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Sweater3500/1

Hand-knitted Cowichan-style pullover sweater, with collar. Design consists of grey bands with alternating dark brown and cream stripes in between. White, horizontal dotted line through grey bands, snowflake-like pattern through dark brown and cream stripes. Collar is plain grey. Cuffs and bottom edge bordered with a wide light brown band, trimmed with diagonal lines. Lines done in cream and dark brown. Brown cord looped through back of neck.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun'
Material
wool fibre, dye and fibre
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag3413/6

Traditional medical-style leather bag. Tube-shaped bag with piping on seams. Metal closure extends the length of the bag, with leather handle missing, and lockable brass clasp. Interior is lined with a beige fabric, with one pocket on the side. '16' and '160' impressed into leather on rectangular base. Four round metal feet on bottom.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun'
Material
leather skin, metal, fibre and brass metal ?
Made in
Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Raw Material3413/5 a-b

Raw materials (part a), small dried pieces of cephalopod arms, kept in a small off-white cinch bag (part b) with a yellow drawstring.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun'
Material
octopus arm and fibre
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Raw Material3413/4 a-b

Raw materials (part a), pieces of red ochre and a piece of root(?), wrapped in an orange cloth (part b).

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun'
Material
ochre mineral, root ? and fibre
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Raw Material3413/3 a-b

Raw materials (part a), possibly root or fungus(?), wrapped in a cloth scarf (part b) with a purple and yellow floral design on beige background and blue border.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun'
Material
root ? and fibre
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wool Fibre3413/2 a-c

Two skeins of heavy off-white wool (parts a-b), and some smaller pieces of wool (part c).

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun'
Material
mountain goat hair fibre
Made in
Duncan, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wall Hanging3457/1

A white woven wall hanging with knotted loops along the upper edge and long fringe along the lower. Fringe and loops are beige. Rows of designs spaced across entire surface. From top to bottom, the designs are: dark brown band with alternating white and light beige diamonds through the centre, vertical zigzags, plain olive green band, plain peach line, row of light beige crosses with dark brown centres, plain peach line, plain dark brown line, row of light beige crosses with dark brown centres, thick plain dark brown line. The zigzag motif is in the largest design. Central zigzag is white and is mirrored on either side by lines done in light beige, olive green, peach and dark brown. Bottom of blanket is gently curved.

Culture
Coast Salish: Musqueam
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Musqueam, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bracelet3436/1

Silver bracelet with clasp hook. The widest part of the bracelet is one end, with a slot where the narrowest part of the bracelet, at the other end, hooks into it. Carved with Salish style curved and oval designs from one end to the other, with one somewhat V-shaped, more linear design, at the wider end. Some of the designs show through to the inside. DS 85 faintly carved inside, at the wider end.

Culture
Coast Salish: Musqueam
Material
silver metal
Made in
Musqueam, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sacred Weave3403/2

Woodblock print on square, off-white paper. Close up of six dark red strands, outlined in black, woven together. Ten white, abstract designs on red strands. Designs are (from left to right, top to bottom): seven pointed star, figure inside of a circle outline, sun, four angular fish, pale yellow circle with lines curving out from it, three arrows overtop of a solid circle, large swirl, two wavy lines, circle with branch-like designs running through it, and half of a bird-like figure. Embossed leaf on a square in the bottom right corner of paper. Beneath the design are the edition number, 33/50, title, artist signature and year. All are handwritten in pencil. "43" and date are written upside on back of print, in the top right corner. Both handwritten in pencil.

Culture
Coast Salish: Musqueam
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Paddle3410/1

Unpainted wooden canoe paddle. T-shaped grip. Diamond shaped blade with a rounded tip. The shaft is cylindrical at the centre, but flattens at both ends where it meets the blade or grip.

Culture
Coast Salish: Tla'amin
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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