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Model, Eskimo BurialESK/0063

Culture
Eskimo
Material
plaster, wood, hide, fur, wax, metal, stone, moss, pigment and feather
Made in
“ // ” ?
Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
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Moss With BagESK/0044

Culture
Eskimo
Material
moss, hide and sinew
Made in
“ // ” ?
Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
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Moss, Large PieceESK/0043

Culture
Eskimo
Material
moss
Made in
“ // ” ?
Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
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Moss And 5 NeedlesESK/0016

Culture
Eskimo
Material
moss, metal and sinew
Made in
“ // ” ?
Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
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Yarn, Yellow DyedE/2088
Fire KitNa1711 a-d

Fire-making kit includes a dark-brown coloured seal skin pouch (part a) with gathered rim containing plant-like materials and bits of black cloth, a white-grey coloured crescent-shaped stone (part b), a rectangular-shaped dark grey flint piece (part c), and a light brown-yellow square piece of paper (part d).

Culture
Inuit
Material
seal skin, moss, flint mineral, stone, paper and fibre
Made in
Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, Canada and Igluligaarjuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA8055

Mask with small circular eye holes, a long, hooked nose, high cheek bones, protruding eyebrows, and lips that form an oval shape. The eyebrows, base of nose and moustache are in black, the nose, cheekbones and mouth are red, and the remainder of the face is painted grey with mottled red and black on the chin, three lines of red on on side of the face, and two red lines on the other side of the face. Black moss has been nailed to the mask under the nose, to the sides of the mouth, to the sides of the cheeks, and at the top of the head.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
moss, wood, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA4157

Mask depicting a human with a white face and facial markings in black and red. Three holes in each cheek. Nose consists of three separate pieces of wood. Cedar bark fringe attached on the mask's left side and a moss fringe is attached to the mask's right side, held on with black string attached to nails. Two vertical slats of wood are attahced to the sides of the mask.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark, moss, wood, paint, fibre, dye and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fire KitA2.448 a-d

Fire starter kit. Pieces a-c range from 7.6 to 12.7 cm in diameter. Two pieces (a-b) are iron pyrite, each in a caribou skin bag. Part c is a piece of copper. Part d is a skin bag of moss (for tinder).

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
iron pyrite mineral, moss, copper metal and caribou skin
Made in
Bathurst Inlet, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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