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Dress YokeD2.21

Dress yoke with beads sewn onto a backing of brown satin and cotton interfacing. This backing is lined by the same brown satin. The beadwork is in a pattern of horizontal light and dark blue stripes interspersed with clear yellow and greenish-blue bands with several star shapes in clear yellow, dark blue and light greenish-blue. Beaded fringe with cowrie shell ends. Skin ties at sides and neck.

Culture
Cree
Material
silk fibre ?, cotton fibre, cowrie shell, glass, skin and dye
Made in
Regina Beach, Saskatchewan, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentD2.188

Length of tan-coloured braided horse hair with six large, spherical blue beads. The braided cord has half-square knots (spiral) and square knots (flat). The cord is single strand until two beaded joins where it splits into four. Two of the cords end in a thick tuft of bristle. The other end varies from double strands, to single strand at the beadsand ends in a tied loop.

Culture
Plains
Material
glass ? and horse hair
Made in
Saskatchewan, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Collar713/1

A long brown fabric piece with angled ends and a beadwork pattern on one side. The beadwork pattern has a white background with two yellow-centred floral-leaf-like designs outlined with orange and light blue in the middle of the pattern with a dark blue-centred tear-drop-shaped design otulined with orange next to them and a three-petaled design with orange centres outlined with light blue at the ends. Two metal loops are at one end on the fabric side of the object.

Culture
Cree
Material
glass, metal and fibre
Made in
Saskatchewan, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Beadwork Belt1763/2

A belt-like strip of beadwork on a stiff leather and fabric backing. Beaded belt with ends bound in leather. One end has a tied loop, the other end has two ties. Backing is light brown heavy cotton. Design is geometric on green background. Diamond designs in blue, orange and red alternate with simple blue and grey cross.

Culture
Plains
Material
glass, cotton fibre and leather skin
Made in
Saskatchewan, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt1763/1

Belt or tie. Beadwork strip of red beads with square black repeating motif. Both ends have four red beaded loops.

Culture
Plains
Material
glass and cotton fibre
Made in
Saskatchewan, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeltD3.167

Buckskin belt backed with iridescent blue-green fabric. Embroidered with bright, multicoloured floral designs. Zigzagging edge. Larger rosette shape in the centre.

Culture
Cree
Material
skin, silk fibre and dye
Made in
Saskatchewan, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowA6754

An arrow with a wood shaft and a metal point. Three half feathers are attached at the other end.

Culture
Plains ?
Material
willow wood ?, metal and feather
Made in
Saskatchewan, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SnowshoesA6727 a-b

Pair of elliptically shaped brown wooden snowshoes; both ends are pointed, with the front curving sharply upwards. Three wooden crossbars separate the rawhide mesh-like latticework into three main sections, with the latticework in the central section being of a thicker construction. Two straps made from long strips of cotton are tied to the rawhide in the central section. Small tufts of multicoloured fibres ring the outside of the frame.

Culture
Cree ?
Material
wood, rawhide skin, cotton fibre, wool fibre and dye
Made in
Saskatchewan, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pipe1003/5

Horizontal pipe with a long, flat wooden stem and a short T-shaped bowl carved from red stone. Wooden stem is adorned with several double lines of silver-coloured metal tacks.

Culture
Plains
Material
catlinite stone, metal and wood
Made in
Saskatchewan, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatbandNe213

Red beads woven flat with geometric square and arrow point motif evenly-spaced at intervals along length. Pattern alternates between pink bordering green and pink bordering blue. Woven length joined to a medallion by passing underneath its hide backing. Medallion is circular hide piece entirely covered with single-coloured strands of beads sewn in concentric rows. Moving to centre, borders of red, blue and green alternate with rows of pink. Edging in red bead pattern.

Culture
Plains Cree
Material
glass, skin and cotton fibre
Made in
Saskatchewan, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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