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MedallionNe221

Heart-shaped hide backing with single-coloured strands of beads sewn on in concentric rows. Moving to the centre, outermost border is three dark blue strands, and rest is orange. Hide entirely covered with beadwork. Edging in red bead pattern with loop hanging from base of heart shape.

Culture
Plains Cree
Material
cotton fibre, skin and glass
Made in
Saskatchewan, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MedallionNe220

Circular hide backing with safety pin sewn on. Each alternating orange and dark blue strands of beads is sewn on in concentric rows. Affect created is alternating orange and dark blue sections, four of each radiating out from centre. Hide entirely covered by beadwork. Edging in alternating orange and dark blue pattern.

Culture
Plains Cree
Material
glass, metal, cotton fibre and skin
Made in
Saskatchewan, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MedallionNe219

Oval-shaped; hide backing with single-coloured strands of beads sewn on in concentric rows. Moving to the centre, outermost border is one red strand, followed by two dark blue, one red, and the centre is all light blue. Hide entirely covered by beadwork. Edging in dark blue pattern.

Culture
Plains Cree
Material
skin, cotton fibre and glass
Made in
Saskatchewan, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeadSf709

Rectangular shaped glass bead with a blue outer layer over a thin white layer and a black centre. The hole traverses the length of the bead.

Culture
Andes
Material
glass
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MedallionNe208

Heart-shaped hide backing with single-coloured strands of beads sewn on in concentric rows. Moving to centre, outermost border is two dark blue strands, followed by two yellow, two dark blue, and at centre, two red until hide is entirely covered with beadwork. Edging in orange bead pattern with loop hanging from base of heart shape.

Culture
Plains Cree
Material
skin, cotton fibre and glass
Made in
Saskatchewan, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ApronAa112

A half-moon-shaped leather piece with thin strips of hide on both ends. The outer edge has beadwork of inward pointing green, blue, and red triangles on a white background. The upper centre has two loops of multi-coloured beads as pendants.

Culture
Khoisan ? or Yeyi ?
Material
steinbok skin and glass
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagAa74

Skin bag with thin strips of skin sewn to the bottom as tassels. Another strip is tied around the neck of the bag. The bottom two-thirds has an irregular design of four groups of beads arranged in rows of six to nine beads one row beside another.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
steinbok skin, glass and fibre
Made in
Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PendantEf298

Pendant composed of a rectangular piece of metal with low relief design with six hearts, and a border of repeating sets of four circles with lines of small dots at the edges. At the centre there are also five pieces of glass in claw settings, two red and three green, symmetrically arranged and interspersed with the heart shapes. Two loops at the top with a star-like pattern on each. Bottom edge has a loop at the centre and one corner. Backed by a separate plain pad of silver.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
silver metal and glass
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketryNb11.244 a-b

Small glass bottle (a) covered with a basketry sleeve and cap (b); tightly woven, wrapped twining with brown, orange and green bands of linear patterning around the sides. Lid is natural on the outside and red on the interior.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
swamp grass, cedar bark, glass and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rod PuppetIb282 a-c

Three-dimensional monstrous humanoid puppet: large head (part b) fits into body with long tunic (part a), and a control rod (part c) with a long shaft passes through the body and fits into the neck of the figure's head. The body has jointed arms, each with a long controlling rod attached. Large head, dominated by swollen nose, with large eyes and red irises. Wide toothy mouth with double hooked teeth in each corner and wide, red lips. Whiskers, mouth, ring, ears, brown, and eyes outlined in black. Shoulder length black hair in curls, and a dark green hat. Face two colours, vertically split: pale green on the figure's right, and pink to the figure's left. Arms and hands painted gold, with bracelets and nails red. Hands are flat, with fingers extended. Clothed in full length tunic of six different multicoloured fabrics. Light purple upright collar; top, light blue with red and blue stripes; middle section (and jabot, the oval flap hanging from neck) made from synthetic black fabric with bright green, orange, red and yellow floral print. Jabot decorated with sequins and beads. Lower section of tunic: red, white and green flowers on a dark blue background. Black, red, white diagonal stripes with white dots on reverse. Sleeves are made of light and dark brown sythetic material.

Culture
Sundanese
Material
wood, synthetic fibre, fibre, paint, plastic and glass
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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