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BagH1.325

Hide, horseshoe shaped bag with a semi-circular folding flap that has a dark brown stripe that goes through the metal buckle. Attached to the back is a long hide strap. The flap has layers of decorative skin that is painted red and black. The front has a red painted border along with red over a layer of decorative skin. The back edge is painted black.

Culture
Andes ?
Material
paint, iron metal, skin and fibre
Made in
Cuzco, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA5029 a-b

Part (a) Rectangular coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with rounded shouler, flange and lid, part (b). Fully imbricated in cat-tail grass (?) with parallel vertical designs alternating between geometric scrolls and zig-zags, in dark cherry bark. Parallel splint base and lid. Lid is imbricated on rim with intervals of dark cherry bark stitches. Row of cat-tail grass (?) at top rim, and horizontal rows of beaded cat-tail grass every other row. Skin tie on one side of lid, and one on basket.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
cat-tail grass ?, cedar root, cherry bark, dye and deer skin ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD1.345 a-b

Part (a) Rounded cylindrical coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with flanged lid, part (b). Watch-spring base and lid construction. Rawhide handle on basket and one thong on lid. Fully imbricated in cat-tail grass (?) with design in dark cherry bark of alternating bands of 'succession of tepees' (as per label) and solid line. Lid is convex and has flange. Two rows of 'arrow heads' separated by solid line, all in dark cherry bark, with two rows of solid dark cherry bark at center, all on cat-tail grass (?) background. Fibre string attached to one side of skin handle.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ?, rawhide skin, fibre and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD1.282

Rectangular, flared coiled basket (bifurcated stitches). Parallel slat base construction. Upper half of basket is fully imbricated in cat-tail grass (?), with diamond designs in staggered rows of dark cherry bark, and red cherry bark. Lower half of basket has "cluster of flies" pattern alternating between red cherry bark and cat-tail grass and dark cherry bark and cat-tail grass. Rim has intervals of red cherry bark. Skin handles tied at each corner of one side and looped through front loop.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass, cherry bark, rawhide skin and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CaseK2.276

Case composed of two rectangles of cardboard covered in leather and folded against each other. One side of the case contains a mirror on the inside, and both sides are joined with a strip of red leather attached at the top centre of each. A loop is created at the centre of the leather strip by a band of red leather. The outside of the case is painted red with a roughly symmetrical geometric design in carbon ink and the edges of the design are emphasized with indented lines.

Culture
Hausa
Material
leather skin, paper, silver alloy metal ? and glass
Made in
Zaria, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CaseK2.270

Case composed of two rectangles of cardboard covered in leather and folded against each other. One side of the case contains a mirror on the inside, and both sides are joined with a strip of leather attached at the top centre of each. A loop is created at the centre of the leather strip by a band of twisted red leather. The outside of the case is painted red with a roughly symmetrical geometric design in carbon ink.

Culture
Hausa
Material
leather skin, paper, silver alloy metal ?, glass, dye and ink
Made in
Zaria, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA9013

Small rectangular coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with attached lid. Parallel splint base and lid construction. Beaded rows in red cherry bark, cat-tail grass (?), dark cherry bark, and cat-tail grass (?), repeated twice. Lid has similar pattern with outer rim in cat-tail grass (?). Skin tie holds lid to basket. Skin ties on front and back, most broken off.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
skin, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark, cedar root and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressD4.103

Wooden headdress consisting of a rectangular piece of wood with a semi-oval cut out of the centre bottom; painted in blue, yellow, green, black and red. The front has a flower in the centre and two feathers on each side. The back has clouds and lightning with two feathers on either side. The front has a circular bundle of fibre attached. There is a thick leather strip that attaches at the back and hangs down past the edge of the wood. A second piece of leather runs horizontally across the opening.

Culture
Hopi
Material
wood, leather skin, fibre and paint
Made in
Arizona, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA6346

Large, carved, wooden, raven hamatsa mask with a long beak, an ovoid shaped projection on the ridge and thin, ovoid shaped cutout nostrils. The beak is hinged with pieces of leather nailed to either side. The beak is painted black with a red mouth and nose. From the edge of the mouth to the back of the nose are a series of red u-forms ending in a split u. At the back of the mouth are two white u-forms. The bridge has white and red detailing. The eyes are white, outlined in black and red, on a white ovoid shaped background; brow is black. The inside of the mask is hollow with the exception of twine used to open and close the beak. The top has short pieces of cedar creating a fringe, while the back has longer strips that hang over the wearer. The bottom is black with a white U-form. The mask is painted black, red, and white with Northwest Coast stylized designs.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark, leather skin, wood, paint, fibre and metal
Made in
Blunden Harbour, British Columbia, Canada ? or Ba'as, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA6392

Rectangular coiled basket (bifurcated stitches). Elongated watch-spring construction. Rawhide tie and metal tie through the same side. Fully imbricated with overall checkerboard design in rows of alternating bands in red and dark cherry bark separated by cat-tail grass (?). Design near base is three rows of red cherry bark beading with one row of dark cherry bark beading below first row of cherry bark. Basket had small coil handles on each long side at one time.

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