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Snow Scoop1688/1

Long wooden handle with a rounded metal scoop attached at one end with wire; scoop is perforated with several circular holes. White garbage tie is looped through a hole at the opposite end of the handle.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood, metal and paper
Made in
Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada and Qamanittuaq, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Loom1353/5

A loom with a lightly coloured wood bow which curves and has a tan hide piece attached at one end and the strings for the weaving tied at the other end. One piece of cardboard separates the strings from each other as they are threaded through its holes. The weaving string is tied in a bundle around the cardboard-paper shuttle. Shuttle reads: Morgun(?) Sahawen. The design has a white background with an alternating pattern of red-purple and pink diamonds with an alternating pattern of green and purple hourglass-shapes in between.

Culture
Dene ?
Material
wood, dye, paper, cotton fibre, porcupine quill and skin
Made in
Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rag Rug1768/56

Rag rug with oval shape woven from multicoloured cotton and wool rag strips with primarily grey and red wool at the centre bordered by a row of purple silk(?), a band of off-white cotton with black animal(?) forms, a band of pink, red, dark, red, and grey wool and silk(?), a band of off-white cotton with bird and animal forms in black, and an outer band of black, pink and red. Thin off-white cardboard stitched to back for support.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cotton fibre, wool fibre, paper, dye and silk fibre ?
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Beaded Bag1768/52

Small beaded black velvet bag with undecorated top opening and decorative front flaps on either side. Leaf designs on flaps and on bag in yellow, gold, blue, red, white and grey, bordered by short vertical rows of grey and white beads, and white beads along edges. Red cotton binding around outer edge. Light brown cotton binding at top opening and lining.

Culture
Haudenosaunee
Material
cotton fibre, plant fibre, wool fibre ?, paper, glass ? and dye
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blouse Panel1705/1

Finely stitched, rectangular shaped appliqué blouse panel or mola with a striped design in blue, pink, green, orange, yellow and black on a red ground. Detailed is a central, large male wearing a feathered headdress and holding two pot-like objects in each of his outstretched arms. In between the pots and the large figure are two small black figures; one outlined in pink, the other green. There are two groups of two similar figures in the upper corners. Each set has a figure holding an instrument above its head while the other holds a rectangular object over its chest. The panel is wrapped around a piece of board ? then is mounted to a piece of cardboard.

Culture
Kuna
Material
cotton fibre, dye and paper
Made in
Panama
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ink Block Prop1704/20

Cantonese Opera prop. Flat, rectangular piece of wood painted red around the edge. The centre of the block--delineated by a deep carved line--is pained black, with on small red rectangle.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
wood, adhesive, paper, paint and metal
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera Prop1704/7

Decapitated head opera prop. Representation of a human head. Eyebrows are painted black, eyes are black and white, lips are red, and edge of throat is rimmed with red. A looped rod extends from the top of the head. It is wrapped with grey fibre. Black fibre is wrapped overtop of the grey fibre and hangs down at the sides. There is a hole on top of the head where the rod is attached.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
paper, paint, pigment, adhesive, bamboo grass and cotton fibre ?
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Match Box2189/21 a-b

Match box composed of: a) a box with a rectangular base and two sides that slant inwards to a curved top, each with a recessed oblong, and into each is inset a piece of sandpaper; b) a removable rectangular wooden insert that sits in slots in the top and bottom of the box. "Jerusalem" is painted in ink in gothic script on one face of the box.

Culture
Palestinian ?
Material
wood, sand, adhesive, ink and paper
Made in
Palestine ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Offering1657/1

A package of gold-papered coins in the denominations of ten ounces of Canadian gold of ninety-nine percent purity. The box is red with two gold-coloured dragons and black writing characters. The package is wrapped in plastic.

Culture
Chinese
Material
paper, adhesive, paint and plastic
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dictionary BookN2.1017 a-b

A pair of books with dark red-brown covers bound with thin thread. The pages are illustrated with writing characters in black.

Culture
Japanese
Material
paper, fibre and ink
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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