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OrnamentA9085

Spherical yellow, green, and blue beads strung in a circle with three orange-red pieces of antler carved in shape of bear's claws.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
glass, fibre, antler and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Neck RingA7961 d

Neck ring composed of eagle wing and feathers bound to a cedar bark ring. A bow made from gold-coloured cloth with three beads is sewn onto the eagle's wing.

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
glass, fibre, feather, eagle wing, cedar bark and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceA9225

Necklace strung with glass trade beads and clam shell beads. Beads are predominantly blue and cream coloured, and are irregular sizes. Most of the beads have round profiles. They are strung on a cotton thread.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun' ?
Material
shell, glass, wood and cotton fibre
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2.612

Brown birch bark basket with an oval-shaped top and a rectangular bottom. Bark is bent and laced into place, with birch twine around the rim overcast with thin strips of root--a small strip of bark runs underneath the rim as reinforcement. Large blue and red beads are affixed around the rim. A handle is made from a thin strip of rawhide strung from one side of the rim to the other.

Culture
Dakelhne: Nat'ooten: Babine
Material
birch bark, birch root, rawhide skin, glass and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerC111 a-b

A small egg-shaped orange-red gourd (part a) decorated with red and white beads with a cowrie shells which hangs loose at each side. Very shallow pricked line design. The stopper (part b) is rolled bark with a woven grass design around the sides of brown and black diagonal lines.

Culture
West Papuan
Material
fibre, cowrie shell, glass and gourd fruit
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HookC948

A pearl-like shell hooks. Has a three red beads decoration dangling from string at the curved hook. At the other end, there is a two-lobed shape.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
glass, shell and fibre
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerC965

A round orange-red gourd container. The stopper has a boar tusk hook handle and a woven geometric patterned grass band, in yellow and brown. Gourd is decorated with a double row of black seeds with a white and red bead fringe. Spiral design on the dark brown wood spatula is carved in low relief and emphasized by lime. The spatula is attached to the gourd by a string. The stopper is attached to the gourd by a string.

Culture
Massim
Material
glass, wood, grass, lime mineral, seed, gourd fruit and boar tusk
Made in
D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskC974

The tusks are the largest at the top and gradually become smaller as they reach the bottom. Large red seeds fill in the gaps between small white beadwork. Boar's tusks are fastened together with cord and fabric. The seeds are made secure by pitch.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
boar tusk, seed, fibre and glass
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BandC1663

Red, black, and white beads in a lozenge pattern. Bead work on a palm fibre base.

Culture
Torres Strait Islander
Material
fibre and glass
Made in
“Torres Strait Islands” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceC58

Pierced gray snail-like shells strung alternately with 5 black beads on fibre cord.

Culture
I-Kiribati
Material
fibre, glass and shell
Made in
Nonouti, Gilbert Group, Kiribati
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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