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Man of the Woods2015-98/1

The acrylic paint is black, red, and green.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth and Tla-o-qui-aht
Material
cedar bark, horse hair, string, acrylic paint and alder wood ?
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Necklace | Stand2015-29/2

The bead is green.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
copper ore metal, cedar wood, bead, horse hair and bone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Rattle2012-104/163

The paint is red and black.

Culture
Coast Salish: Skokomish
Material
wood, leather, deer hoof, paint, hair and mother of pearl shell
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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tobacco pouch1927.1734 . 176337

« The Speck collection contains nine tobacco pouches. » Vanstone, James W. "The Speck Collection of Montagnais Material Culture from the Lower St. Lawrence Drainage, Quebec." Fieldiana. Anthropology. New Series, No. 5 (October 29, 1982), p.12. « The remaining seven tobacco pouches are rectangular in shape and close with semi-circular flaps. One pouch, made from the skin of a moose's leg with the hair on, has a moose skin strap attached to the center of the flap and is ornamented with a short, single row of multicolored seed beads on one side (fig. 20f). » Vanstone, James W. "The Speck Collection of Montagnais Material Culture from the Lower St. Lawrence Drainage, Quebec." Fieldiana. Anthropology. New Series, No. 5 (October 29, 1982), p13, fig 20f (p.48).

Culture
Ilnu, Montagnais and Innu
Material
moose shank with hair on and with seed bead
Made in
Pekuakami, Lac Saint-Jean, Lake St. John, Labrador, Canada
Holding Institution
The Field Museum
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Ceremonial Club3194/31 a-b

Ceremonial war club. Club stick (part a) is long and relatively straight, covered in brown canvas and red felt. Ends are wrapped with narrow strips of fur. Top has an open loop created out of fur. Along the length of the stick are three tassels of horse hair, and several areas of blue glass beading, with the occasional inclusion of some brass beads. Part b is a round, hide wrapped stone. One half of the hide covering is painted dark blue. A braided thong of leather is sewn to the seams of the hide, and attaches two large cream and brown feathers and smaller red feathers with pink beading at the quills, and black glass beads around the thong, to the stone.

Culture
Blackfoot: Kainai
Material
wood, skin, feather, cotton fibre, horse hair, glass, brass metal, wool fibre and stone
Made in
Alberta, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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People's Moon Mask3194/24

Moon mother mask. A large face protrudes from the centre of a convex oval of wood, with a smaller face both above the forehead and below the chin. Central face has prominent black brows and round, black, staring pupils to either side of a carved vertical ridge. Nose has flared red nostrils, above a wide red mouth with a circular labret in an extended lower lip. The smaller faces are nearly identical but with less carved detail and no labret. The bottom face is upside down. Each has several plugs of long brown hair at top of head. The surrounding oval is painted along its edge with black, red and blue-green stripes, with evenly place inset squares of abalone shell. The back of the mask is concave with chamois ties.

Culture
Tahltan and Tlingit
Material
maple wood, abalone shell, hair and acrylic paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Doll3201/5

Doll figure is made of a cotton under- form, covered at bottom by a red and blue skirt with encircling rows of white beads. Torso and neck are wrapped with a twisted cord of undyed plant fibre, and its head of brown cotton perched at top. Hair made of twisted fibre hangs to below chin, eyes are made of white and orange beads; a line of white beads runs from forehead to chin. A vest of animal hair wraps around the doll’s shoulders and chest, and canvas arms emerge from sides. Bracelets of multi-coloured beads hang from elbows and wrists, and fingers are made of the same. Doll holds a hair whisk in one hand.

Culture
Ndebele
Material
cotton fibre, plant fibre, skin, plastic and hair
Made in
Johannesburg, South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Chief's Headdress3181/1

Chief's headdress in raven's tail design. Headdress is tall and round, open at crown and topped with a thick circle of fur. The exterior is covered in black and white weaving in 'lightning' design on the sides, and 'diamond within a diamond' design at front, covered by a thick copper-shaped frontlet made of dark red glass. The interior is covered with leather. At back falls a train with the lightning weave pattern, backed by grey ultra-suede, surrounded on the sides and bottom with thick fringes of wool. Nine ermine furs, white with black tail tips, are attached to the train. The headdress can be tightened with a cord and plastic clip under the train at back.

Culture
Haida
Material
wool fibre, ermine skin, skin, hair, glass and synthetic fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sling3174/8

Woven sling. Black and white strands of wool are twisted and woven into a long rope with a large loop at one end. Tassels of hair dyed bright red are attached to neck of loop. Several strands of unbraided white wool hang from the opposite end. At centre of rope the wool splits, and inside is stitched a diamond shaped panel of red cotton backed by patchwork wool material in green, orange, red and purple.

Culture
Tibetan
Material
wool fibre, cotton fibre, hair and dye
Made in
Tibet
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Doll3149/10

Female doll carved from wood, with arms articulated at the shoulders, and legs at the hips. Head is large, with carved facial features and ears, eyes and cheeks emphasized with paint. She wears a long brown cotton dress covered by a green and blue apron, with a knit brown and red shawl around her shoulders. A large metal pendant hangs from the tied closure of the shawl at her neck. Meal earrings are attached through holes in her lobes, and around her head is a metal link band decorated at front with a fabric bow. Wispy brown hair is attached to a black cap covering her head.

Culture
Mapuche
Material
wood, wool fibre, cotton fibre, synthetic fibre, metal, hair and paint
Made in
Chile
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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