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Arrow3081/3

Arrow has long wooden shaft, tapering slightly and reddening toward nock. Fletching is attached to shaft with a thick thread at top, and sinew at bottom. At tip, the point is sunk into the wood and secured with wrapped sinew. The point is cast in copper, cylindrical in shape, with incised circles and diagonal lines along its length. The tip has 4 outward barbs surrounding the central point.

Culture
Tlingit ?
Material
wood, feather, sinew, copper metal and fibre
Made in
Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arrow3081/2 a-b

Arrow with long wooden shaft (part a), tapering slightly and reddening toward nock. Fletching is attached to shaft with wrapped thread at feather tops and sinew at bottoms. At opposite end, a long, thin bone shaft (part b) is sunk into the wood and secured with wrapped sinew. The point head sits in a notch in the bone, and is cast in copper with serrations along the barb bottoms.

Culture
Tlingit ?
Material
wood, bone, feather, sinew, copper metal and fibre
Made in
Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arrow3081/1 a-b

Arrow with a long wooden shaft (part a), tapering slightly and reddening toward nock. Fletching is attached to shaft with wrapped thread and sinew at feather tops and sinew at bottoms. At the opposite end a long, thin bone shaft (part b) with notching along its length is sunk into the wood and secured with wrapped sinew. The point head is cast in copper with serrations along the barb bottoms and is nailed to the bone.

Culture
Tlingit ?
Material
wood, bone, feather, sinew, copper metal and fibre
Made in
Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3047/1

Coiled basket is round in shape, with walls flaring from a small base toward its widest point at centre height. Shoulder slopes inward and neck stands straight. Dark brown images are woven into the basket, showing human figures interspersed with checkered squares.

Culture
Tohono O'odham ?
Material
willow wood ? or fern ?
Made in
Arizona, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HandleE178992-0

FROM CARD: "WOODEN, OF PAINT BRUSH. CARVED."Appears Northwest Coast style rather than Eskimo.

Culture
Eskimo ? or Northwest Coast Indian ?
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Paddles 2E260397-0

From card: "Carved."Marked on paddles: Yakutat. Identified as Eskimo on catalogue card but appear more Northwest Coast style? Yakutat is home to a number of Tlingit people. Catalogue card identifies locality as Jackson (i.e Howkan), Alaska. Howkan was originally a Tlingit village, but later became a Kaigani Haida village sometime in the early eighteenth century.

Culture
Eskimo ?, Tlingit ?, Haida and Kaigani ?
Made in
Howkan, Long Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Victory Textile3044/1

Large contemporary cloth commemorating Barack Obama’s election as 44th president of the United States of America. The cloth is printed with a repeating pattern that includes a photo of a waving Obama dressed in a suit, an American flag, black writing on white panels, and linear decorations and motifs.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre, dye and ink
Made in
West Africa, Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Lantern Slide3000/86

Photographic lantern slide made of two pieces of glass, one with the photo printed on it, the other clear, held together by a ‘frame’ of black paper tape. The photo is in shades of light brown and shows a pottery and glass goods display, with a tiered table at front holding plates and ceramic vases. A dark blue and gold border surrounds the image. Inscriptions read: "Centennial Photographic Co. / Philadelphia / International Exhibition. / Registered 1878...Swedish ...[?]"

Culture
American
Material
glass, paper and ink
Made in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Lantern Slide3000/85

Photographic lantern slide made of two pieces of glass, one with the photo printed on it, the other clear, held together by a ‘frame’ of black paper tape. The black and white photo shows the interior of the US Chemical Department, main building, a room full of showcases and displays, and a variegated tin ceiling. A dark blue and gold border surrounds the image. Inscriptions read: "Centennial Photographic Co. / Philadelphia / International Exhibition. / Registered 1878...U.S. Chemical Department- Main Buil’g..."

Culture
American
Material
glass, paper and ink
Made in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Lantern Slide3000/84

Photographic lantern slide made of two pieces of glass, one with the photo printed on it, the other clear, held together by a ‘frame’ of black paper tape. The black and white photo shows a large bouquet of flowers at centre, with two ceramic figures of bald men with long white beards to either side, a ceramic bowl with intricate designs at front, and a model of a pagoda-type structure in the background. A dark blue and gold border surrounds the image. Inscriptions read: "Centennial Photographic Co. / Philadelphia / International Exhibition. / Registered 1878...Artificial Flowers, Chinese Sect’n..."

Culture
American
Material
glass, paper and ink
Made in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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