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Apron2790/6

Canvas apron with beadwork decoration in blue, white, pink, green, yellow and black. A backing of plain canvas, beaded to the front piece at the sides and with the top edge left open to insert a square of brown cardboard for stiffening support, has large stitches of brown and green thread across the top edge. Canvas is rolled and stitched at the top edge to create a waist band.

Culture
Ndebele
Material
paper, cotton fibre and glass ?
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Apron2790/7

Beaded hide apron with straight top and five scalloped panels hanging along the bottom. A blackened flap of skin at the waist is folded over a stiffer tie (skin or fibre?), stitched and coiled with multicoloured beads, and edged with a row of brass rings above which is stitched a band of white beadwork. A blue bead trim runs around the edge of the thick horizontal and vertical bands of beads that form a white ground with a green, pink, blue. black, orange, purple and yellow house design in the centre and coloured motifs in each of the panels.

Culture
Ndebele
Material
cotton fibre, animal skin and glass
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cow Dance Figure2803/1

Cow-shaped wooden carving with a solid wooden base between the four feet. The cow hasa pair of carved water birds on its back, painted white, and green glass eyes. There are two (goat?) horns attached to its head. Foam has been nailed around the wooden base and a thick cotton rope is looped between the legs to form straps for wearing it. The carving is painted black and has white markings and words painted over it, with spashes of bright blue paint. '2007' is painted on the back right leg; 'No1' is painted below each eye.

Culture
Bijogo
Material
wood, goat horn ?, polyurethane foam, cotton fibre, glass, paint and metal
Made in
Bissagos Islands, Guinea-Bissau
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Apron2790/9

Apron made of numerous double strings of red, blue and white beads hanging between two knots in a piece of rope.

Culture
Ndebele
Material
glass and cotton fibre
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Apron2790/5

Square beaded hide apron with brass metal rings along edge of flap at waist and two long ties. Beadwork designs in white, red, blue, green and black include patterns in the shape of a capital "I "and "H", a tall cross, and a long, low house. A central bottom fringe, made of twisted bundles of four skin strips encased together at the ends in beadwork tubes, hangs between two panels.

Culture
Ndebele
Material
glass, animal skin, metal and cotton fibre
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Glasses2795/1

Artist's rendition of a pair of glasses, with thick lenses and a crafted decorative frame painted brown, gold, red and black.

Culture
Portuguese
Material
wood, gesso, paint, glass, metal and lacquer
Made in
Braga, Braga, Portugal
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Painting2004.144.1

Framed and glazed colour drawing of the totem pole 1901.39.1 erected in front of the chief's house in Masset, Queen Charlotte Island. The characters on the totem pole are identified in pencil. [JP 1/7/2004]

Culture
Haida
Material
pigment, paper plant, wood, glass, metal and watercolour paint ?
Made in
British Columbia Haida Gwaii Old Massett Star House, Canada
Holding Institution
Pitt Rivers Museum
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Drawing2004.34.1

Framed ink drawing of a Haida pictograph representing a two-finned killer whale with a spirit residing in its belly. [CAK 19/05/2009]

Culture
Haida
Material
ink, paper plant, glass, textile and metal
Made in
England
Holding Institution
Pitt Rivers Museum
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Dagger1891.49.44 .1 - .2

Wooden dagger [.1] with grip wrapped in red wool textile, accompanied by sheath [.2] of black, red and brown textile edged with small white beads. [CAK 23/06/2009]

Culture
Haida
Material
wood, wool textile animal, animal hide skin, bead and glass
Made in
British Columbia Haida Gwaii NW Coast, Canada
Holding Institution
Pitt Rivers Museum
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Apron2790/3

Beaded hide apron with straight top and five scalloped panels hanging along the bottom. A blackened flap of skin at the waist is folded over a stiffer tie (skin or fibre?), stitched and coiled with white beads, and edged with a band of white and blue beadwork that has a hanging chain of red blue, yellow and white beads at the centre. A blue bead trim runs around the edge of the thick horizontal and vertical bands of beads that form a white ground with green, pink, blue. black, orange and yellow house designs in the centre and on two of the panels.

Culture
Ndebele
Material
cotton fibre, animal skin and glass
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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