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Moccasins3194/5 a-b

Beaded moccasins. Shoes are made of moose skin with thick fur lining the ankle. Top of toe and flap covering the back of the heel are decorated with heavy beading: a rose with green and blue foliage on the toe is edged by a line of alternating pink and blue beads over green felt. The heel flap holds cross hatched beading in white, red, blue, and pink. Interior of the moccasins are unlined.

Culture
Gwich'in
Material
moose skin, muskrat fur ?, glass and wool fibre
Made in
Old Crow, Yukon Territory, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3194/16

Birch bark basket. Basket is made from white bark on exterior, with a rectangular base from which sides flare widely upwards toward rim. Interior is made of a sheet of brown bark, which also covers the upper exterior sides. Rim is made of a thin branch, pink in colour, attached to the basket by bark wrappings. Corners of the basket are slit and stitched into place with willow thongs.

Culture
Gwich'in
Material
birch bark, willow wood and willow bark
Made in
Eagle, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SnowshoesA2.547 a-b

Pair of leaf-shaped brown wooden snowshoes; one end is rounded and upturned while the other tapers gently to a point. Three wooden crossbars separate the rawhide latticework into three main sections, with a mesh-like pattern at the two ends and a rectangular grid-like weave in the centre.

Culture
Gwich'in
Material
wood and rawhide skin
Made in
Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model BoatNa1075 a-f

Wide, round-bottomed boat (a) with sharply pointed bow and stern. Frame consists of wood slats fitted and lashed together with sinew. Skin is tightly stretched over frame and laced down. Boat has oar locks, formed by two pegs projecting upwards, two on starboard side, two on port, and three wood thwarts. Boat has five long, carved wooden paddles: (b) to (f) each flare gradually from handle end to blunt paddle end. All wood of boat and oars is yellow-white in colour.

Culture
Gwich'in
Material
skin, sinew and wood
Made in
Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Beadwork3558/8

Beadwork image on cloth of the Peel River watershed; front is brown, back is light green. Outline of watershed, done in light green, is filled with flowers, a fish jumping from a river, and two moose; flowers are pink, blue and white, fish is green and red, moose are brown with dark brown and white antlers. More pink and blue flowers are beaded in the bottom left corner of the cloth, black bird flying in top left, and a howling wolf, done in silver, is in the top right. Back of work is undecorated. Edge is bordered with blue beads.

Culture
Gwich'in
Material
fibre, glass and dye
Made in
Yukon Territory, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Snowshoes3558/11 a-b

Pair of snowshoes (parts a-b) made of wooden frames with two curved crossbars. Babiche latticework between the frame and crossbars; latticework reinforced with plastic ties along frame. Shoes are rounded before tapering at the ends; shoes are flat. The frame consists of one piece of wood that has been bent into shape; ends are secured with nails below the front crossbar. Middle section of latticework is woven wider than front and back sections. Oval-shaped gaps in weave, underneath front crossbar, for feet; skin ties secured to sides of gaps. Decorative tufts of light blue, orange and dark purple wool are attached along the outer edges of frames, on front and back ends. Grooves cut into frame above wool decoration. The longer snowshoe (part b) has a knotted cord tied around the frame above the front crossbar, along the left side.

Culture
Gwich'in ?
Material
plastic, fibre, skin, rawhide skin, wood, wool fibre and dye
Made in
Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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