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BagA2.95

Skin bag with fringe; pink, black and beige silk tassels on top of skin tassels at the end of the drawstring mouth closure. The front and back have a differing embroidered floral design in fuchsia pink, red, blue, green, orange and pink.

Culture
Tsilhqot'in
Material
skin, silk fibre and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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GlovesA2.92 a-b

Pair of buckskin gloves, or gauntlets, with a flared cuff. Crossed horseshoes embroidered in purple silk, three stripes embroidered in gold and purple; buckskin fringe on outer edge. Grey silk lining.

Culture
Tsilhqot'in
Material
rawhide skin, silk fibre and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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GlovesA2.91 a-b

Pair of buckskin gloves, or gauntlets. Leaf and floral design embroidered in green, pink, and mauve on hand; buckskin fringe around gauntlet. Yellow on red ground polka dotted cotton lining. Machine sewn.

Culture
Tsilhqot'in
Material
rawhide skin, cotton fibre and silk fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatK4.233

A red-brown, black, and natural coloured rectangular piece. Woven and tufted in triangle and diamond designs. Finger-woven.

Culture
Barotse
Material
sisal fibre and dye
Made in
Zambia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowA2.534

Wooden recurve cable-backed bow. Three pieces bound together with skin and braided fibre cords. A thick braided band of fibre cords runs the length of the bow on the outside of the curve. Bowstring is made of twined fibre cords.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
fibre, skin, yew wood, oak wood and metal
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearA2.533 a-b

Spear (part a) has a walrus tusk three barbed tip that fits in to a walrus tusk and wood shaft to which it is also tethered. Atlatl thrower (part b) has a walrus tusk spear rest and a board with a red top surface and a black bottom surface. The atlatl has accurate hand contour.

Culture
Aleut
Material
wood, walrus tusk and fibre
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatK4.228

Long, rectangular grass mat; grass is woven together with multicoloured sisal string arranged in geometric patterns.

Culture
Barotse
Material
grass, sisal fibre and dye
Made in
Zambia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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QuiverK4.225 a-e

Woven rectangular quiver (part a) with four arrows (parts b-e). Arrows each have a different metal point, incised designs on the shaft and leather fletchings.

Culture
East African
Material
plant fibre, leather skin, rattan ? and steel metal
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA17096

Large, elongated rectangular coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with double looped border, coiled handle attached with rawhide, and rope handle. Parallel slat base and body construction reinforced with stitches at edges. Fully imbricated in cat-tail grass (?) with design on long sides of five deep 'v's in black cherry bark, three filled in with red cherry bark; and on short sides, a 'v' shape "cluster of flies" beside an inverted v, all in red cherry bark. Rim has intervals of two black cherry bark stitches.

Culture
Coast Salish: Squamish
Material
cedar root, deer skin ?, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ?, fibre and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pubic ApronK5.54

Small apron, or pubic cover. Band is beaded with a red and white lozenge pattern on a blue background. Long fringe, mainly of white and black beads, with one blue and three red beads on each strand.

Culture
Xhosa
Material
skin, glass and fibre
Made in
Natal, South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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