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DrumB515

Flaring, vase-shaped hand drum with a clay stand and a glazed snakeskin head bound with rattan. Bands of wavy designs are combed into the stand around the top and bottom.

Culture
Cambodian
Material
clay, snake skin and rattan
Made in
Cambodia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DrumB133

Percussion instrument. Skin stretched over a turned, dark brown wooden base. The round base has a hollow, upward flaring, shape. Discs of shim brass at edges, to create more sounds. Skin is edged with tape and nailed.

Culture
Malay
Material
wood, skin, rattan, adhesive, fibre and brass metal
Made in
Brunei
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeadbandA4144

Wide head band of horizontal rows of swamp grass neatly twined. Additional bundle of swamp grass twined to the outside. Two rosettes and one tassel of hide strips attached around the outside.

Culture
Haida
Material
swamp grass, fibre, skin and dye ?
Made in
Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gambling Game PiecesA3589 a-b

Two pieces (parts a-b) of a cylindrical shape filled with wood while the outside is glued with hide around the centre.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
skin, wood and bone ?
Made in
Sitka, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DrumA8136 a-b

Drum (a) and drumstick (b). Hide stretched over a circular wooden frame with four lengths of wire meeting at the centre back, bound with cloth. Stick has cloth covered head; handle is wrapped with leather and cord.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Pacheenaht
Material
skin, metal, fibre and wood
Made in
Port Renfrew, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagD2.101

Tiny beaded tied pouch with red hairs sticking out of top. Decorated with white and dark blue beads and some yellow beads. Attached, there is one large concave circular shiny cream-white-coloured button.

Culture
Blackfoot
Material
skin, glass and shell
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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KnifeD3.200 a-b

Slender knife with decorative quillwork handle and sheath. The sheath has two strips of quills along the length - red, yellow, green, yellow and red with white diamonds. The knife handle has quills around its circumference for the entire length. There are six rawhide tassels with quills wound around them and animal hair at their ends, at the end of the handle. The sheath is sewn together; the design is overlaid and sewn.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
rawhide skin, porcupine quill, metal, hair and dye
Made in
Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JacketD1.486 b

Light leather jacket with fringe. The jacket has no collar, long cuffed sleeves and centre opening with black plastic buttons. There are two large pockets on the lower front with serrated edges and sewn horseshoe motif. The cuffs also have serrated edges and sewn horseshoe motif. On the front and back yokes are leather bands with cutout diamond motifs. On the upper front, back and sleeves is a thick fringe. The inside is unlined.

Culture
Interior Salish: Secwepemc
Material
moose skin, dye and plastic
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ViolinB789

Long carved violin with the monkey skin attached on the top by pegging. Strings are attached to the head by tying them to twine protruding pegs and are then tied around the end of the body.

Culture
Santal
Material
horse hair, monkey skin and sal wood
Made in
Bihar, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Stringed Musical InstrumentB194 a-e

Erhu-like two-stringed wooden instrument (a) with a bamboo sound box (b) covered with lizard skin and two drop-shaped tuning pegs (c-d) (strings are missing). Wooden bow (e) is strung with coarse hair.

Culture
Malay
Material
hair, bamboo grass, wood and lizard skin
Made in
Singapore
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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