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Wall Hanging3457/1

A white woven wall hanging with knotted loops along the upper edge and long fringe along the lower. Fringe and loops are beige. Rows of designs spaced across entire surface. From top to bottom, the designs are: dark brown band with alternating white and light beige diamonds through the centre, vertical zigzags, plain olive green band, plain peach line, row of light beige crosses with dark brown centres, plain peach line, plain dark brown line, row of light beige crosses with dark brown centres, thick plain dark brown line. The zigzag motif is in the largest design. Central zigzag is white and is mirrored on either side by lines done in light beige, olive green, peach and dark brown. Bottom of blanket is gently curved.

Culture
Coast Salish: Musqueam
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Musqueam, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bracelet3436/1

Silver bracelet with clasp hook. The widest part of the bracelet is one end, with a slot where the narrowest part of the bracelet, at the other end, hooks into it. Carved with Salish style curved and oval designs from one end to the other, with one somewhat V-shaped, more linear design, at the wider end. Some of the designs show through to the inside. DS 85 faintly carved inside, at the wider end.

Culture
Coast Salish: Musqueam
Material
silver metal
Made in
Musqueam, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blanket3356/1

Weaving with a background of natural off-white wool. The design features a box created by a black and off-white checkerboard pattern with some brown-yellow within. This box is bordered by brown-red checkerboard with two black lines across the top, and three black lines across the bottom. Within the box, a series of horizontal bands with triangles and zigzags. Between the bands is a grid of four by four small sections of bold zigzag designs with small natural off-white sections in between (three by three). The loops along the top of the blanket are shorter than those along the bottom.

Culture
Coast Salish: Musqueam
Material
dye and sheep wool fibre
Made in
Musqueam, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Owl3260/85 a-b

Small bentwood box with lid (part b). Box has soft rounded corners with thin unpainted square base. Thick square lid with diagonal corners cut. Two owls with wings outspread carved on box’s exterior. Owls are painted in white with red and black details, blue paint in the negative space. The lid and interior of box are unpainted. Artist inscription carved in base.

Culture
Coast Salish: Musqueam
Material
red cedar wood, acrylic paint and yellow cedarl wood
Made in
Musqueam, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sweater3204/1

Hand-knitted Cowichan-style, pull-over sweater, with high collar. Grey and cream coloured stripes, with dark brown designs inside the upper cream stripes, grey band inside the lowest one. Leather cord loops through at neck.

Culture
Coast Salish: Musqueam
Material
wool fibre, dye and leather skin
Made in
Musqueam, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wall Hanging2614/1

Off-white weaving with a centre blue and red argyle design, framed by a border of red, blue and grey squares. Top and bottom of weaving show three narrow stripes of the principle colours and a red wave pattern bisecting a blue and grey band.

Culture
Coast Salish: Musqueam
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Musqueam, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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House Board1605/1

Roof plank carved from cedar wood, slightly convex on one side with small lip running the length of one side. The wood has some knot holes and some small holes along the lip at one end. Surface has adze marks on it.

Culture
Coast Salish: Musqueam
Material
cedar wood
Made in
Musqueam, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gambling Game BoardA17073 a-b

Wooden plaque and counter stick stained reddish brown. The plaque (part a) has a straight edge and curved sides which give it a half-circle shape. On the surface is carved a zoomorphic face (bear) with widely spaced eyes and a wide mouth with teeth. Several vertical lines extend from the top of the piece to the top of the mouth. The carving is two dimensional. The stick (part b) tapers to a point, and has two engraved lines at the wider end. The plaque has two drilled holes with braided twine running through.

Culture
Coast Salish: Musqueam
Material
stain and yellow cedar wood
Made in
Musqueam, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gambling Game PiecesA17075 a-d

Whale bone game pieces (parts a-d). The two "female" bones (a, d) have black lines about half an inch from each end painted on narrow bands of white paint. The "male" bones (b-c) have black lines half an inch from each end plus two red lines in the centre about half an inch apart. These painted bands are also applied to wider bands in white paint. The game pieces are cylindrical with flat ends, and are yellow-white in colour.

Culture
Coast Salish: Musqueam
Material
paint and whale bone
Made in
Musqueam, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gambling Game PieceA17076

Wooden game piece stained red-brown. The stick is triangular in shape with a thicker top that tapers into a point. Carved into the top is a thunderbird in profile. The remainder of the piece has a carved scalloped edge on each side. There are two nails in the top of the stick, one just below the bird and another near the point that fasten it to a game board (A17073 a-b).

Culture
Coast Salish: Musqueam
Material
yellow cedar wood, metal and stain
Made in
Musqueam, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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