave with overlay embroidery. Cover design: two triangles, contiguous at vertex with line at point of contact. Case design in symmetric colour arrangement. Colours: red, blue, turquoise, rose.

Culture
Aleut
Material
wild rye grass, silk fibre and dye
Made in
Attu Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearA2.533 a-b

Spear (part a) has a walrus tusk three barbed tip that fits in to a walrus tusk and wood shaft to which it is also tethered. Atlatl thrower (part b) has a walrus tusk spear rest and a board with a red top surface and a black bottom surface. The atlatl has accurate hand contour.

Culture
Aleut
Material
wood, walrus tusk and fibre
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagA2.75

The bag is rectangular, green-brown and shiny with a green fabric handle. The bag is made from narrow strips of seal intestine sewn together with thread. There are five strips on either side of the bag. Some of the seams show traces of feathers and red, green and black fabric decoration. A thin gold band is sewn around the opening of the bag.

Culture
Aleut
Material
seal intestine, feather, fibre and wool fibre
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagA2.73

The bag is rectangular, brown and shiny with two long handles. The bag is made from narrow strips of seal intestine sewn together with thread. There are five strips on either side of the bag.

Culture
Aleut ? or Inuit ?
Material
seal intestine and fibre
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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GrindstoneA2.600

Circular stone piece which is rounded on top and flat on the bottom with a square hole at the centre.

Culture
Aleut
Material
stone
Made in
Nikolski, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureA2.247

Miniature, carved, white-yellow figure of a seal; black ink or paint added to indicate eyes, ears, mouth and flipper claws.

Culture
Aleut: Sugpiaq
Material
walrus tusk and ink ?
Made in
Kodiak Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LampA2.476

Grey, elliptical stone object with a rounded bottom and a large carved depression on the top.

Culture
Aleut
Material
stone
Made in
Kiska, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BootsA2.112 a-b

Pair of boots made of sealskin and the throat of a sea mammal (possibly walrus). The feet are made of dark brown dehaired skin. The front and sides of the uppers are made of yellow-brown dehaired skin and the back is made of the yellow-grey thin throat of a sea mammal (walrus?). The uppers are relatively wide compared to the narrow fitted feet and are pleated at the bottom were they are sewn onto the foot section.

Culture
Aleut
Material
seal skin, animal skin and sinew
Made in
Nikolski, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tunic1949.195

Tunic with hood, made from strips of walrus intestine stitched together. Along the bottom of the tunic and each cuff darker skin has been sewn.; Good. 'Parka, thigh length, with attached hood. Main body is made from horizontal strips of sea mammal intestine; back of hood is made from vertical strips of same. Edge around face opening is turned to the interior to form a 0.9 cm casing overlaid with narrow band of red dyed sealskin secured with sinew in running stitch. Twisted sinew tie is threaded around casing emerging through two holes at centre front of neck. Holes are reinforced with rectangular piece of skin. Band (0.8 cm wide) of black dyed sealskin is attached to each cuff and around straight bottom edge. Structural sewing is with sinew. J. Hall, March 2005'

Culture
Northwest Coast ? or Aleut ?
Material
sea mammal intestine and sinew
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ? or Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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