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Sawmill Bottle3424/2 a-b

Tall six-sided bottle, with lid (part b). Each side has a panel with three images - the top and bottom generally feature a building, sometimes with a large bird. The centre image is a framed machine. The edges and top of the bottom are decorated in blue - repeating V's creating a vine, and small repeating arches around the mouth. The lid has a ceramic handle painted to appear metallic. Around the handle reads, '1906-1990 IVAR KAROLUS LUNDGREN'. The artist's signature is on the base.

Culture
Canadian
Material
clay, paint and glaze
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dog Whip3422/1

Dog whip made of sea mammal hide, with a wooden handle. The handle has a notch around the bottom with a strip of skin threaded through, and secured at the other end through a hole. The top of the handle is a combination of skin tied together, and being wrapped. On one side, there is a large rounded notch. From the handle, the whip is composed of many layers of skin that are stitched together, with the whip becoming increasingly thinner as it progresses towards the tip. The skin is knotted close to the tip.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood and rawhide skin
Made in
Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Weaving Shuttle3396/26

Wooden shuttle. The shuttle's boat-style rectangular body has a large rectangular cutout, and an eye on one side. Each end of the body tapers to a slightly-upturned and dull point. Within the rectangular cutout, there is a wooden pin inserted through a bobbin, with the pin's tip inserted into a hole on one side, and the square end held in the notch.

Culture
Doukhobor
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gilded Avataq3403/1

Lithograph print on rectangular, off-white paper. Close up design of avataq, sealskin float, in portrait orientation. Float done in light yellow. Front flippers have jagged black line across them, depicting fur, and claws. Long tie, done in light yellow, looped around back flippers. Tie disappears under body and appears again on right side of float, curled in a circle. Majority of body covered in black abstract, curved triangle designs. Bright red syllabics overtop of embossed bird-like figure, in bottom right corner. Syllabics handwritten in pencil overtop of embossed symbol of the West Baffin Eskimo Co-Operative, in bottom left corner. Beneath avataq design is the title, print type, edition number, 10/50, year and artist signature. All handwritten in pencil. “08-2” handwritten in pencil on back of print, in bottom left corner. Faint imprint of words, and an infinity symbol, on back of print, in bottom right corner.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada and Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Paddle3410/1

Unpainted wooden canoe paddle. T-shaped grip. Diamond shaped blade with a rounded tip. The shaft is cylindrical at the centre, but flattens at both ends where it meets the blade or grip.

Culture
Coast Salish: Tla'amin
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Paddle3410/2

Unpainted wooden canoe paddle. Part of the T-shaped grip is broken off. Diamond shaped blade with a broken tip. The shaft is cylindrical.

Culture
Coast Salish: Tla'amin
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Picture Frame3421/7

Carved and painted picture frame holding a coloured photo of the Goose Bay Cannery, behind glass. Each side of the frame has a pole with (top to bottom): seated eagle with wings folded in, downward-facing whale, and an Indigenous man depicted with long braids. Along the top is an eagle with its wings spread, and along the bottom is a sisiutl (double-headed serpent) with a central face of a supernatural being.

Culture
Coast Salish: Squamish
Material
metal, wood, paint, glass and paper
Made in
North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Totem Pole3421/6 a-c

Painted model pole carved with (top to bottom) eagle, seated humanoid figure; on a circular green wooden base. The eagle has separately carved wings (parts b-c) that spread out to the sides and attach into a vertical slot on each side of the pole. The humanoid figure is in an upright seated position. The figure holds a copper. Painted dark green, red, yellow and brown on a white background.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Fort Rupert, British Columbia, Canada and Tsaxis, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Totem Pole3421/4

Painted model pole carved with (top to bottom) eagle, man, animal figure, bear; on a rectangular wooden base. The eagle has separately carved and attached wings spread out to its sides. The man wears a Plains-style bonnet and is seated with arms holding the animal figure. The animal figure is upside-down. The black bear is in an upright seated position, and holds a face in its paws.

Culture
Coast Salish: Squamish
Material
wood, metal and paint
Made in
North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Totem Pole3421/3 a-b

Painted model pole carved with (top to bottom) eagle, man, bear, whale; on a rectangular wooden base. The eagle has separately carved and attached wings (part b) spread out to its side. The man wears a Plains-style bonnet and is seated with arms held together in front of his body. The black bear is in an upright seated position. It has it's teeth bared, and tongue out. In its paws it holds the head of a canine-type creature. The grey whale faces downwards with its tail flipped up and curled under the bear. All three fins have been carved separately and attached.

Culture
Coast Salish: Squamish
Material
wood, metal and paint
Made in
North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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