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Miniature Moccasins3194/10 a-b

Miniature beaded moccasins. Shoes are made of a light coloured hide with a wide folded flap made of cream cotton and red wool strips sewn around the back of the heel. Flap ties in front, over the shoe’s long tongue. Toe is decorated with black beads set in a ‘T’ shape with a square of translucent beads at centre. Bottom of shoe 'b' has lines of fine stitching across surface.

Culture
Kainai
Material
skin, wool fibre, glass and cotton fibre
Made in
Alberta, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Moccasins3194/7 a-b

Beaded moccasins. Shoes are made of leather, fully beaded on the exterior with stars, foliage and other shapes, on a white background. Tall ankle is edged in red cotton. A short fringe of leather falls vertically down the back of the heel and the tongue is an undercoated flap of leather with fringe cut in its top. Interior is unlined, and bottom is hard, dark leather.

Culture
Kainai
Material
skin, glass and cotton fibre
Made in
Alberta, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Moccasins3194/6 a-b

Beaded moccasins. Shoes are made of hide, lined fully on the interior in light blue synthetic fleece. Top of toe and long flap covering the back of the heel are made of green felt with beaded foliage. Toe decoration shows a white branch with green leaves and two sets of flowers, one in pink and green, the other in yellow and blue. Around the heel are similar motifs in a horizontal line, with a dark pink cotton lining on the underside of the flap. Yellow, red and white beads edge the flap.

Culture
Anishinaabe: Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug
Material
skin, synthetic fibre, wool fibre, cotton fibre and glass
Made in
Big Trout Lake, Ontario, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Miniature Moccasins3194/4 a-b

Miniature beaded moccasins. Shoes are made of a light coloured hide with a wide flap made of tan and red cotton sewn over leather that stands upright around the back of the ankle. Flap is decorated with black beading at bottom, and a cotton pull loop is attached at back centre of heel. Shoe ‘b’ has a silk-like tie at front (missing on shoe ‘a’). Toes are decorated with blue, white and yellow beads in a concentric diamond shape.

Culture
Kainai
Material
skin, wool fibre, cotton fibre, glass and silk fibre ?
Made in
Alberta, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Doll3201/5

Doll figure is made of a cotton under- form, covered at bottom by a red and blue skirt with encircling rows of white beads. Torso and neck are wrapped with a twisted cord of undyed plant fibre, and its head of brown cotton perched at top. Hair made of twisted fibre hangs to below chin, eyes are made of white and orange beads; a line of white beads runs from forehead to chin. A vest of animal hair wraps around the doll’s shoulders and chest, and canvas arms emerge from sides. Bracelets of multi-coloured beads hang from elbows and wrists, and fingers are made of the same. Doll holds a hair whisk in one hand.

Culture
Ndebele
Material
cotton fibre, plant fibre, skin, plastic and hair
Made in
Johannesburg, South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Doll3201/4

Fabric doll. Doll is made of brown polyester, dressed in a suit of dark green cotton with a red belt. Large pockets decorate the front, and a matching green bag is slung over the right shoulder. A silver chain drapes from right shoulder to left hip. Facial features are stitched thread, with a red mouth and white and black eyes. Over the black hair is a Basotho style hat, made of thick woven plant fibre. The hat comes to a point at top, where there is a loop.

Culture
Basotho
Material
cotton fibre, synthetic fibre, metal, plant fibre and plastic
Made in
Lesotho
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Money3198/1

Ten strand shell wealth (tafuli'ae). Very long strands of shell discs are strung on nylon string, with tassels at each end. Most of the shell discs are approximately 0.8 cm diameter. At the centre is a 14 cm long red shell section woven in a net-like pattern. The colour pattern of discs for each side, from there to the ends, is mirrored. At each end of the central design there is a thin bar (clam shell?) drilled with ten holes. The nylon fibre goes through the holes and then forms ten strands of shell discs going off in both directions. The next section (on each side) starts with several white and black discs, then has all dark red and orange-red discs for 18-19 cm. Then a white and black striped section goes on for 21-22 cm, ending in another thin bar with drilled holes. On the other side of the bar the pattern is repeated with the red section. However the next black-white section runs for approx. 36 cm. and the black discs are of a smaller diameter. There are also three stripes of reddish discs incorporated into these last sections. At the ends, the blue string is knotted together, with four half seed pods and red cotton tassels attached. The rest of the blue fibre is braided into a single tail, with the end knotted and singed.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
shell, nylon fibre ?, clam shell ?, cotton fibre and seed
Made in
Malaita, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Comb3092/26

Comb made from 13 individual lengths of flexible wood bound together by white string, and ending in prongs stabilized by two pieces of wood acting as cross bars wrapped in string. The string binding alternates up the handle between being bound to one outer-side, crossing through the individual pieces, and then winding around the opposite side. Along the cross-bars the string is wrapped diagonally around each running in opposite directions.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
wood and cotton fibre
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Comb3092/23

Comb made of flexible wood which is split vertically near the end to form nine prongs which are held apart by its binding. The handle is rectangular in shape, flaring out into the prongs of the comb. Where the handle and prongs meet there is a band of braided string wrapped around the handle. There is also one strand of plant fibre wrapped around the handle between the wood and the prongs. The end of the handle is rounded.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
wood, plant fibre and cotton fibre
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Apron3174/14

Double sided apron. One side is thick wool in three panels with horizontal stripes of various thicknesses in bright pinks, shades of blue, green and white. The other side is a light cotton with blue and white pinstripes and small repeating motifs in darker blue. Thin cotton handles are attached at the top corners, with a pattern in brown tones.

Culture
Tibetan
Material
wool fibre, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Tibet
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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