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Weaving tool3621/5

Wood and metal tool, consisting of a spinning frame mounted on a cylindrical wooden handle. The frame has two long side pieces with two horizontal bars inserted into notches in the side pieces. The horizontal bars are held in place with nails. A large nail is inserted through the centre of the cross-bars, and hammered into the handle, which allows it to rotate.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
metal and wood
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing3602/7

Drawing reconstruction of a Tsimshian house-front screen in horizontal orientation; done in pencil and pencil crayon. Drawing is of a large raven shown in profile, and facing left side of drawing. Short edges of drawing are bordered with maroon bands. Raven is flying with it's wing spread above it's body, and legs tucked underneath belly; formline design elements throughout interior. One rectangle-like shape overtop tail, imitating house plank drawing is based off of; shapes are coloured in brown.

Culture
Haisla
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing3602/4

Drawing reconstruction of a plank for a Tsimshian house-front screen in horizontal orientation; done in pencil and maroon pencil crayon. Drawing is of a raven's wing, along with the upper half of body, tail feathers, and crest; formline design elements throughout interior. Rectangle outline overtop drawing, imitating house plank drawing is based off of; left edge of drawing is bordered with a maroon band. Title and artist signature written along left edge.

Culture
Haisla
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing3602/3

Drawing reconstruction of an old Tsimshian house-front screen in horizontal orientation; done in pencil and pencil crayon. Drawing is of a large raven shown in profile, and facing right side of drawing. Short edges of drawing are bordered with maroon bands. Raven is flying with it's wings spread above it's body, and legs tucked underneath belly; formline design elements throughout interior. Three rectangle-like shapes overtop wings, ears, and mouth, imitating house planks drawing is based off of; shapes are coloured in brown.

Culture
Haisla
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing3602/1

Drawing reconstruction of an old Heiltsuk house-front painting, in horizontal orientation; done in pencil and maroon pencil crayon. Drawing is of two birds shown in profile, bodies facing the left side of the print. Birds are divided by a wide maroon border; short edges of drawing bordered with identical bands. Birds are crouched with their legs tucked in front, and wings spread out behind them; similar formline design elements throughout their interiors. Overall drawing has a rectangluar outline with a horizontal line through the centre, going overtop designs. Title, date made, and artist signature written in bottom right corner.

Culture
Haisla
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spindle Whorl3621/3 a-b

Wooden spindle and whorl consisting of a disc with a central hole (part a) and long wooden spindle (part b). The whorl is convex on one side, and flat on the other. The spindle shaft narrows at each end, and one end is wider than the other.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
wood
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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String Puppet3375/1

String puppet. Puppet carved from a section of bamboo with three stacked faces carved in the upper half and a notch cut out of the top. The puppet is lightly carved with the designs painted in blue, red, teal and black. The top face has eyes that are underlined in red, a red down-turned mouth, black steeply angled eyebrows and a moustache and split chin beard. The second face has solid black angled eyebrows with blue lines above them, red outlined eyes, and a mouth with two incisors and two long fangs. The third and bottom face, has red outlined eyes with bright blue mask around the eyes, small black moustache, wide red lips with teeth showing, and three different designs of concentric circles along the jaw alternating between blue and black. Each figure has movable limbs, which are controlled by strings inserted into three holes on each side and have circular cross-sections of bamboo attached to the ends of each pair of strings at the bottom. The top two sets of limbs are longest with three cylindrical bamboo grass beads and long blade-like structures at the ends. The lowest set has two cylindrical bamboo beads and a circular cross-section of bamboo at the end. The carved designs extend into the lower portion of the bamboo and has two concentric hearts at centre. The back is carved with artist's signature(?).

Culture
Taiwanese
Material
bamboo grass, paint and fibre
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing3602/2

Drawing reconstruction of an old Heiltsuk house-front painting, in horizontal orientation; done in pencil and maroon pencil crayon. Drawing is of two circles with human-like figures inside, bodies facing forward. The two are divided by a wide maroon border; the short edges are bordered by identical bands. Figures are crouched with arms and legs bent at sides, elbows resting on knees. Overall drawing has a rectangluar outline with a horizontal line through the centre, going overtop designs. Title, date made, and artist signature written in bottom right corner.

Culture
Haisla
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing3602/8

Drawing reconstruction of a plank for a Tsimshian house-front screen in horizontal orientation; done in pencil and maroon pencil crayon. Drawing is of a raven's tail, and a large portion of the body; formline design elements throughout interior. Rectangle outline overtop drawing, imitating house plank drawing is based off of. Title and artist signature written along right edge of drawing.

Culture
Haisla
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wool Beater3621/4

Wooden beater for weaving. Beater has long, flat blade with a rounded end. The carved handle has a cylindrical hand guard and pommel-like end piece. The blade is dull on both sides.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
yew wood
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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