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BasketA9008

Coiled basket (with bifurcated stitches) with lid attached. Watch-spring base and lid construction; overcast handle on lid. Partial beading and imbrication. Stepped design on sides alternating black bullrush and red/bullrush; lid - alternating rows of beading and black and bullrush crosses. Rawhide thongs for hinges and ties; plastic button for fastener.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
rawhide skin, plastic, cedar root, cherry bark and cat-tail grass ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearA2.332

Three-pronged end with copper barbs. Secured with leather. Handle is wood.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
leather skin, copper metal, antler, wood and rawhide skin
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BottleK4.169

Bulbous container with white beads attached around the neck. Hide is hardened and in the form of a textured gourd.

Culture
Nguni ?
Material
rawhide skin, glass and clay ?
Made in
South Africa ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhipA2.477

Long leather band attached to a shaped wooden handle.

Culture
Inuit
Material
leather skin, rawhide skin and wood
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DrillA2.395 b

Plain drill with cylindrical handle that is relatively flat on one side and tapers to a rounded point at the bottom. Skin is wrapped around the end near the short metal point.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
wood, iron metal, rawhide skin and antler ?
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Burden BasketA8827

Burden basket made of coiled cedar root woven together with cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?). Simple coiled work with bifurcated stitches and an elongated watch-spring base construction. The upper half is decorated with a meander motif in black bark on white grass, two on each side or end. The lower half has a "cluster of flies" pattern (checkerboard strips) in black cherry bark. Two rawhide loops on one of the wider sides.

Culture
Coast Salish: Squamish
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, dye, cherry bark and rawhide skin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SnowshoesA2.548 a-b

Wooden frame snowshoes with two crossbars, rawhide latticework and straps; both curve upwards slightly at the blunt toed front.

Culture
Arctic America ?
Material
wood and rawhide skin
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SnowshoesA2.546 a-b

Oval shape with upturned fronts. Twisted and interlaced skin. The harness to hold boots is of braided twine.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
wood, rawhide skin and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SnowshoesA2.544 a-b

Pair of leaf-shaped, light brown wooden snowshoes; one end is rounded and sharply upturned while the other tapers gently to an extended point. Three wooden crossbars separate the rawhide latticework into three main sections, with a mesh-like pattern at the two ends and open, rectangular grid-like strapping in the centre. Tufts of red fabric and bristly white hair are tied along the centre of the front and back panels.

Culture
Inuit ?
Material
wood, rawhide skin, fibre, caribou hair ? and dye
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA8484

Part (a) Large rectangular coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with coiled handles and lid, part (b). Parallel base and lid construction, reinforced by cross-stitches along end edges. Fully imbricated with cat-tail grass (?) and horizontal design of three bands, two cherry bark and middle one dark cherry bark, which dip into a large 'v' on all sides. Coiled handles over rawhide on each short side. Flanged lid with coiled handle at center is imbricated along rim in red cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?), and fully beaded in alternating rows of red and dark cherry bark separated by two rows of cat-tail grass (?).

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux ?
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark, rawhide skin and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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