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NecklaceA9075

Cedar rope necklace with decorated bundles of red fibre and fabric, animal skin and strips of cedar bark tied to four animal claws, one ermine body, one ermine head and a piece of broken black stone.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
ermine skin, cedar bark, foot, fibre and stone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentIe324

Objects strung on a bark cord. Objects include six pieces of animal skin with fur (including one animal leg) each approximately 12 cm. long and one carving of a head. The back of the carving is flat and the top is perforated for string. The carving is made of wood and is rubbed with red ochre. Has a hooked nose, no apparent mouth, and is incised with straight, and curved lines.

Culture
Kewa
Material
bark, ochre pigment, wood, marsupial foot and skin
Made in
Iapi, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CharmA7961 c

Charm consisting of three eagle's feet. Each is a different size, and the largest one still has down attached to the skin.

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
eagle foot
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Neck OrnamentA7961 x

Ermine skin split in half forms necklace with the ermine head at the back of the neck and an eagle's foot as the pendant.

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
eagle foot and ermine skin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerA622

Sections of brown skin from a goose foot, sewn together to make a teardrop shaped container. The end wooden piece has various sizes and depths of grooves on the exterior with unified, grooves on the inside. Three claws are still attached.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
fibre, goose foot and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagA2.120

Rounded, pouch-like bag made from a bird's feet; claws still attached.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
bird foot
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceK4.115

Necklace of wood, animal feet and claws, horns, variety of beads, vertebrae turtle shell, glass beads, small beaded leather pouches, and a flattened skin with reddish-brown and light yellow-brown striped fur markings strung on a twisted fibre cord.

Culture
Ovimbundu
Material
fibre, bone, skin, turtle shell, animal foot, claw, horn, wood and glass
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3321/14

Nkisi figure made of wood. Figure stands on a round platform with knees slightly bent. The arms are bent at the elbows, with both hands placed on a protruding abdomen with an empty hollowed-out space at centre. Each elbow is wrapped, and the right wrap contains a bird foot. The skullcap is raised, with a single horn mounted to the crown. The eyes are narrow slits, with wooden pupils, and the open rectangular mouth has four wooden teeth. Hanging from the pointed chin is a strip of reddish-brown hide. The long neck, waist and ankles are all wrapped and coloured a reddish-orange. The body is heavily decorated, notably on the face and chest.

Culture
Songye
Material
wood, bird foot, skin, clay ? and pigment ?
Made in
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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