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Hat3103/7

Woven basketry hat. Small concave crown flares out to wide opening. Wide woven hat band sewn into interior. Bands of alternating dark and light brown strands adorn bottom and middle of hat. Crown is light brown and ringed with three light brown circles.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
dye ?, grass ? and cedar bark
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basketry3100/13 a-b

Basketry-wrapped glass bottle and lid. Bottle (part a) is tall, flaring from base to shoulder, with a long thin neck. It is fully covered in finely woven basketry, with colourful images of ducks, sea creatures, boats and hunters worked into the weave, interspersed with decorative lines. The lid is plastic, and adhered to the bottle, with a loose basketry cover (part b) made of the same weave as the bottle cover, with a red encircling line and brown top.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Huu-ay-aht
Material
dye, glass, grass and plastic
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hat3100/12

Dome shaped cedar bark hat. Hat is finely woven and uses a slight step pattern in construction as it narrows toward the top. A pattern of larger weaves is interspersed with the fine, encircling the hat at each step. On the inside sits a shaped headband made in a looser weave with a long, thin, twisted chin strap, also of bark, attached to either side.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Hesquiaht
Material
cedar bark
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drum3100/9 a-b

Drum and drumstick. Round drum (part a) is made of skin stretched over a circular wood frame and nailed to secure along the frame’s bottom edge. On the underside, thin strips of hide are connected in 4 places to the frame and come together in the centre, tightly wrapped around themselves, to join at a small wood handle. The face of the drum shows a painted lightning-snake design, with a large centrally placed head showing bared teeth and curling hair in red and blue, the long thin body wrapping around the outside edge of the drum top. Part b is the drum stick, consisting of a long wooden shaft, rounded, and a leather covered head attached by a leather strip wound around the stick's neck.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
skin, wood, metal and paint
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rattle3100/8

Bent horn rattle. Horn serves as handle as well as rattle head, curving over itself to make an enclosed chamber that holds noise-making elements (stones?) inside. Holes are bored through head along edges where metal wire is inserted and tied to hold horn head together. One side has some remnants of blue and white fabric wound around the wire. Wide strands of root are wrapped around the handle.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Tla-o-qui-aht
Material
mountain sheep horn, cedar root, metal, cotton fibre and stone ?
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Salmon Drum3113/5

Painted drum made of stiffened skin stretched over a round frame of wooden slats, attached together with adhesive. Skin wraps around frame edges to the back, where thin strips of sinew are attached through holes to draw the material tight. These are lashed together with leather thongs at centre, making a handle. The face of the drum is painted red and black, with four salmon heads emerging from the sides, surrounding a series of concentric cirlces at mid-point with interspersed crescents and traingles .

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
deer skin, sinew and acrylic paint
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bentwood Trailbox3113/4 a-b

Bentwood box made of yellow cedar, with separate lid (part b). Box is deeply carved with images of birds on two sides, decorated with inlaid circles and ovals of abalone shell for eyes and feather decoration. Into one side of the box is carved a wolf, painted black, with 8 shell operculua creating an even row of teeth in the open mouth. Abalone shell is used for the eye and other decoraton. A flower with foliage is carved beside the wolf. The fourth side is carved into repeating triangular and oval motifs, with black and rust paint accents. The lid (part b) is raised on one side, with 18 shell opercula in 6 rows of 3 shells decorating the high edge. Edges are painted black, while the top is coloured rust. Lid has an inset lip at bottom.

Culture
Coast Salish: Stz'uminus
Material
yellow cedar wood, operculum shell, abalone shell and paint
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thunderbird Rattle3113/3 a-b

Carved wooden rattle with stand (part b). Rattle has a round head, relatively flat, with strips of cedar looped around the outer edge. The front is decorated in a blue painted thunderbird motif with white accents, while the back is painted with a black thunderbird. The handle of the rattle is tightly wrapped with a braided cedar rope. The stand (part b) is cone shaped, with a hole at centre top into which the rattle's handle fits in order to hold it upright. The stand is undecorated except for black paint in and around the hole and base.

Culture
Coast Salish: Stz'uminus
Material
yellow cedar wood, cedar root and paint
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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White Heart3113/2 a-d

Tall glass sculpture with three cedar mount parts. A tall glass cylinder (part a), rounded at top and bottom, is the central piece in the sculpture, representing a trade bead. Its under-layer is frosted white, covered by a red frosted cut-out layer in swooping patterns and dots. It sits on a low, round cedar base (part b), carved along the edge, with a mat of woven cedar bark at centre. A hole in the middle supports a wood pole (part d) that extends throught the glass cylinder and is capped at top by small wooden lid (part c), carved similarly to the base.

Culture
Coast Salish: Stz'uminus
Material
glass, yellow cedar wood, cedar bark and paint
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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