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NecklaceD2.58

Choker-style necklace with five strands of alternating spherical blue and brass beads. Strips of leather separate the necklace into three sections and are used as end pieces. Two leather ties are affixed at both ends.

Culture
Plains
Material
glass, brass metal and skin
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentD2.67

Curved, circular piece of carved shell tied to a looped band of beading. The strap is of woven beading; the ends of the strip are sewn to thongs which tie in front of the shell, passing through two holes in it. Beading is white, blue, red and yellow, in a regular design. The shell is shaped on its edges, and the trade ornament is attached to the knot made by the thongs in front of the shell.

Culture
Plains
Material
shell, glass, cotton fibre, skin and metal
Made in
Manitoba, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagD2.70

Beaded all over one side and partially beaded on the other side of the bag. One side has a main design that consists of a plant with two pairs of leaves on a white background. The vertical stem is orange. The upper portion of each leaf is dark blue and yellow with green at the tip while the lower portion is light blue. The border has five equally spaced squares of dark blue bordered by light blue. The other side has a double border. The outer border is light blue with bands and semi-bow-tie shapes in dark blue, yellow, and orange. The inner border is white with three equally spaced red lines.

Culture
Sioux
Material
skin, glass and fibre
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagD2.71

Small beaded red hide pouch, tied with fringe on bottom. Along the rim, there are blue and yellow beads. The main beadwork design consists of horizontal rows of alternating sections of pink and light blue, or pink and dark blue-black, with white above and a double curly yellow row on top. There is a hide drawstring.

Culture
Blackfoot
Material
glass and skin
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SheathD2.72

Skin sheath with painted geometric design in red and blue. Red or blue wool has been wound around the tops of the long braided fringe and tassels.

Culture
Plains
Material
rawhide skin, wool fibre and paint
Made in
Manitoba, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DrumD2.73 a-b

Drum (part a) that has a wood frame over which rawhide has been stretched on both faces and sewn with thong on side. Doeskin (chamois) strips sewn together cover drum edge. Faces and border decoration on each side of drum, at least partly with felt pen and stick. The stick is covered in rawhide (part b).

Culture
Stoney
Material
wood, skin and felt pen ink
Made in
Alberta, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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QuirtD2.74

Floral beadwork on hand guard in mauve, red, blue, yellow, and green. Wooden handle with brass studs along its six triangular protrusions and leather whip.

Culture
Plains
Material
wood, brass metal, fibre, paper, leather skin, skin, porcupine quill and metal
Made in
Manitoba, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fishing CreelD1.255

Coiled cedar root basket with attached lid. Simple interlocking coiled work (with bifurcated stitches) and parallel slat base and watch-spring lid construction. Basket also has overcast rims and a rawhide thong. The lid is decorated with six rectangles of cat-tail grass, which are outlined alternatively in black or red cherry bark. The sides have four vertical bands of white grass edged with black or red, the resulting rectanglar shapes are joined together. Colour: tan.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark and rawhide skin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowC1364

The shaft is carved with dark vertically linear designs on a natural background above the cane joints. The base of the shaft, near the pointed end, has fragments of a woven sleeve. The point is dark wood elaborately carved and multi-barbed. There is a sleeve of bird skin and feathers wrapped around the middle of the point dividing the elaborately carved portion of the point from the multi-barbed tip.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
stem ?, fibre ?, wood, bird skin and feather
Made in
Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagD1.24

Light tan-coloured hide purse lined in heavy beige fabric, with two strap handles, a zipper closure, and fringe along the bottom; zipper has a spherical, black wooden dangle. Front entirely beaded with a rose design on white ground.

Culture
Yakama
Material
skin, fibre, glass, metal, wood and paint
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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