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Cap, Woman's16/8589
Button Blanket3260/59

Dark blue button blanket with red border at top and sides. Main central image made of dentalium shells is a beaver. Triple rows of small buttons along most of red border.

Culture
Haida
Material
wool fibre, cotton fibre, dentalium shell, shell and glass
Made in
Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace2017-95/23

The paint is black, red, and white.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar wood, cedar bark, string, dentalium shell and paint
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Belt3103/26

Thin belt adorned with beads and shells. Decorations form a repeating pattern of red beads and rawhide strips, framing two rows of shells, with a row of green beads in the middle. Tassels of red beads, shells and rawhide tied to one end. Belt fastens with a button made from a slice of antler.

Culture
Dene
Material
dentalium shell, rawhide skin, glass ? and antler
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceE/1895
Necklace, OrnamentalE/895

OBJECTS OF BRIGHT PRIDE (AMERICAN FEDERATION OF ARTS, NEW YORK, NY, USA, 1978)

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
dentalium shell
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
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Shells, Dentalia50.2/5205
Earrings, Dentalium (Pair)16/4601
Dentalia, 6 Strings16/2309 A-F