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GlovesD1.67 a-b

Pair of white hide gloves, or gauntlets, with large, conical wrists and a prominent fringe. Red-purple roses with green leaves are embroidered on the front of both gloves. Interior is lined with synthetic chartreuse fabric with a black stylized floral pattern. Machine sewn.

Culture
Blackfoot
Material
rawhide skin, cotton fibre and fibre
Made in
Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhipK4.29

Whip coiled into a circle that consists of a thick braided portion at one end and a long thin portion at the other.

Culture
Maasai
Material
rawhide skin
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SnowshoesA2.545 a-b

Pair of light brown wooden snowshoes; one end is narrows slightly to an upturned, round tip while the other tapers to an extended point. Two wooden crossbars separate the rawhide mesh-like latticework into three main sections, with the latticework in the central section being of a thicker construction.

Culture
Inuit ?
Material
wood and rawhide skin
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SnowshoesA2.547 a-b

Pair of leaf-shaped brown wooden snowshoes; one end is rounded and upturned while the other tapers gently to a point. Three wooden crossbars separate the rawhide latticework into three main sections, with a mesh-like pattern at the two ends and a rectangular grid-like weave in the centre.

Culture
Gwich'in
Material
wood and rawhide skin
Made in
Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TrapA2.463

Large flat wood piece cut into a rectangle with one end shaped with a triangular point. Above, in the middle, there is an oval wood piece with the top centre cut out and the middle hollowed out so that a wood axle with wood pegs attached by sinew at each side can be attached to create a long wood lever with a point at the end, enabling it to stand upright at an angle.

Culture
Siberian Yupik
Material
walrus tusk, wood, sinew and rawhide skin
Made in
St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pipe Bag1003/80

A long brown hide piece with two rounded open split parts at one end and a square end at the other. The two rounded open split parts end is edged with blue beads. The square end has beadwork design and a long skin fringe. The beadwork design consists of pink, blue, red, orange, and yellow flowers on a white background outlined with pink and edged with a pattern of alternating light blue, green, and dark blue rectangles along the sides.

Culture
Plains ?
Material
glass, rawhide skin and fibre
Made in
Alberta, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArmbandD2.26 a-b

Pair of rectangular armbands with beadwork. Leather has white, green, yellow, red, turquoise, and navy beads (also along edge). Hide thongs for ties attached together by a thong covered with brass beads. One has small bag attached.

Culture
Sioux
Material
leather skin, glass and rawhide skin
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FlesherD2.123

Hollow rectangular tapering bone piece, cut diagonally at the smaller end which has a serrated working edge along the rounded end. Rawhide thong tied onto bone flesher, which is also red at that end.

Culture
Blackfoot
Material
bone and rawhide skin
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skinning Tool1003/3 a-b

Thick segment of bone with one end carved into a curved, ninety degree angle. A long leather cord is affixed to the other end, then tied around the middle and wrapped around the curved end. A leather strap is tied to the cord near the centre of the bone--the other end of the strap is looped around a drop-shaped metal piece. Part b is a flat, square piece of metal with a sharpened edge.

Culture
Blackfoot
Material
bone, metal and rawhide skin
Made in
Alberta, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Beaded Bottle1003/20 a-b

Beaded bottle. A glass bottle covered in beads with light brown hide around the bottom. The bottle has a long slim octagonal neck and a body which flares outward toward the bottom. The beadwork design consists of three horizontal rows of multi-coloured parallelograms outlined with black around the body of the bottle on a light blue background. The section between the neck and the body of the bottle has a multi-coloured starburst-shaped design outlined with black. There is a cork stopper (part b) covered with multi-coloured beadwork around the top. Colours include white, orange, yellow, red, dark blue, and green.

Culture
Plains ?
Material
glass, fibre, rawhide skin and bark
Made in
Alberta, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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