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Headdress3214/1

Woven headdress with fibre optic lighting. Band is made of wool, with red and black diagonal designs on an off-white background. Two cords of fibre optic lights are incorporated above both the red and black sections and connect to a battery power source at the back of the headdress. Brown fur lines the top of the piece, and the interior is covered in dark grey felt.

Culture
Coast Salish: Shishalh
Material
wool fibre, skin, plastic and copper metal
Made in
Sechelt, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Her First Day of School3043/1

Large photographic print. A young girl stands in the centre of the photo. Her smiling face and lower legs are in colour, while her torso and upper legs are surrounded by a rectangular black & white, X-ray type image overlaying the colour picture. Inside the rectangle she is wearing a neat white buttoned jacket that reaches to her knees, hands clasped together in front. Seen in the background of the piece behind the little girl’s head is a window showing the exterior slats of a building. On the sides of the photo print are images of cellulose film notches.

Culture
Coast Salish: Shishalh
Made in
Sechelt, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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His First Day of School3043/2

Large photographic print. A young boy stands in the centre of the photo. His smiling face and lower legs are in colour, while his torso and upper legs are surrounded by a rectangular black & white, X-ray type image overlaying the colour picture. Inside the rectangle he is wearing a neat suit coat, pants and tie, hands joined behind his back. Seen in the background are a hardwood floor, a washroom, and a frosted window. On the sides of the photo are images of cellulose film notches.

Culture
Coast Salish: Shishalh
Made in
Sechelt, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pipe BowlA17115

Pipe bowl decorated to represent a hawk's talon with three claws clutching bowl.

Culture
Coast Salish: Shishalh
Material
clay
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bow3552/1 a-c

Small flatbow (part a) and two arrows (parts b-c). Bow is rectangular in shape and has hexagon-shaped string nocks protruding from either end. Bow gently narrows at centre, for grip. Artist inscription written along lower section of bow, on belly. Arrows consist of points inserted into shafts; all parts are made of wood. The points are secured with fibre cord; painted dark red. Nocks are carved into shafts and whipped with fibre cord. Two helical fletch also secured to each shaft with cord, at top and bottom. Cresting along shaft; alternating stripes of red-orange and dark green. Points have thin triangular tips. The longer arrow (part b) has a protruding triangle decoration underneath the point, before flaring into the tang. The other arrow (part c) has no additional decoration. Triangle decoration is painted red-orange, tang painted dark green; other arrow (part c) only has a band of red-orange across the tang.

Culture
Coast Salish: Shishalh
Material
wood, fibre, feather and paint
Made in
Sechelt, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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