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Moccasins1060/75 a-b

Pair of white moccasins with multicoloured floral quillwork on the toe cap and around the heel. Cuff-like piece that wraps around the heel is trimmed with cloth and ties together at the front, over the tongue. Lined with ecru-coloured cloth.

Culture
Arctic America
Material
deer skin, fibre, paper, porcupine quill and dye
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt788/7

Belt composed of off-white hide with serrated edges. The belt is embroidered with a floral motif in dark and light pink, dark and light green, yellow, and red. Lined with off-white silk. One end of the belt is pointed.

Culture
Arctic America
Material
deer skin, silk fibre and fibre
Made in
Fort Resolution, Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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QuiverNi8

Animal hide rolled and stitched with green thread with small flap of hide folded over at top. Quiver does not completely encase the ten ceremonial arrows it contains. Arrows have notched bamboo ends painted with red and blue bands or dots and the bamboo ends are fitted over blunt narrow wooden shafts and affixed with thread and glue. Some arrows have feathers bound to bamboo with thread.

Culture
Huichol
Material
feather, paint, wood, bamboo grass, deer skin and cotton fibre
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3422

Rounded basket with a flat, circular bottom, lid and two handles. Interlocking coiled work (bifurcated stitches), parallel slat base and watch-spring lid construction. Lid has an indented slat flange. Wrapped splint handle on body, and thong ties. Decorated with both beading and imbrication. Lid has beading in two concentric rows (grass and red cherry bark) with imbricated pattern, while the body has a continuous 'wave' pattern which has angular appearance, because of width of stitches (one per slat), interspersed with what looks like small animal figures beaded in red. Double beaded row of grass staggered on bottom row.

Culture
Coast Salish: Squamish
Material
canary grass, deer skin ?, cherry bark, cedar root and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3208

Coiled basket (with bifurcated stitches) in heart shape with imbricated designs of crosses on rim alternating in black cherry bark/grass or red cherry bark/grass. Body of basket has same alternating pattern of black cherry bark/grass and red cherry bark/grass in checkerboard diamond figures. Back is a triangle checkerboard. Few loops left of single strand looped border.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, deer skin ?, dye and cherry bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3211

Goblet shaped coiled basket (bifurcated stitches). Watch-spring construction. Fully imbricated in grass and continuous bands of downward pointing triangles in red and black cherry bark with solid horizontal row on top of each, one in red and one in dark cherry bark. At base of bowl is one row of beaded red cherry bark. Pedastal has triangles pointing up, in red and dark cherry bark. Top two rows of goblet have dark cherry bark alternating with grass every two stitches. Rawhide tie around joint of pedastal and bowl.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, dye, deer skin ? and cat-tail grass ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA5077

Large flared rectangular coil basket (bifurcated stitches). Parallel base construction. Imbricated zig-zag pattern in two rows on three sides, in red cherry bark and with cat-tail grass in middle. Top row of triangles in same colours. Outside of rim is beaded in cat-tail grass (?) with intervals of two stitch red cherry bark imbrication. Remains of skin handles, two on each long side, also fibre strings, one on short side, one on long.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark, cedar root and deer skin ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Baby CarrierA4317

Small basketry cradle with interlocking coiled work (bifurcated stitches) with parallel slat base construction and overcast rim. Each side towards the head end, has four red stripes (2 stitches wide, 3 rows high). Each side has seven black stripes (1 row wide, 4 high) at the foot end. The top end has six black stripes and the tail end has two red modified stripes. There are also thin skin straps attached near the four corners of the cradle as handles.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo ?
Material
dye, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ?, deer skin ? and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Burden BasketA5026

Rectangular flared coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with parallel slat base construction. Skin loop and tie on one side, two loops and long tie on other side. Upper half of basket is beaded on three sides with staggered rows of cat-tail grass (?), wtih black cherry bark rows. Lower half of basket has "m" shaped pattern in red and black cherry bark with cat-tail grass on three sides. Fourth side has single rows of cat-tail grass (?) divided by three vertical bands in dark and red cherry bark and cat-tail grass. Rim is imbricated in cat-tail grass (?), with intervals of double stitch red or dark cherry bark.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
cat-tail grass ?, deer skin ?, dye, cherry bark and cedar root
Made in
Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada ? or Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dance DrumA8138 a-b

Circular drum (a) made from deer hide stretched over circular wooden frame with seven lengths of cord meeting at back. A hand-hold is created at the back from cloth. The wooden rim is steamed, bent, and nailed. The drum is painted with two eagles and a man wearing Plains-style headdress and clothing. The matching drum stick (b) is carved and has a cloth head secured by off-white string. Some brown cord is also wrapped around the handle.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun'
Material
deer skin, metal, wood, fibre and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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