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BagD2.48

Back of the bag is made of hide edge with green wool and pale yellow and grey beads. Front is beaded with a geometric design that consists of a central red diamond shape bordered by dark blue, yellow, and green. Below this, there is an upward pointing, dark blue triangle bordered by yellow and green. Just above and over to the sides of the central diamond shape, there is a smaller yellow, red, and light blue diamond shape. The upper corners of the bag are rounded. The bag is edged with two rows of dark blue and one row of light blue beads. Beaded on one side.

Culture
Plains
Material
skin, glass and fibre
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShirtD2.165

The shirt is made of light coloured skin with beaded panels and several fringes. On the front of the shirt, beneath the rounded neckline, there are four red beaded lines within the white beaded outline of a triangle. There are long fringes on the two downward sides. On either side of the triangle there is a beaded panel beginning at the shoulder and extending halfway down the shirt. The panels feature a motif of two triangles touching at the point. Within each triangle are smaller triangles of blue, red, green and black. Each panel has two triangle motifs separated by a blue and red 'X'. There are long fringes on the outer edge and bottom of the beaded panels. The back of the shirt has exactly the same designs as the front. The shirt is open from under the arm to the bottom edge with three ties on each side. The bottom edge has a cut triangle fringe. On the backside of each arm, extending from the shoulder seam to the end of the sleeve, is a beaded panel featuring the pointed triangle motif separated by an 'X'. Around the end of each sleeve a double-sided cut triangle trim is attached. On the back edge of the sleeve there is a short fringe. Underneath the arm, from the body to the end of the sleeve, there is a long fringe.

Culture
Blackfeet
Material
glass, metal, skin and fibre
Made in
Browning, Montana, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatB102

Mat in a shield shape made of black and natural rattan to form a geometric design that consists of two wide, vertical bands of a plain zig zag on a black background. Appliqued red fabric along the diagonal sides that converge to a point with a heavily beaded panel in the space between. Beaded panel has a geometric design that consists of an open yellow diamond shape that has black shapes around a red diamond shape within while three white, black, and red diamond shapes are equally spaced around the bottom where there is a beaded fringe of the same colours. Blue, red, and white beads border the upper portion of the beaded panel. Two tooth-like objects are attached near the point.

Culture
Iban
Material
bone, glass, fibre and rattan
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeltK5.97

The beaded belt is green with red trim on one side and both ends. The belt is made from nine bead-covered rolls sewn together. The back of the belt is not beaded, brown and black rolls visible.

Culture
Zulu
Material
fibre and glass
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MoccasinsA2.497 a-b

The moccasins (part a and b) have soles, red skin and beadwork around the toes. The soles are light brown and wrap part way up the sides. There is brown fur sides and white fur around the foot opening. There is a strip of red skin around the toes decorated with white and dark blue beads. Above the strip is a circle of beadwork rings in dark blue, light blue, white and red.

Culture
Arctic America
Material
bearded seal skin, ringed seal skin and glass
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag915/9

Small, flat embroidered bag made by seaming two identical rectangular pieces together on three sides, leaving the fourth side and a side slit open at the top of the bag. The multi-coloured embroidered designs are composed of closely-spaced square motifs with a strip of alternating red, green and blue diagonal bands. A red and green braided cord is attached at the base of the side slit. Three tassels hang from the end of the cord, and each is trimmed with multicoloured glass beads. The embroidery is worked on a dark purplish-red silk textile and lined with machine printed floral textile.

Culture
Turkmen
Material
silk fibre, rayon fibre ?, cotton fibre, glass and dye
Made in
Afghanistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Headdress1060/61

Headdress consisting of concentric rings of hide and a circle of hide at the top of the crown, all joined by strands of beadwork in dark red, dark blue, medium blue, white, and light green with a fringe at the rim of small blue and white beads as well as larger purple beads. There are four short beaded strands also attached at the rim as well as two long strands of larger blue and green beads alternating with lengths of small white beads and intersperced with light pink beads as well as large painted wooden(?) beads in green and red. Two brass hooks are attached to a hide loop at the rim.

Culture
Alutiiq ?
Material
glass, moose skin, paint, brass metal, cotton fibre and wood ?
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentD2.60 a-b

Two matching strands of beads wound around hide thong, metal cones attached to the ends. Bead colours alternating in brown and yellow stripes.

Culture
Plains
Material
glass, skin, metal and fibre
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatbandD2.64 a-b

Pair of flat beaded bands with blue strips of cloth at both ends; geometric pattern with blue, yellow, brown and tan beads.

Culture
Blackfoot
Material
glass, fibre and dye
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceB809 d

Strands of threaded and knotted trade beads: four strands of opaque orange beads, brass hook and eye.

Culture
Kalash
Material
brass metal, glass and fibre
Made in
Broun, Northwest Frontier, Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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