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Shell Bag1563/1

Hide halter-belt with a horizontal flap covering a row of leather bullet holders. Flap and halter strap feature multicoloured floral beading.

Culture
Northern Tutchone
Material
cotton fibre, sinew, moose skin and glass
Made in
Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA5292

Komokwa mask with loon or duck perched on head. Cedar bark over sides of bird. Leather collar. Colours are red, white, black and green.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark, leather skin, wood, metal and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShirtD2.18

Red wool shirt with geometric beading down both arms and in bands running halfway down the front and back of the shirt on either side of the neck; beading is dark blue, green and yellow on light blue ground. Neckline is trimmed with black velvet-like material. Strips of black fabric run between the bands of beading around the neck, creating horizontal stripes; brass beads are sewn at evenly spaced intervals along the strips of fabric. A long fringe of hide strips runs along both sleeves. Sides of shirt and bottom of sleeves are open, held together with loosely spaced hide thongs.

Culture
Plains
Material
wool fibre, cotton fibre ?, brass metal, glass and skin
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClappersA6368

Brown wood clapper in the form of a killer whale. Black lower jaw is nailed together with a strip of hide skin. A white string through a metal hook at either inner jaw connects the two together inside the mouth. Black dorsal fin has a plain ovoid and is inserted into the back. Has oval black eyes in a tapering oval surrounded by a green area. Mouth is red. Body is black and tapers down to an outward flaring handle.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, metal, skin, fibre and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hunting EquipmentA2.536 a-c

Hide bow cover (part a), arrow quiver (part b) and bait container (part c). Plain bow cover and quiver with attached bait pouch and bone toggles; one toggle is carved with simple geometric designs.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
caribou skin, bone and sinew
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag1003/23

Bag made from skin, circular in cross-section with a skin fringe around the bottom edge and a skin drawstring at top. Ornamented with beadwork consisting of four clusters of multicoloured flowers, one per panel, which alternate between a large red flower surrounded by smaller flowers in pink, blue and yellow, and a dark purple flower, and two off-white petaled flowers with dark blue centres surrounded by small blue and yellow flowers.

Culture
Plains ?
Material
skin, glass and fibre
Made in
Alberta, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Horse Ornament649/2

Beaded ornament for a horse. Composed of a long, wide band of black velvet decorated with a multicoloured floral beadwork design, and backed with off-white fabric. The ornament also has a fringe of white, off-white, and green cylindrical glass beads on strips of skin with metal bells tied to the ends of some of the beaded strips. Two pieces of branch are attached along the short ends with strips of striped brown and blue fabric ties at one corner on each end.

Culture
Plains ?
Material
fibre, glass, dye, metal, skin and wood
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BlanketD2.35

Blanket made of red wool with a blue wool border that has a yellow cotton seam binding on three sides. The beadwork is backed with rawhide and at the finished edge there is a strip of rawhide that froms a handle-like arc and another strip attached between the ends of the handle-like piece, each is beaded with yellow-brown, white and dark blue beadwork. Four white and dark blue beaded rectangles at finished edge. The beadwork on the blanket consists of four elongated arch shapes in white, turquoise, dark blue and yellow-brown above a mostly white beaded rectangle with a green and dark blue border near the edge and two sets of linear designs in dark blue and light blue with a vertical band of short green lines one either side of each, and two circular shapes in white with a red centre, a band of dark blue with yellow-brown rectangles, and evenly spaced blue dashes around the edges of each.

Culture
Plains
Material
wool fibre, glass, skin, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pipe Bag1502/3

Pouch-like hide bag with a square body covered with floral beading and an extended sleeve-like flap attached to the opening. Long hide fringe attached along bottom edge. Green beading along edges of opening flap.

Culture
Arctic America ?
Material
skin, glass and fibre
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleA3661

Brown wood rattle consisting of two rounded pieces put together, each with a semi-cylindrical handle, creating a full rounded oval rattle. Along either sides of each piece, there is a hole to bind the two pieces together with skin. Handle is bound with brown and green string. One side is carved in the form of a bird with a protruding head. The circular black eyes are surrounded by a black outlined tapering oval surrounded by a green area with black brows above. The yellow beak has red lips. The grey body has nine feathered section wings of black, green, and grey split u's. The other side has a killer whale facing to the right side in slight relief. The circular black eyes are surrounded by a black outlined tapering oval surrounded by a green area. The nose is red. The black lined red open mouth shows seven grey alternating pointed teeth. The body has black split u's. The side fin has a green ovoid in a black ovoid with a green split u and red accents. The dorsal fin has a curving upward pointing red triangle within the space in between the inverted green split u above with a red circle and an inverted black split u on top. The tail has a green circle and a black split u at either side end. Below the whale, radiating from the handle, there are four panels of a curving upward pointing red triangle within the space in between the inverted black split u. The background is grey.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, fibre, skin and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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