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Doll CarrierA3689

Model baby carrier. A flat piece of wood that has a straight edge at one end and a fin-like protrusion at the other end. The long sides curve outward from end to end. There are two parallel rows of stitching down the centre.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
cedar wood and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureA3688

Human shape carved from wood, employing grain of wood for facial design.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA1857

Rectangular woven basket with a handle across the top and one strand of loop work around the rim; plaited checker work and a diagonally plaited handle. Plaid design in black cedar bark; handle and loops also have black strands.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
dye and cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Speaker's StaffA1762

Dark brown polished wooden staff. The carved figures are: a bird with a large beak across the top, a human figure below the beak and in front of the bird's body; then another human figure, tall and wearing a ringed hat, with an upsidedown bird head projecting upward from his front, near the centre; the bottom section is plain and round.

Culture
Tsimshian: Gitxaala
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Frog BowlA1763

Dish in the form of a frog with four protruding feet and a protruding mouth. Dish area is held of surface by the feet.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
wood
Made in
Metlakatla, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA1860

Short, cylindrical basket made from plaited origin (raffia); wrapped twined weaving over two splint rows, direction of stitches changes with every four rows; rim is overcast.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
cedar root and palm leaf
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonA133

Large wooden spoon with an elongated bowl and flat, squared-off handle. Bowl painted in distributive, black Northwest Coast design. Stylized smiling human face painted black on underside of bowl. Hole in side of bowl and on handle.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressA146

Twenty-three bear claws attached by leather thongs to a leather head band; claws are held upright by a long strip of leather tied to each claw.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
leather skin and bear claw
Made in
Kitselas, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gambling Game SticksA149 a-ppp

Leather pouch (part a) and sixty seven (parts b-ppp) bone game pieces. Pouch strap has an ornamental bone carving on the end. One piece (part b) has an inlaid abalone shell dot near the end and an empty hole on the opposite side. Forty five of the thin cylindrical bone sticks (parts c-uu) have incised lines around their centres. The other twenty one pieces (parts vv-ppp) are plain bone.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
leather skin, abalone shell and bone
Made in
Kitselas, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Soul CatcherA150

Five bone soul catchers strung together on a string, carved with both ends open, and stained with red ochre.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
bone, cedar bark and ochre pigment ?
Made in
Kitselas, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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