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Figure3540/6

Stoneware figure of a seal, lying on its stomach. Face consists of protruding circular eyes, snout with imprinted dots throughout, and an open frowning mouth; snout and eyes are painted black. Small foreflippers held against sides of rotund body, large hind flippers extend straight out from back; lines incised along edges of all, imitating digits. Rounded, cone-shaped tail protrudes from between hind flippers. Figure is hollow and base is unglazed; rest of seal is grey-blue with black speckles and highlights throughout. Artist initials incised on base; four holes poked into base above signature.

Culture
Inuit
Material
clay and glaze
Made in
Nelson, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Noomuthl Mask3533/1

Carved wooden face mask with a large nose protruding out from the centre. Painted mainly in black and blue, with large red nostrils and a pattern of red dashes at both upper sides. Round open eyes and an open slit at the mouth. Chin unpainted. Braided cedar bark rope attached all around the edges; the braid meets at the top and is bound by a cotton twine. Half of the bark has been dyed red. Above the bound area the cedar bark sticks out over the forehead, as a loose bundle. Inside unpainted. Artist initials carved into wood (T inside the A). (Metal eye hook and plastic tied across back for hanging.)

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ditidaht
Material
alder wood, red cedar bark, paint, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Jellyfish Sculpture3483/2

Jellyfish figure made from reclaimed plastic fishing nets. White woven hood with large oval arm hanging from bottom centre, surrounded by thin tentacles. Top edge of hood decorated with orange circles, bottom edge with dark pink circles. Tentacles braided with strands of orange and dark purple plastic. Arm made up of looped strands, braids and balls of fibre, with additional disc-shaped decorations towards the bottom. Orange and dark purple plastic woven throughout arm. Hood shape formed with an internal metal frame.

Culture
Torres Strait Islander
Material
plastic and metal
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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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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Figure3507/5

Black stone carving of male figure, leaning forward and doing a task. He has oval-shaped eyes, wide nose, incised eyebrows and frowning mouth. Man has an etched bushy moustache. Wavy lines incised into forehead, imitating wrinkles. Chin juts out. Wrapping covering sides and back of head carved in relief. He is wearing a parka, with the hood down, pants and tall boots. Line decorations incised into parka cuffs, and along fronts of boots. Man is holding a rectangular object, with triangular cutout along back, in his left hand. Right hand is not visible. Left foot is resting flat, right is partially raised. Figure is standing on an uneven triangular base. Artist signature and other inscriptions on base.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone
Made in
Nunavik, Quebec, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Parka3496/1

Parka style inner and outer coat set. Both are hooded with front centre openings, secured with zippers. Outer coat is made of light blue synthetic material, unlined. Inner coat made of white wool, lined with dark blue silk-like fabric. Two large pockets, with deeply curved openings, on either side of outer coat. Cuffs and bottom edge are trimmed with Delta Braids. Ribbon is light yellow, bordered with red along the top and brown along the bottom. Repeating pattern of green squares framing a dark purple rectangle throughout centre of yellow band. Repeating pattern of three birds embroidered along cuffs and bottom edge of inner coat. Standing pink and green birds face one another with a purple bird in between, facing forward. Wings and legs are highlighted dark green, red and light green. On the chest, on either side of the centre opening, are standing red birds with dark yellow highlights, facing one another. Cuffs, bottom edge and hood of inner coat are trimmed with white fox fur. Manufacturer's mark stamped to exterior of the inner coat's hood.

Culture
Inuit
Material
synthetic fibre, wool fibre, white fox skin, dye and metal
Made in
Holman, Northwest Territories, Canada and Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Summer Parka3499/1

Summer weight amauti style parka. Made of white cotton with yarn decorations. Thick red and blue, braided tassel, pinned to form scallops, hangs below neck opening. Large red panel covers torso. Decorated with two vertical rectangles, filled with “X” shapes. Motifs done in yellow, white, light blue, and black sparkly ribbons. Green and yellow fringe hangs from bottom edge. Top and bottom edges of sleeves are bordered with embroidered bands. Decorated with multi-coloured “X” and “O” shapes, and geometric motifs. Band along top is dark red, bottom band is white. Extending down from the top band, covering the upper arm, are long strands of multi-coloured fringe. Parka has flaps along the front and back bottom edges; the back one longer than the front. Both are trimmed with bands made up of dark blue, light blue and green diagonal lines. White fringe hangs from edges of both flaps. The hood is decorated with pink, red and blue fringe along the edges. Fringe extends from a multi-coloured embroidered band, made up of linear and geometric motifs. Edges of hood opening are trimmed with dark green bands with birds and floral motifs embroidered across them. Pouch, accessible from interior, bulges out from the back of the parka. Two bunches of multi-coloured fringe hang from bottom edge. Parka is unlined.

Culture
Inuit
Material
cotton fibre, wool fibre, plastic and dye
Made in
Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada and Qamanittuaq, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Squid Sculpture3483/3

Small squid figure made from reclaimed plastic fishing nets. It has a long grey and turquoise mantle, with two light green and white fins along the sides. Edges of fins bordered with turquoise and orange strands. Head is white and turquoise with large, black circular eyes on either side. Eyes lined with dark blue and dark yellow twine. Overtop the head and mantle are curvilinear motifs, done in dark yellow plastic. Has a round, open orange and white mouth. Extending from the base of the head, surrounding the mouth, are eight arms and two tentacles. Tentacles are tipped with orange diamond shapes. All appendages are white with turquoise, dark blue, green and orange braided throughout.

Culture
Torres Strait Islander
Material
plastic
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Our Ancestors' Trail: Real Camo3491/1

Lightbox photograph. Large digital photographic print mounted inside a painted, wood-framed lightbox, painted black. Print depicts three figures wearing grey camouflage on a mountainside. The mountainside stretches from the top left to the bottom right corner of the horizontal print. In the other half of the image, the cloudy sky is shown and another trapezoid-shaped mountain is visible in the background. The three figures are spaced evenly along the mountainside and are shown in profile. The figure higher up the slope is sitting with knees bent, head down and arms circling their knees. Figure in middle is most in focus, shown kneeling on the ground, head bent forward, with their arms stretched out in front. The figure towards the bottom of the slope is sitting with their back to the camera, with their head tilted down, leaning back on their right arm. The mountainside is covered in an assortment of grey, brown and white rocks, and pieces of obsidian.

Culture
Tahltan
Material
wood, plastic, paper, ink and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mat3528/40

Sealskin mat with ookpik design. Round fur mat is divided into 8 pie-shaped sections in alternating dark brown and light brown fur. Each triangle has an ookpik shape sewn into it in the opposite colour fur (4 light brown sewn into dark brown, 4 dark brown birds in light brown fur). Each ookpik has felt eyes of black and yellow circles, a beige felt triangular nose, and 3-toed felt feet attached. There is a small sinew loop at the top for hanging.

Culture
Inuit
Material
seal skin, wool fibre, fibre and sinew
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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