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Frontlet HeaddressA8226

Headdress with a frontlet with a bear design, painted blue around eyes, red mouth, fore and hind limbs, inlaid with abalone shell pieces. Abalone around bear, and extra row at each side. Headdress has sea lion whiskers at top, and ermine skins around head. Long cape with ermine pelts at back. Red cloth or black fibre, tied to some skins.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cotton fibre, sea lion whisker, ermine skin, abalone shell and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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D-AdzeA2248

Wooden D-adze painted green. Blade has been made from a file. Leading end flared to a slightly-curved sharp edge. Bound onto wooden handle with a rawhide and leather thong bindings. Handle has shaving-deflecting upturned ridge at front and heavy grip. Decorated with curving parallel incised lines at back. Was painted green - partly worn off.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
steel metal, skin, wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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D-AdzeA2249

Wooden D-adze; blade has been made from a file. Leading end flared to a slightly curved sharp edge. Bound onto wooden handle with rawhide strip. Squared-off wooden handle with bulbous back end carved to resemble snout, head and breast of a bird-like animal.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wood, steel metal and skin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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AdzeA2258

Narrow, dark, coarse stone blade that is wedge-shaped. Grooved along the top face toward the butt end to hold the hafting securely. Was originally lashed with hide strips (now wired) to a carved wood hafting platform with an acutely-angled branch providing a handle. Hide strips are looped and attached around the handle.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
skin, stone and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerK1.1

Wooden container with a cylindrical shaped handle, a triangular flat back with a large cone protrusion. The container is covered in black dyed leather and studded with nails. There is a hole at the end of the handle. The bottom edge of the base has holes with remnants of fibre twine still attached.

Culture
North African
Material
wood, brass metal, leather skin, dye and fibre
Made in
“North Africa” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MoccasinsD3.194 a-b

Gather-toe type moccasin with high top. Laced in front with braided purple, orange and green laces. Embroidered with floral design in green, purple, red, and yellow on the vamp and near the tops of both sides. Top edged with fur. Triangular, zigzagging embroidery in blue and red around the heels.

Culture
Anishinaabe ?
Material
deer skin, cotton fibre, glass and beaver skin
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Neck OrnamentD3.196

Beads and shells are strung in net-like fashion on cotton thread and attached to top of leather thongs which also form a fringe. Colours: white, green, yellow, blue, black, brown.

Culture
Ojibwa
Material
leather skin, glass and shell
Made in
Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SandalsE176 c-d

Brown, woven, leather sandals (parts c-d) with an open toe and a high back. The tops are detailed with a woven geometric lozenge pattern. The heals are made of pieces of leather, nailed together. Each sole has a number "2" written in pencil.

Culture
Central Mexico
Material
leather skin, fibre and metal
Made in
Oaxaca, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SandalsE181 c-d

Brown leather sandals (parts c-d) with a strap across the toes, top and back. The top has a pierced bird decoration with red and green velvet underlay. There are two buckle fastenings on the side. Slight tooling around the edges of the sole. The soles are nailed. Written in pencil on the sole of part d is the number ‘25’.

Culture
Zapotec
Material
brass metal, cotton fibre, leather skin, fibre and metal
Made in
Yalalag, Oaxaca, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD3.203

Birch bark basket with a circular top and a square bottom. Birch bark is bent and laced together with root lashings. A split twig rim covers the top edge of the basket and is overcast with thin strips of root; a strip of bark is laced underneath the rim as reinforcement. Red and green beads are featured around the top of the rim. A strip of rawhide is strung from one side of the rim to the other as a handle.

Culture
Mi'kmaq ?
Material
birch bark, cedar root, glass and rawhide skin
Made in
Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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