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Calligraphy2645/8

Calligraphy on the insides of two hinged sheets. The left image shows text, widely spaced, on a background of light blue-grey with gold patterning. Two triangles appear, one in the upper right corner, and one in a lower left corner that is created by a line that divides the writing a quarter of the way up from the bottom of the image. Floral motifs appear in the triangles, one of which has writing as well. Two of the writing elements extend into the dark orange border. A dark blue border frames the orange one all on a light pink background. Writing appears above the left image. The right image has writing on a light blue-grey background with a gold and floral pattern around it. A strong zigzag border separates the writing from triangles of blue and gold with delicate floral motifs. Again, a dark orange and dark blue frame surrounds the image on a light pink background. There are translations of each writing image with the possible author on the front cover. Writing appears in the upper right corner on the front cover and in the upper left corner on the back cover. Small writing appears in lower left corner on the front cover. Written comment also appears on the front cover. More writing appears on the back cover.

Culture
Persian
Made in
Iran ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Calligraphy2645/7

Calligraphy on the insides of two hinged sheets. The left image shows three columns of writing with each phrase surrounded by borders, and a gold background. The first column has white surrounding the shape of the words, and the separate borders run diagonally. The columns of writing are surrounded by gold, black, dark blue, and light orange borders on a blue background. Writing appears above the left image in black ink. The right image is the same except it is the third column that has the writing on a diagonal. There is a small character on the lower left corner of the front cover and a different one on the lower right corner on the back cover.

Culture
Persian
Made in
Iran ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Respect To Bill Reid Pole2652/1

Drawing for "Respect to Bill Reid Pole" house frontal pole. The figures on the drawing for the pole, from bottom to top, include a wolf, a raven, an eagle, and three watchmen. The title and scale of the drawing appear at the top. People's names and phone numbers, and various measurements are written along the left-hand side of the drawing.

Culture
Haida
Made in
Masset, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ode to Billy Holm...Lalooska...Duane Pasco... & Johnathon Livingston Seagull.2649/2

The etching is comprised of four rectangles with a border all around them pressed into paper. Paper has deckle edge on all sides and includes ferns, petals, blooms, and grasses in paper fibre. Two rectangles are on the bottom, a larger one on top, and a long slim one at the top of these. Top rectangle is a narrow, dark orange-red band across the top with 'Analysis of Form by Bill Holm' in mirror-image block letters. Below the band, there is the largest rectangle with a central stylized sinewy dark grey figure facing left, wearing a mask, in profile with heavy eyebrows and a large recurved beak with the tip held in its mouth and holding a rattle in the hand on the right. Background at the top left in thin black lines and crosshatching with grey form line, etc., of an incomplete symmetrical northern style image with two similar heads at the top. One head at the centre right and a hand at the lower right. In the lower left quadrant, in pencil, there is a stylized bird, eagle ? Across the field at the figure's calves, there is a row of short diagonal, uneven lines. The bottom two rectangles are hand lettered facsimiles of both sides of an Indian status identification card in dark brown ink and a light brown paint. The rectangle on the left includes, at the top, 'Certificate of Indian Status' and 'Indian and Northern Affairs' with a Canadian government maple leaf symbol between. The artist's name, district, Band, and identity number are also shown. The rectangle on the right has a drawn portrait of the artist on the right and the artist's stats in information boxes at the left. At the bottom, there is a signature and a bird insignia. Some n's and a seven are backwards. Outside the pressed border, but at the same height as the top rectangle, there is a black sewn thread from one side of the image to the other. Inscriptions along the bottom. Some images are similar to the images on the cover of Bill Holm's book, "Northwest Coast Indian Art: An Analysis of Form". The etching is on a vertically rectangular paper piece.

Culture
Haisla
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Calligraphy2645/6

Calligraphy on the insides of two hinged sheets. The left image has the text surrounded by an ink outline that is cloud-like in appearance and following the shape of the words. Gold paint is in between these outlines. The writing is framed by black, gold, and a thick blue rectangular outline. At the top of the image, there is a design element sitting off-centre. Writing is surrounded by detailed lines and floral motifs. The right image is very similar except for the writing. The front outside cover comments on the possible writer. More writing is found in the middle and the bottom left of the front outside. Writing appears on the upper right front cover and the upper left back cover. More writing appears on the back at the centre.

Culture
Persian
Made in
Iran ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Calligraphy2645/5

Calligraphy on the insides of two hinged sheets. The left image is four lines of text on a light brown background surrounded by brown, red, white, and gold borders. The right image is also four lines on a flower patterned gold background surrounded by red, brown, and light brown borders. Both the left and the right texts are on a background of blue. Above the right text, there is a written symbol. The front and the back covers have writing at the top right and the top left corners, respectively. The front cover has a translation of the texts.

Culture
Persian
Made in
Iran ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Calligraphy2645/4

Calligraphy on the insides of two hinged sheets. Both the left and the right images show text in a linear form that are outlined in black following the shape of the words on a background of gold. Borders of dark blue, then green, surround the text all on a background of orange. Writing appears above the right text. The meaning and purpose of the texts is on the front outside cover. Small writing appears in the lower left front cover and the lower right back cover. A piece of paper with writing, in ink, was between the hinged sheets.

Culture
Persian
Made in
Iran ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Calligraphy2645/2

Calligraphy on the insides of two hinged sheets. The left image text is black ink surrounded by a thin black outline which is following the shape of the words. The background is gold with finely drawn black flowers. Borders of gold, red, and blues separate the text into two lines. A brown border surrounds these, and an orange border surrounds them all. Above the orange border, there is a gold, blue, and orange design element with writing below it. The right image is different text but with the same layout and design. The outside front discusses the purpose of the text. Writing appears on the front and back outside covers. Writing also appears in the top right corner of the front and the top left corner of the back.

Culture
Persian
Made in
Iran ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Calligraphy2645/9

Calligraphy on one side of the sheet with translation on the reverse. Two lines of text are surrounded by a light grey cloud-like background that follows the shape of the writing. These are in turn on a gold background with floral motifs, each surrounded by a dark reddish-brown border. Another gold-patterned border surrounds both the columns and the borders, which are surrounded by yellow, red, gold, and blue borders. Three gold floral designs extend from the framed writing to the side edge of the paper. These floral designs, along with the framed writing, are surrounded by a thin yellow border. On the reverse, in pencil, there is some English translation with handwritten characters underneath.

Culture
Persian
Made in
Iran ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tracing2578/199

Pencil tracing of a killer whale(?). Head is at the widest end, the body is in the centre and the bent tail fluke is on the slightly more narrow end. Tail fluke bends back along the body to the head. Ovoid and U forms are featured and the eye is lidded. The whale also has sharp curved teeth. There is an inscription written below the image.

Culture
Haida
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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