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Figure3148/8

Ookpik. Toy owl made from brown seal skin, with hair directed downward on front and up at back, causing bird colour to change slightly. Head is large, body flaring out slightly at shoulders. Eyes are large circles of leather, with a small leather triangle below to serve as a beak. Feet are also leather and have three toes. Suede base is round and stitched to body.

Culture
Inuit
Material
seal skin, cotton fibre and leather skin
Made in
Kuujjuaq, Quebec, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3148/7

Wire and fur “ice worm” toy. A long piece of animal skin with the fur on it has been sewn around a long length of wire, which emerges from both ends. The fur is thick with long hair, in shades of brown with off-white. An oblong head has been created out of hide and protrudes from one end of the tail, with leather antennae, eyes, nose and beard, and a red felt tongue.

Culture
Inuit
Material
animal skin, rawhide skin, leather skin, metal and wool fibre
Made in
Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3148/6

Soapstone figure of an owl. Bird stands with large clawed feet forward, wings tucked at sides with long carved feathers meeting tail. Small head is rounded with a narrow beak. Eyes are round rings of off-white material inset into the stone, with round stone pupils inside the white. Across wings, back, tail and chest are small, densely carved feathers.

Culture
Inuit
Material
soapstone stone and tusk ?
Made in
Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3148/4

Stone figure of a woman. Woman stands, wearing an amauti style parka, with a flap that falls mid-thigh at front and to ankles at back. A large pouch falls from her shoulders down her back. At front, her arms hang at her sides with the amauti creating large square shoulders. Pants are short, with large pouches at the knee. Her hair is in a double bun over each ear, and face has inset eyes and a protruding nose. Label on base. (Removed since photograph).

Culture
Inuit
Material
soapstone stone
Made in
Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3148/3

Stone figure of a woman. Woman stands, wearing an amauti style parka, with a flap that falls mid-thigh at front and to ankles at back. A large pouch falls from her shoulders down her back. At front, her arms hang at her sides, with the amauti creating large square shoulders. Pants are short, and meet boots at knees. Her hair is in double braids that sit on top of the pouch. Face is round with a pointed chin, eyes and brows have been darkened with black. Label on base

Culture
Inuit
Material
soapstone stone and ink ?
Made in
Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada and Qamanittuaq, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt3148/2

Long green belt, or sash, woven with multi-coloured patterns. Belt is relatively narrow, with stripes of short linear patterns in blue, green, red and yellow. Long twisted lengths of yarn hang from each end of the belt, most in a single colour, but two are twisted from red and white. A tassel is attached to the end of each one.

Culture
Inuit ?
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arrow Sash3148/1

Finger woven red belt with multi-coloured pattern. The sash, or belt, is long and woven with lines of short diagonal stripes in blue, green, white and yellow on a bright red background. The wool is plaited into thick cords at each end, with the threads left long and unbraided.

Culture
Metis
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tray3147/5

Basketry divided tray. Constructed of cedar slats wrapped in cedar root. Base is rectangular, with short, straight walls. The interior is divided in half by a partition with a rounded top, that sits higher than the basket edge, with a handle hole at centre. Dark red and black cherry bark imbrication decorates the sides of the basket in sets of short diagonal lines.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo
Material
cedar wood, cedar root, cherry bark and dye
Made in
Seabird Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3147/4

Basket made of cedar root wrapped slats. Base is a long, thin rectangle with rounded corners, sides flare slightly outward toward the rim. The decoration on the body is alternating horizontal rows of black and red cherry bark, as well as six spaced out black squares (three rows wide) of imbrication on each side. Two hide strap handles are attached just below the rim on the long sides.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, rawhide skin and cedar wood
Made in
Seabird Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3147/3

Basket is rectangular but with rounded corners; sides flare out somewhat from base to rim. Made of sewn coils of wrapped cedar root bundles. Among the horizontal rows of the body are two rows of imbricated diamond shaped designs near the top and a single line of gammadion crosses near the bottom. Several thongs of hide are attached as loops through the basket near the rim; a braided fibre cord with a wide handle is also attached near the rim. The tumpline handle is woven with pink and brown wool in a diagonal pattern.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, wool fibre, rawhide skin and plant fibre
Made in
Seabird Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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