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Staff1003/36

Wooden staff with a spherical top and a snake curled around the shaft. A brown strip of leather is tied around the top of the staff.

Culture
Plains ?
Material
wood and leather skin
Made in
Alberta, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Headdress1003/70

A large headdress with a beadwork head band that has downy white feathers above and long brown feathers extending further upward with more white feathers and some red feathers along the top. The bottom ends of the feathers are wrapped with red fabric which have horizontal rows of beadwork wrapped around them, with one green row at the centre surrounded by a bronze-coloured row and two white rows. The feathers are attached to the beadwork head band with red leather loops. The beadwork head band has a white background with a red and blue floral pattern and green leaves. Around the sides of the head band there are long tan and red coloured bands of felt and two white fur tails with brown tips.

Culture
Plains
Material
feather, fibre, glass and leather skin
Made in
Alberta, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pestle1003/52

A white-grey stone piece with a long rounded end and a larger flattened circular end. A leather skin band is wrapped around the middle.

Culture
Plains
Material
stone and leather skin
Made in
Alberta, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt797/6

A large brown leather belt with beadwork and a metal buckle which attaches to a strap on the other end. The design consists of alternating rectangles of leather and beadwork pattern. The beadwork pattern has a yellow background on two squares with a dark blue diamond-shape at the middle of each which have a vertical line of horizontal rows of light blue, red, green, red, and light blue outlined with green running down the middle of each, and a vertical line of light blue outlined with green in between them. The belt is edged with light blue beads along the top and the bottom.

Culture
Plains ?
Material
leather skin, glass, metal and fibre
Made in
Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Case2663/1 a-d

Part a is a case of heavy brown leather, rounded at the top and bottom edges with rounded protrusions below thick blue silk cord which is threaded through horizontally. Parts b-d are three tapered, hollow, brown-stained, cylindrical bone holders which are found inside case.

Culture
Tibetan
Material
leather skin, silk fibre and bone
Made in
Tibet
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pouch527/44

Heart-shaped pouch with opening at one of the lobes. Top flat is folded back and a miniature hat of braided bark and a heart pendant of leather are attached to centre of folded back part. A blue piece of cloth with a printed Green and gold maple leaf with the words, "Naas River," underneath is tucked into pouch; pendant has letters, "L.L." stitched onto front. Back of pouch has embroidered letters, "S.M.P."

Culture
Northwest Coast ?
Material
leather skin, bark and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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String PuppetEh157 a-b

Three-dimensional male humanoid puppet (Policeman character): head with painted black hair (part b) fits into body clothed in a button-down khaki shirt, brown belt and green-brown trousers (part a). The body has jointed arms and legs. Figure is dressed as a policeman, wearing a black cap with a silver star on the front, a silver badge pinned to the front of the shirt, carved brown wooden shoes and a wristwatch with a golden face. Figure has a brown face with painted black eyebrows, articulated eyes and nose, a red mouth and a painted black moustache. Attached at the puppet's shoulders and hands are several thin black cords tied to a plain wooden stick.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
wood, fibre, leather skin and paint
Made in
Galle, Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Finger Guard730/1

Four wooden finger guards held together with a leather thong threaded through small holes. Each finger has a claw-like area with a hole in which a finger can be put with top side decorated with six incised circle decorations. Extending from hole of claw area on each finger is a flat area that curves in opposite direction of the claws and is decorated on the same face with five circular decorations. There is a small, semi-circular notch out of the end of each flat area.

Culture
Turkish
Material
wood and leather skin
Made in
Turkey
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bottle1060/58 a-b

Long and narrow bottle covered in red-brown leather (part a). Body of bottle has four distinct ridges that are decorated with light brown, dark brown, and red coloured woven leaf bands. Neck of bottle is decorated with brown fringe. Large leather label on body with inscription in bold letters says: "LEATHER ENCASED BOTTLE GAMBIA-AFRICA." Part b is the cork stopper to the bottle, has a decorative band of woven leaf fibres around the top and is attached to a long strip of leather.

Culture
West African
Material
glass, leather skin and leaf
Made in
“Gambia” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag636/11

Brown leather bag with a circular base, tasseled drawstring closure, and four outside pouches ringing the bottom. Decorative square and diamond shapes are woven onto the outside with darker strips of leather.

Culture
Southern African
Material
leather skin, fibre and metal
Made in
Angola ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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