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BasketryA128

Bottle covered with a fitted woven swamp grass sleeve (a) and cap (b); decorated with compound bands of linear patterning around sides and cap in green, purple and yellow. Base: checker work and plain twined weave. Sides and cap: wrapped twined weave.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
aniline dye, cedar bark, swamp grass and glass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MoccasinsD3.186 a-b

Hand sewn, white-grey children's moccasins with small, multicoloured beaded panels covering the vamp. Black and green woolen fabric is sewn onto the back of the heels and covered with white and red patterned beading. Long skin straps are sewn to each side of the moccasins.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
wool fibre, deer skin and glass
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeltK5.144

Beaded belt with wide sections of orange, red, blue, and yellow beading separated by numerous colours of beading in zigzag patterns outlined in black. Several long black tassels fringed with blue beads at one end and red beads at the other hang from both ends of the belt.

Culture
Zulu
Material
glass and fibre
Made in
Durban, Natal, South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeltK5.143

Belt made of plaited grass strips sewn together, with wide beaded panel sewn on. The panel has several bright colours outlined in black in a interlocking diamond pattern on a white background. Braided black fibre ties and white beaded ties with clusters of white beads hang from the underside.

Culture
Zulu
Material
glass, grass and fibre
Made in
Durban, Natal, South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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AnkletK5.140 a-b

Pair of beaded anklets. Part a is longer than part b. each have numerous colours outlined in black in interlocking designs of squares and triangles. The centre of both are denoted by a red beaded rectangle that outlines the multicoloured beaded patterns. Each pair of anklets have two beaded loops attached to the corners on one side and two beaded clusters attached to the corners on the other side.

Culture
Zulu
Material
glass and fibre
Made in
Durban, Natal, South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeltK5.138

Wide, double-sided, beaded belt. Interlocking triangles and squares, outlined in black, numerous colours. Flat panel beading. Ends cut off on an angle.

Culture
Zulu
Material
glass and fibre
Made in
Durban, Natal, South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerK5.132 a-b

Container made from a calabash gourd. The container (part a) is covered in multicoloured, geometric diamond-shaped patterned beading. The wooden stopper (part b) is also covered in multicoloured beading with a fringe.

Culture
Zulu
Material
wood, gourd fruit, glass and fibre
Made in
Durban, Natal, South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Walking StickK5.130

Cylindrical walking stick covered in beadwork. The rounded top of the stick is covered with a white net pattern, and the shaft is covered with solid beadwork nearly to the end with a geometric pattern in black, green, red, blue and yellow on a white ground.

Culture
Zulu
Material
glass, wood and fibre
Made in
Durban, Natal, South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Frontlet HeaddressA5295 a-b

Headdress with a frontlet carved with a bear design, top and bottom figures. Inlaid with abalone shell pieces. Eyes of top figure are two pieces of mirror. Top of headdress is checker work cedar bark weaving. Cloth covered with white down. Feather at inside back dyed bright red. Red painted paws holding a face. Sea lion whiskers at top of headdress. Buttons at side and back of headdress. A cape (part b) is attached to these buttons. It is made of off-white ermine pelts with a cloth backing. Buttons used to attach next level of cloth with skins. Coloured wool(?), red, green and yellow, attached to some skins.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark, glass, silver alloy metal ?, abalone shell, plastic, fibre, feather, eagle down feather, sea lion whisker, wood and ermine skin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA6087

Wooden animal mask with a long snout. The muzzle has prominent teeth and consists of a separate piece of wood that moves (would have been combined with the lower jaw, which is missing). Head of the mask has been covered with a piece of hide which has been painted black around the edges, white in the centre and green ovoids around the eyes. The eyes consist of black glass inlaid in the wood. Underneath the hide face is a fibrous material. The mask is painted black, green, red and white with stylized designs.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
clay ?, wood, glass, skin, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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