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LeggingsNb7.310 a-b

Two pieces of square-like red cloth have hide fringe on three sides and hand stitched appliqued design of large black and orange 'x' at center, bordered by blue sawtooth strip and orange on black strips. White sawtooth border on three sides. Part (a) has white beads along top of center 'x'. Two long pieces of brown fabric attached to bottom fringe. One long fringe at each top corner. Part (b) has a red strip of fabric, and a blue strip of fabric with fibre and string attached, at right side, and one long strip of fibre on left. One long fringe at each top corner.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
fibre, wool fibre ?, cotton fibre and rawhide skin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BottleAf454 a-b

Rawhide bottle (part a) with spherical base and elongated neck. Lid (part b) fits over outer edges of upper neck. The lower half of the base is covered with brown haired cowhide with white patches. Upper half has five narrow strips of cowhide alternating white and brown, four of which are linear, with the fifth and uppermost curvilinear. The uppermost linear strip is detached at end close to handle. Two looped handles are at opposite side of upper half of base. Base of neck has six linear strips of alternating brown and white cowhide with brown and white linear strip at upper end, and looped handle at top.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
rawhide skin, adhesive and cow skin
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanCb87

Fan with a round shapefan with fur attached, bound with stitched leather. The handle is bound in multi-coloured leather and attached by insertion into a sheath composed of a length of leather stitched to the main body of the fan. The sheath is overlaid with fur-bearing hide cut into triangular tooth-shaped edges. A loop of braided leather is attached by knots to the end of the handle. The fur on the sheath is white and on the fan, white and brown.

Culture
Hausa
Material
dye, leather skin and rawhide skin
Made in
Kano, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowNa1055

Curved piece of bone; hole in each end strung with length of rawhide. Two holes in rawhide, one at end, another smaller hole three-quarters along bone's length. Hard outer casing of bone near one end has worn away to reveal marrow. Opposite side to worn area has 7.5 cm.

Culture
Inuit
Material
bone and rawhide skin
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DrumNa1014

Wood is bent in circle with overlapping ends which are drilled, tied, and nailed. Short wooden handle with notch on one end is lashed to hoop with cord. Skin is stretched tightly over hoop and wrapped with cord which sits in groove. String piece tied near handle.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
iron metal, sinew, cotton fibre, wood and rawhide skin
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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GlovesNa1000 a-b

Pair of gloves, or gauntlets, made from hide with wide cuffs, a multi-coloured beaded floral design, fur trim around the wrist and cuff, and a hide fringe on the outer side of each. Lined with red cloth and machine sewn.

Culture
Inuit
Material
rawhide skin, skin, cotton fibre and plastic
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ToolNa1064 a-e

Double layer of stiff white rawhide stitched together on all sides except the top where there are two dark brown loops. Darker leather, stitched on halfway down rawhide, has five slits cut through to hold four bone tools. Two brown white coloured tools, round, slightly curved, pointed at one end with a lip at the other, are joined together with leather thong. Two other tools are brown, each have a lip at their top, and a round shaft which flattens and curves then tapers to a point.

Culture
Inuit
Material
rawhide skin, sinew and bone
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearNa1063

End of wood shaft is inserted with long metal prong. Both lashed together with cotton cord. Two notched antler prongs, one on each side of wood shaft are bound with rawhide thong. Ends of each antler prong have a nail inserted to form a reverse angle barb. Object is a Leister fishing spear for Arctic Char.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood, antler, metal, cotton fibre and rawhide skin
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentA2477

Deer hoof carved with a series of notches along the lower edge. An eye form has been incised on one side and a hole has been drilled through with a rawhide thong attached.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
rawhide skin and deer hoof
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dog SledNa975 a-e

Sled (a) made from the lower jaw bones of a caribou, with teeth intact. There is a cross-bar lashed onto the back of the sled below the handles. The rawhide traces are tied onto the front of the sled and have worn through so that the team is not connected. Each member of the 'dog' team (c-e) is represented by a uncarved humerus seal bone wearing a rawhide harness with a long strip attached. The whip (b) is made of thin pieces of carved bone with a long rawhide strip lashed with thread.

Culture
Inuit
Material
seal bone, rawhide skin, cotton fibre, sinew ? and tooth
Made in
Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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