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Head RingA3600

Plaited cedar bark headband with twined coils of bark around the upper rim. Bundles of cedar bark strips are attached horizontally on either side of the headband. Band is lined with white and red checkered cotton cloth. Traces of red colouring in the cedar bark.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
dye, cedar bark, cotton fibre and pigment ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dance ScreenA4363

Large, ceremonial dance screen. Painted with a circular design in black on ecru-coloured cotton. Split image of a sisiutl encircling a central human figure. Cord for hanging attached along the upper edge.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
oil, charcoal pigment and cotton fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureH1.161

Small, cream coloured stone figure consisting of the head facing forward wearing a headdress, the hands on its stomach and the feet together. The headdress, the garment worn and the leggings are decorated with line and triangular panels of geometric design. There is a dark red pigment in the incisions on the figure.

Culture
Andes ?
Material
stone and pigment
Made in
Tiahuanaco, La Paz, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Needle CaseA2.344

Ivory-coloured hollow tube-like case with two bands of black at each end. Both ends are open.

Culture
Inuit
Material
caribou bone and pigment
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlK4.195

A small clay bowl with a rounded bottom and straight upright sides. Decorated with brown vertical lines on grey around the sides of the bowl. Fingernail markings along the rim.

Culture
Central African
Material
ochre pigment and clay
Made in
Democratic Republic of the Congo ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JugK4.194

Clay jug with rounded sides, a straight neck, and a flat bottom. The jug is decorated with incised parallel lines and a band of dots around the neck. At the shoulder is a scallop pattern, and each crescent has been painted red. The rim of the jug is also red, and there are dark grey firing marks overall.

Culture
Barotse
Material
ochre pigment and clay
Made in
Zambia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Snuff ContainerK5.27

Snuff container in the form of an ox with a rough, studded body. The ox has long thin horns and small tail. A hole at the centre of the forehead that opens to a cavity inside the body of the ox.

Culture
Nguni
Material
clay ?, blood, ochre pigment ? and intestine
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureA2.262

Miniature seal carved from off-white tusk. The surface of the seal is almost entirely etched with grey pigment.

Culture
Inupiaq
Material
walrus tusk and pigment
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureA2.252

Miniature, brown-yellow carving of a man dressed in a parka and carrying a spear.

Culture
Inuit
Material
bone and pigment ?
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MoccasinsA2.79 a-b

The moccasins (part a and b) are light brown in colour with red stitching around the tongue piece. Each moccasin is made from three pieces of skin; one piece for the sole, the sides and tongue. The tongue piece is decorated with a red chain stitch.

Culture
Tsimshian ? or Gitxsan ?
Material
skin, fibre and pigment ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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