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Charm3065/17
Charm carved from a piece of mother-of-pearl? it is roughly rectangular, with a rough scalloped back, and shaped cut-outs opposite. Colour is an iridescent white, with areas of orange and grey.
- Culture
- Chinese
- Material
- mother of pearl shell ?
- Made in
- China
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
Money3035/3
Necklace made from a single large, crescent shaped piece of shell with ochre pigment on one side. Attached to a thick, woven, ochre-coloured woven band; one cowrie shell attached to band at each end. Three tufts of possum hair (on the skin) hang from the strap on short woven strings, also coloured with ochre.
- Culture
- Mendi
- Material
- pearl shell, cowrie shell, possum skin, ochre pigment and plant fibre
- Made in
- Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
Button Blanket50/3952
- Culture
- Tahlton
- Material
- wool cloth and mother of pearl button
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada ?
- Holding Institution
- American Museum of Natural History
Ketoh2012.92.113
The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.
- Culture
- Pueblo and Zuni
- Material
- silver metal, leather, jet, mother of pearl and coral
- Holding Institution
- Portland Art Museum
Ursa Major2007.10A-C
Museum Purchase: Funds provided by the Native American Art Council and others.
- Culture
- American and Wiyot
- Material
- wood, metal, glass and mother of pearl
- Holding Institution
- Portland Art Museum
Button Shirt48.3.573
Museum Purchase: Indian Collection Subscription Fund, Rasmussen Collection of Northwest Coast Indian Art.
- Culture
- Tlingit
- Material
- wool cloth and pearl button
- Made in
- Angoon, Alaska, USA
- Holding Institution
- Portland Art Museum
Button Blanket48.3.555
Museum Purchase: Indian Collection Subscription Fund, Rasmussen Collection of Northwest Coast Indian Art.
- Culture
- Northwest Coast
- Material
- pearl button and wool cloth
- Holding Institution
- Portland Art Museum
Canoe with Figures46.5
Museum Purchase: Helen Thurston Ayer Fund.
- Culture
- Haida
- Material
- argillite and mother of pearl
- Made in
- Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii), British Columbia, Canada
- Holding Institution
- Portland Art Museum
Spoon, Carved16.1/962
- Culture
- Tlingit
- Material
- horn and pearl abalone
- Made in
- Sitka, Baranof Island, Sitka Borough, Alaska, USA
- Holding Institution
- American Museum of Natural History
Robe, Bear, With Painted Edge16/358
- Material
- hide, bear fur, cloth, pigment, string, mother of pearl button and sinew
- Made in
- USA ? or Canada ?
- Holding Institution
- American Museum of Natural History