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BasketD3.5 a-b

Circular birch bark basket with straight, vertical sides and a flat lid; exterior of basket and lid are entirely covered in multicoloured quillwork. The basket's sides are encircled by two bands--one straight, one slanted--of quills, while the lid features red and pink flowers.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
birch bark, porcupine quill, fibre and dye
Made in
Manitowaning, Ontario, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatD3.44

Brown, oval-shaped birch bark mat with red and yellow quill decoration in the centre. Two bands of sweet grass coils with a single band of zigzagging open work between them--all sewn with black thread--encircle the central birch panel.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands ?
Material
sweet grass, birch bark, cotton fibre and porcupine quill
Made in
Manitoba, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNa1606

A tall circular brown bark container decorated with dyed quills. The design consists of two flowers with green stems and leaves. One flower is red outlined with purple, and the other flower is purple outlined with red. Both flowers have a brown dot in the centre surrounded by a red five-pointed middle with two brown lines emanating from in between each point. The top and the bottom of the container are overlapped with a strip of bark that has a curved semi-circle pattern facing the centre. The bottom and the top of the container, as well as the sides of the lid, are rimmed with bark strips that are perpendicular to the rim lines. There are strips of soft hide attached to the sides of the container and the lid.

Culture
Dene
Material
birch bark, porcupine quill, dye and leather skin ?
Made in
Fort Liard, Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Container1060/6 a-b

An oval box (part a) and lid (part b) covered in geometric quillwork. On top of the lid there is a black diamond-shaped pattern outlined with blue. The central diamond has orange vertical and horizontal lines in the centre. The outer partial diamonds have white diagonal lines in a feather-shape. The background is white with orange triangles and blue lines. Around the sides of the lid is an alternating pattern of white diamond-vertical line-dot-vertical line-diamond. Along the sides of the container are zigzag lines starting with white and orange at the top all the way down to blue, black, white, red, and blue and orange on the bottom.

Culture
Mi'kmaq ?
Material
birch bark, dye, wood and porcupine quill
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Loom378/1

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 bark separates the strings from each other as they are threaded through its holes, and another piece of bark is used to compress the quills used to create the weave design. The weave pattern alternates between yellow squares with a blue inner line and a green outer line, and green and red squares witha yellow inner line and a blue outer line. The background is white with a red line along the edges. The back of the hide reads "Dorothy Minoza / Fort ____ / N. W. T. / April 24/77"

Culture
Arctic America
Material
quill, fibre, skin, grey willow wood, bark and dye
Made in
Northwest Territories, 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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Bow LoomNa1608

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 design has a white background with purple and orange diamonds outlined and connected together with a horizontal green line. In between each set of purple and orange diamonds is a red-purple rectangular pattern made up of triangles pointing to a centre.

Culture
Arctic America
Material
diamond willow wood, dye, porcupine quill, fibre and paper
Made in
Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Club1003/65

Long wooden handle encased in skin with a large stone bound to the top with a strip of hide. Stone is elliptically shaped with pointed ends. Hide binding at the top is decorated with red and white porcupine quills sewn into cross-like shapes and short line.

Culture
Plains
Material
wood, stone, rawhide skin, porcupine quill and dye
Made in
Alberta, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt487/1

Hide belt backed with red and white cotton gingham. Trimmed along edges with red and white beads. Central diamond and leaf pattern are made from dyed purple, red, yellow and blue quills. Gold-coloured metal buckle.

Culture
Arctic America
Material
moose skin, cotton fibre, glass, quill and dye
Made in
Carcross, Yukon Territory, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Panel416/1

Long narrow panel with a woven design. There are two rows of yellow diamonds with orange and purple outlines. The two rows create a centre, recessed row of pale yellow diamonds. The panel is edged with white beads and backed with light leather.

Culture
Cree
Material
porcupine quill, dye, glass, fibre and moose skin
Made in
Alberta, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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