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Pipe Bag2762/9

Long skin pipe bag with beaded floral design and long fringe, tied near top with string. Yellow skin bag, with four deep scallops at the top end and a seam down one side, is rimmed with brown beads. A heavy beadwork panel encircling the bottom, above the thick fringe has a different design in a white ground on each side, one with larger flowers and more pink, purple, red and yellow beads, the other darker with greens, red, browns, blue and mustard yellow.

Culture
Cree
Material
skin, glass and cotton fibre
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag2762/8

Flat rawhide bag (or hanging?) decorated with two areas of beaded floral design in pink, red, blue, green and white. A rectangular-shaped piece of purple fabric with pink flowers and yellow leaves is stitched to the back and to one inner side of the pouch. A string of gold beads is decoratively stitched along the edges, forming tassels at each of the bottom corners, and brown fabric tabs are attached to each of the top corners.

Culture
Cree
Material
skin, glass and cotton fibre
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Moccasins2762/5 a-b

Pair of beaded, slipper style moccasins with striped design in yellow, red and blue on a white background. A strip of brown fabric backs the beads and is sewn together on one side to the skin sole. Black fabric lines the interior sides and folds out over the rim to form a black border that is outlined with white beads.

Culture
Plains Cree
Material
glass, deer skin ? and cotton fibre
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Moccasins2762/3 a-b

Pair of moccasins with beaded mountain design in green, yellow and red on a white background. Beads are sewn onto a backing of brown fabric that is sewn together at the heel and then sewn onto a leather sole (one is made of a few pieces). Also sewn on are long skin fringes at the heel, a tongue with forked end, and a cuff border of dark brown fabric. Short skin strips lace through one hole.

Culture
Plains Cree
Material
leather skin, glass and cotton fibre
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Moccasins2762/1 a-b

Pair of large reddish-brown rawhide moccasins (a-b) with tall cuffs and long laces knotted together. The only decoration is the white triple stitching of the seam joining top to sides. Additional piece of skin is added to lengthen the tongue.

Culture
Cree
Material
rawhide skin and cotton fibre
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Imperfect Doll2699/1 a-c

Multi-media installation. The doll (a) consists of a wooden artist’s maquette body with brain-tanned deer hide head (no facial features), hand coverings, and dress (with fringes at sleeves and decorated with English and Cree text written in pink gel-pen ink), pink and yellow cut-glass seed beads sewn onto dress and moccasin boots, horse hair braids with white satin ribbon, ncecklace of porcupine quill, brass bead and sinew, clam shell earrings, and a belt with large brass buttons. The doll sits in a chair (part b) constructed of deer hide, wood, and sinew, and face a small LCD screen, which fastens to a wooden base (part c), and plays a video loop, with video and audio footage created by the artist.

Culture
Cree
Material
brass metal, cotton fibre, wood, deer skin, glass, fibre, horse hair, porcupine quill, sinew, clam shell and ink
Made in
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Toy2754/2

Colourful hanging paper mache toy boat with 3-dimensional heads of animals attached to the outside of the cabin. A version of Noah's ark (name NOE painted at the front and back), the orange ship is sailing on blue waves with a cargo of a giraffe, a zebra, a blue hippopotamus, a blue and red leopard, a black bear (all with painted leather ears), and a green elephant.

Culture
Cuban
Material
paper, paint, adhesive, wood, leather skin, glaze and metal
Made in
Havana, Cuba
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Toy2754/1

Colourful hanging paper mache toy airplane with 3-dimensional heads of jungle animals attached to the outside. A modern version of Noah's ark (name NOE painted on the side), the red,white, yellow and blue airplane with wood wings and wheels is carrying a giraffe, a zebra, a blue hippopotamus, a red tiger (all with painted leather ears), and a green elephant.

Culture
Cuban
Material
paper, paint, adhesive, wood, leather skin, glaze and metal
Made in
Havana, Cuba
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask60.2/5361
Collar, Cuffs (2), And Muff60.1/6635 A-D