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Wool Fibre3413/2 a-c

Two skeins of heavy off-white wool (parts a-b), and some smaller pieces of wool (part c).

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun'
Material
mountain goat hair fibre
Made in
Duncan, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mat Creaser48.3.686

Museum Purchase: Indian Collection Subscription Fund, Rasmussen Collection of Northwest Coast Indian Art.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
maple wood
Made in
Duncan, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
Portland Art Museum
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Ear Pendants48.3.188A,B

Museum Purchase: Indian Collection Subscription Fund, Rasmussen Collection of Northwest Coast Indian Art.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
california abalone shell
Made in
Cowichan Bay, British Columbia, Duncan, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
Portland Art Museum
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Rattle48.3.372

Museum Purchase: Indian Collection Subscription Fund, Rasmussen Collection of Northwest Coast Indian Art.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
mountain sheep horn, mountain goat wool and sinew
Made in
Duncan, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
Portland Art Museum
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Spindle Whorl48.3.286

Museum Purchase: Indian Collection Subscription Fund, Rasmussen Collection of Northwest Coast Indian Art. Collected: Axel Rasmussen

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
maple wood
Made in
Duncan, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
Portland Art Museum
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Gambling Game PiecesA8176

Set of seven game pieces (parts a-g) made from beaver teeth. The teeth have a natural colour of pink and cream. They are semi-circular in shape and are decorated with series of incised lines and circles. Each piece differs in decoration. Some of the teeth have a fibrous material on the inside. One has black fibre twine wrapped on the outside, another has a small piece of red fabric.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun'
Material
beaver tooth
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Digging StickNbz843

Curved wooden stick, conical in shape with a carved human face visible on inside curve. The face has incised lips and eyes with a slightly protruding nose and brow. Stick tapers to point at one end. The other end is club-like and fits hand grasp. Previously waterlogged, now dried and cracked.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun'
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fishing Lure1666/4

Wooden cod lure with carved sea-wolf(?) head and decorated with black and red painted designs. Cotton string is wound around the piece just below the head.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun'
Material
wood, paint and fibre
Made in
Duncan, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Totem PoleA8069

Model totem pole depicting three animal figures: the pole has a square base on which sits the head of a fish surmounted by a bear figure and finally a thunderbird figure at the top. The pole is nailed to its base.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun'
Material
wood and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Canoe BailerA8070

Large canoe bailer with wooden handle. Outer bark remains on interior surface, but has been removed from both ends where the bark has been pleated. The pleated ends are secured to the wooden handle with strips of a different type of bark, which has more knots in it and is more reddish in colour. The pleated ends are tall and extend up past the wooden handle.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun'
Material
bark, wood and cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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