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Bow3194/27

Bow. Back is straight, with gentle curving of each limb. Belly is painted orange, back is covered with striped green snakeskin, and tips are covered in leather. Where limbs start to curve, bow is wrapped with strands of glass beads in pink, blue, green and yellow. The grip is covered with hide and cotton. String is made of twisted sinew, attached to each end of the bow by a tied off loop.

Culture
Blackfoot: Kainai
Material
wood, sinew, snake skin, skin, cotton fibre, glass and plant fibre
Made in
Alberta, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bowl3194/18

Bowl is made from the burl growth of a tree. It is round, with low, uneven edges that flare widely, and a thick, rounded base. Burl has been smoothed and shows the grain of the wood. Small cracks cover both the interior and exterior in rough, linear patterns. A hole has been made in the side of the bowl, with a fine cotton rope looped through.

Culture
Blackfoot: Kainai
Material
wood and cotton fibre
Made in
Alberta, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Vest3194/12

Beaded vest. Vest is made of leather, open at the front with two leather tie closures. The front is completely beaded in white edged in red, surrounding a blue vine running down each side carrying multicoloured flowers and foliage. Short, thick fringe hangs from the edges and bottom of the garment as well as in a strip down the centre back. To either side of the strip are two red beaded crosses, four in total, with lines of red beading along bottom and shoulder. The interior of the garment is lined with blue and cream gingham cotton.

Culture
Blackfoot: Kainai
Material
skin, cotton fibre and glass
Made in
Alberta, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shirt3194/11

Beaded shirt. Tunic has a high, rounded neck and long sleeves, with a wide fringe cut into the wrists and hem. The material is red stroud felt, with raw brown material along the hem. Heavy beaded panels cover the neck and shoulders front and back as well as the tops of the arms, with colour blocks in white and blue, and geometric patterns and crosses in red, white, yellow and green. A leather fringe hangs along the edges of the neck panel.

Culture
Blackfoot: Kainai
Material
cotton fibre, glass, leather skin and wool fibre
Made in
Alberta, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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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
Blackfoot: 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
Blackfoot: 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
Blackfoot: 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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