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FigureA2516

Wooden carving of a woman lying on the back of a sea monster(?); she is shown nude, lying flat on her back with knees slightly raised. She has a labret in her lip. The creature's body is divided into three segments. Its head is painted black with red nostrils, the eyes are round and green, and the gills are well defined and delineated. The tail is black and split, with yellow and red concentric circles at each corner. A circular space has been carved out of the wood under the creature's head.

Culture
Tlingit ? or Haida ?
Material
paint and wood
Made in
Sitka, Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RugNh164

Rectangular, natural-coloured rug with woven designs. In the centre are five multicoloured, rectangular Yei figures holding spears and bunches of feathers(?), with arrows hanging from their elbows. On each figure the face, arms and legs are the same colour. There is a braided rope sewn on each end.

Culture
Navajo
Material
wool fibre, cotton fibre and fibre
Made in
Arizona, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentA2548

Miniature totem pole style carving. From top: human wearing a nobility hat; eagle; human face. Off-white with black and red paint.

Culture
Tlingit ?
Material
bone and paint
Made in
USA and Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNa727 a-b

Round, closed two-strand twined basket with lid. Straight-sided, very finely woven. Approximately every 6th element in every 6th row is red (warp of same grass dyed red, otherwise yellow-green). Bottom of basket is coarser and darker red/beige. Blue band, a single element wide around bottom edge. Lid (b) rim is reinforced by cedar bark band. Red 'dot' pattern on lid, same as basket. Two small holes near bottom centre.

Culture
Aleut
Material
grass, dye and cedar bark
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNa726

Open, round cylindrical shaped basket, open twining on bottom and in alternating double row sections on sides, with rows of cross warp sections (3 sets). Top section is decorated with double row of black wave-like twine. One aspect of basket side, twining between open-work slants diagonally, interrupting the otherwise parallel lines. Rim, two strand twined; with twisted loops along top. Inside unfinished ends at rim and centre bottom. Two strand thread interwoven along rim.

Culture
Aleut
Material
dune grass, dye and fibre
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureNh150

Squatting figure; right arm broken off at torso, right leg, left arm and leg broken off leaving stumps of different lengths; open hollow mouth; hollow nostrils; slanting hollow eyes; slanting forehead; three horn-like appendages, one on top of head, one on each side of head; colour red-brown with light grey neck and front horn-like appendages; light grey circle around right horn-like appendage; hollow with loose material inside; 'R.20.' inscribed in black letters on back.

Culture
Tewa ?
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Tesuque, New Mexico, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3149

Two darker bands woven in with horizontal alternating bands and triangles, chevron figures between bands in orange and white "false embroidery". Twined weave with "false embroidery" (overlaid twined weave).

Culture
Tlingit
Material
swamp grass, dye and spruce root
Made in
Skagway, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3161

Construction consists of two separate pouches on a long back piece which folds over and covers. Design consists of horizontal bands where each of the bands is proceeded by a change in weave. Plaited checker work, loose twine weave and openwork "eyehole" weave - crossed-warp twined. Colours include green and natural browns.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
cedar bark, dye and cherry bark
Made in
Skagway, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3177 a-b

Twined grass basket with lid. Decorated with ambiguous figures, perhaps flowers, in grid pattern along the sides and lid. Divided warp twined weave (also called hemstitching) with wool yarn overlay. Colours: pale blue, green, orange, red, brown.

Culture
Aleut
Material
sea grass and wool fibre
Made in
Unalaska, Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3179

Cylindrical woven basket with three horizontal brown bands--each five rows wide--around the sides. Twined with braided border.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
spruce root and dye
Made in
Metlakatla, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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