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Shell BasketryNb11.243

Abalone shell covered on the exterior with wrap-twine basketry, conforming closely to its contours and brought over shell edges to secure. Pattern: dark blue rectangular ovoid at centre, with concentric bordering stripes of yellow/red, red, yellow/red and dark blue. Rest of field natural light brown, upon which five dark green flying bird shapes are arranged around centre area. Where basketry turns over shell edge, there are concentric stripes of red, dark green, yellow/red and light green. Colours fade on thick side of shell. Basketry slightly damaged in several small areas. Shell interior has four natural perforations.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ucluelet
Material
abalone shell, aniline dye, grass and cedar root ?
Made in
Ucluelet, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceA6697

Necklace made from dentalium shell interspersed with blue and pink trade beads. Rectangular piece of abalone strung as pendant, placed at the end of a string of alternating red beads and dentalium dangling form the main necklace..

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
dentalium shell, glass, abalone shell and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlA17146

Brown wood dish in the shape of a frog shape. Has circular abalone shell inlaid eyes surrounded by a plain carved tapering oval, nostrils, and a thin open mouth. Crouching on its back legs with the fore legs bent forward. Rim of dish decorated with seven mollusk opercula.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
abalone shell, wood and operculum shell
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonA5326

Dark brown-black spoon that has a shallow bowl with a carved handle. Handle has four bear's heads and a raven head at the tip. Eyes of the animals are inlaid abalone.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
abalone shell and mountain goat horn
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bird RattleA8047

Rattle in the shape of an eagle with inlayed abalone shell eyes and a face carved on its underside. The wings that extend upward from the top of the body have bird's heads depicted along their proximal edges, and defined feathers. The body of the bird is incised with crescent-shaped and short straight lines. The hooked beak is also engraved with a crescent shape. The face on the underside of the bird has an open mouth with eight visible teeth, and two oval-shaped eyes which are outlined and capped with eyebrows. A faint line is visible along the lower portion of the bird where the two pieces were glued together after the pebbles were inserted. The rattle has a dark brown finish. The letter "A" is carved on top of the eagles head with an oval shape directly below it.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun' ?
Material
stone ?, adhesive, stain, wood and abalone shell
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentA17176

Rectangular piece of abalone fitted into a frame of copper. Two perforations at opposite sides.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
abalone shell and copper metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonA7292

Spoon carved from one piece of black and brown mountain goat horn with a shallow, slightly curved bowl that tapers slightly towards the tip, and a tapering handle carved with a humanoid face and a band above the head with vertical lines carved into it. The spoon is inlaid with abalone shell at the junction between the bowl and the handle.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
abalone shell and mountain goat horn
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FrontletA6810

Carved frontlet with a bear in a squatting position with palms raised, a human in similar position is carved on the body and on the ears. Small faces are on palms and feet. All have small abalone shell inlay. Painted in black and red.

Culture
Nisga'a
Material
abalone shell, wood and paint
Made in
Greenville, British Columbia, Canada and Lakalzap, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gambling Game SticksA7299

Set of twenty-one uniform, polished sticks shaped like cigarillos (a-u). Small, rectangular piece of inlaid abalone shell on one (a); one is split but secured with nail (b). Faint bands in black and red drawn around the centre of many.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wood, abalone shell and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FrontletA7311

Vertically rectangular wood piece. Abalone bird design with human arms and legs. Plain face has oval abalone shell inlaid eyes surrounded by a tapering black oval and a blue area, a black beak that is red down the middle, and an open red mouth showing one oval abalone shell inlaid tooth. The red limbs are bent togehter with two vertically rectangular abalone shell inlaid pieces in between. Red all around and bordered by square shale inlaid pieces around the sides and the top.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
shale stone, wood, abalone shell and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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