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Bracelet3207/11

Silver bracelet with turquoise stone. Small cuff is oval in shape, open at back, and increases in width toward the centre. Design is openwork at front, where an arrow shaft with head and fletching is incorporated and lays horizontally across the piece. A gammadion cross is set on top, and carries a small oval turquoise stone at centre. Along arms on both sides are etchings of Navajo design, including a stylized bird and arrow.

Culture
Navajo
Material
turquoise mineral and silver metal
Made in
Arizona, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pipe3260/34

Pipe bowl in the shape of a baby bird with its mouth open wide. The mouth is rimmed with copper. The stem hole is in the bird's breast. Pipe stem is missing.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
walnut wood and copper metal
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fish Club3260/32

Fish club carved in the form of a sea lion. Its head has prominent eyes, open mouth with teeth, and small ears. Its side has defined tail flippers, ribs and spine. The handle is shaped with finger grooves for a strong grip, and a small handle drilled through.

Culture
Tlingit ? or Haida ?
Material
yew wood
Made in
USA and Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3240/1

Basket sampler showing four sections of different types of basket weaving. Openwork basket is tall and rectangular, with a rounded base and walls that flare slightly toward rim. Large loops are attached at the upper layer, through which are passed two tumpline ropes that serve as a handle. A skinned ermine is sewn to the handle (with its nose and whiskers still present). Cedar oil was applied to the basketry after completion.

Culture
Coast Salish: Suquamish
Material
cedar root, wild cherry bark, ermine skin and cedar oil
Made in
Indianola, Washington, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3207/6

Round basket with gammadion cross design. Woven basket has a recessed base from which rises the wall, flaring slightly outward toward rim. Weaving is fine and tight, and decoration is an imbricated pattern of an encircling line of gammadion crosses (swastikas) at centre in dark brown between rows of parallelograms in brown and shades of orange.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
grass
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3208/3 a-b

Small, tightly woven basket with lid. Base rises at centre, with a patterned weave. Round basket has a bulbous body with a decorative stepped line and small triangle pattern below the shoulder in colours of rust and dark brown. Basket rim curves inward, coloured light brown with a small checked pattern at shoulder. A lid (part b) fits onto rim, round, rising toward its centre where sits a small raised finial. Patterning on the lid matches that of the basket.

Culture
Yurok ?, Hupa ? or Karuk ?
Material
grass and dye
Made in
California, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3208/1

Large round basket. Tightly woven willow wood basket has a small, flat base from which the wall flares upward toward the wide mouth. A rattlesnake pattern decorates the midpoint: rust coloured diamond shapes outlined in dark brown, with brown border lines running above and beneath.

Culture
Tohono O'odham ?
Material
willow wood ? or fern ?
Made in
Arizona, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3208/4

Large, low-sided basket. Round woven basket has a flat base, from which rises a short wall that flares outward slightly toward the rim. Sides are decorated with two lines of checked patterning in rust and dark brown colours, with a similar pattern along the bottom that also includes rings in dark brown and light yellow-brown.

Culture
Kumeyaay ?
Material
root and dye
Made in
California, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3208/2

Round, tightly woven willow wood basket. From a small, flat base the wall flares upward toward the wide mouth. A stepped line pattern in light brown repeats in encircling lines, visible on both exterior and interior, and small light blue beads are evenly placed just below the rim, incorporated into the weave.

Culture
Akimel O'odham ? or Tohono O'odham ?
Material
willow wood ?, glass and fern ?
Made in
Arizona, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bracelet3207/12

Bracelet made of coin silver with large turquoise stone. Cuff is oval in shape, open at back, and widens broadly at front where three horizontal bars hold small plates of stamped design on either side of the oval green and brown turquoise piece at front. Silver balls are used as further embellishment. Arms are stamped with curving lines, small arrows, and gammadion crosses.

Culture
Navajo
Material
turquoise mineral and sliver metal
Made in
Arizona, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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