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PlaqueA2.357

Roughly rectangular plaque or slab of whale tooth; yellow-white in colour with one brown end.

Culture
Yup'ik ?
Material
whale tooth
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile25/89

Fragment of off-white, loosely-woven cotton with one selvage edge.

Culture
Southwest
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Arizona, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagA2.74

The bag is rectangular, white and shiny with a thin red band along the opening. The bag is made from narrow strips of seal intestine sewn together with thread. There are eight strips on either side of the bag. The seams between the strips show traces of white feathers and red and green wool decoration.

Culture
Aleut
Material
seal intestine, feather and wool fibre
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa ClothC1319

The cloth is rectangular with designs covering the entire surface in dark red-brown, brown and black on a natural off-white background. There are ten rectangular panels with a diamond-shaped design in the natural colour and brown. The design differs from panel to panel in which aspects of the design are highlighted with black and dark brown dye. The backside also has the same diamond-shaped design painted in a lighter brown on the natural coloured cloth.

Culture
Samoan ?
Material
paper mulberry bark, dye and oil ?
Made in
Samoa ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cradle BoardA17206

Cradle board with a doll laced-up inside the bundle. The doll is covered in a beige and white striped blanket so that only the head is visible. The beige blanket is partially wrapped by a black cover with red trim and white stitching. There is white fibre lashing the black and red cover together, securing the doll within. The black and red cover is attached to a wooden board, upon which the doll rests. There is a small pillow under the doll's head. Attached to the sides of the board and extending upwards in an arch is a multicoloured bead covered wooden frame with beaded hide fringes.

Culture
Coast Salish: Nisqually
Material
wood, glass, rawhide skin, plastic ? and cotton fibre
Made in
Nisqually, Washington, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagD2.89

Tied at one end, the long skin bag is beaded on both sides. One side has a design that consists of four geometric shapes, one in each quadrant. Each geometric shape has an upper portion that consists of a downward pointing, green triangle with three red-tipped, dark blue protuding lines above and a lower portion that consists of a square, green arch-like shape that has a dark blue cross at each of the two bottom corners. Five red-tipped, dark blue crosses form a vertical line along the middle in between the geometric shapes. The other side has a design that consists of four similar geometric shapes, one in each quadrant, but with the upper two being closer to the middle. Each of these different geometric shapes has an upper portion that consists of dark blue and purple cross with a green base and a red bow-tie-like shape and a lower portion that consists of a square arch-like shape that is red along its inner most half and dark blue along its outer most half with a downward pointing, dark blue prong-like shape at the bottom outer most corner while another red one connects the two geometic shapes side-by-side together. Four vertical, green bands form a vertical line along the middle in between these different geometric shapes. Trim of red, white, and blue quills are wrapped around strips of rawhide and tassels are sewn on the bottom of the above strips. Decorations also of tin bells with red tassels.

Culture
Plains
Material
rawhide skin, porcupine quill, glass, metal, fibre and dye ?
Made in
USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Replica WeightK2.97

Replica cast gold weight. Two bronze hornbills on a wood base. Both birds have rounded eyes. Both birds face toward each other with their beaks overlapping. Both birds are connected at the bottom across with a pedestal that is double-grooved in the middle and two-stepped at either side. One bird's tail is higher than the other.

Culture
Akan and Asante
Material
bronze metal and wood
Made in
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Replica WeightK2.96

Replica gold weight. Two bronze birds mounted on a wooden base. The birds have rounded eyes with a horizontal slit across the middle. Four cylindrical projections come from the head. The concentric circular wings rest at either side. While the bodies of the birds face each other in the middle, their beaks are turned backward toward their flat, angled tails. The base of each bird is attached to a long, thin four-stepped bronze pedestal, which is attached to the plain wooden base.

Culture
Akan and Asante
Material
bronze metal and wood
Made in
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Replica WeightK2.95

Replica gold weight of cast bronze in the form of a mother and child, attached to a wood base. The mother has rounded eyes, upraised brows that extend down into the nose, and a slim mouth, with rings are her neck. She has a conical hat and is sitting down. The child has similar facial features and is feeding from the mother's left breast.

Culture
Akan and Asante
Material
bronze metal and wood
Made in
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonA2482

Spoon that has a small bowl with a long handle flattened at the butt end which has an incised design of a bird near the tip. The bird's head is in profile facing downward along the lower portion of the upper end of the handle. Bird has a circle in tapering oval in ovoid eye with a curved beak. Four pinched rectangular designs incised in decreasing size down along the lower portion of the handle from the beak. Has a two-feathered side wing and a four-feathered tail. Word 'SKAGWAY" is scratched on the back of the bowl.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
copper metal
Made in
Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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