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Pouch1060/10

Round beaded pouch that tapers slightly at the opening. Opening has scalloped skin flap and two skin drawstrings. Pouch is decorated with purple, red, and orange beads in the shape of a flower on a white beaded background. There are evenly-spaced rectangular-shaped sections of purple beads around the perimeter of the piece on the front. On the side, there are alternating black, and clear coloured beads around the perimeter. There is a vertical line of beaded blue, yellow, red, purple, and pink section running down the centre of the back of the pouch. On either side of the lone, there is a split leaf-like orange, red, and blue beaded pattern.

Culture
Cree ?
Material
skin, glass and fibre
Made in
Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Amulet Box2663/55

Amulet box known as srung khor (སྲུང་འཁོར།་) made of copper, with repousse floral designs on front. Back inserted into front, held in place with hide strip threaded through two flattened loops on each side. Top shaped like rounded double arch. Glass insert in corresponding shape with ceramic image of deity inside. Pieces of coloured cloth or paper below image.

Culture
Tibetan
Material
copper metal, leather skin, glass, paper and cotton fibre
Made in
Tibet
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model KayakA2.528 a-k

Model kayak made of mottled brown skin stretched over a wooden frame (part a). A parka-clad figure with face and hands made from carved walrus tusk (?) sits in the cockpit. Parts b--j are various model harpoons and gaffing devices--all made from wood, tusk, metal, and skin--strapped to the top of the kayak with skin straps. Also included is a dark brown model seal bladder float (part k) attached to the kayak via a skin harpoon line tucked underneath the human figure's right arm.

Culture
Inuit
Material
skin, walrus tusk ?, wood, fibre and metal
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ToolA2.462

Spade-shaped, brown wooden bellows with a tan-coloured suede bag affixed with metal rivets and a conical metal nozzle. On the bottom, two circular holes have been bored through the centre and the letters "M M" inscribed in red paint.

Culture
Siberian Yupik
Material
wood, steel metal, metal, leather skin, paint and stain
Made in
St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dart QuiverB443 a-qq

Fur quiver containing two smaller skin quivers and 40 small darts. Three of the darts have conical balsa wood plugs at their pointed ends; one dart has a metal arrowhead at one end; rest of dart have two pointed ends, one that is less sharp then the other.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
metal, skin, bamboo grass and balsa wood
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket1719/41

Light brown rectangular woven basket with a flat, fitted lid; lid is hinged at the back with two leather ties and has a single leather strip at the front that wraps around a white plastic button affixed near the top of the basket's front side. Two longer strips of leather are tied near the top of the front and back sides of the basket, creating handles that bridge the basket's lid. Patterned designs in red-brown, black and yellow-white are featured on the lid and all four sides.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
cedar wood, grass, skin, plastic, dye, cherry bark and cedar root
Made in
Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada and Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket1691/2

Rectangular basket with hinged, flat lid and two handles that cross the smaller dimension. Hinges are of skin as are the loops that hold the handles to the sides. Exterior walls are decorated with central designs of a black diamond inside a red one; bands of red and black dots are on lid along the shorter dimension.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
cherry bark, root ?, grass ? and skin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Game1155/3

Elliptically shaped piece of leather with multiple holes cut through it. End of leather piece is tied to a long leather strip, upon which eight carved yellow-white and brown bone(?) segments are strung. The other end of the strip is tied to the looped end of a long metal needle-like object.

Culture
Plains
Material
skin, bone ? and metal
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Staff1003/36

Wooden staff with a spherical top and a snake curled around the shaft. A brown strip of leather is tied around the top of the staff.

Culture
Plains ?
Material
wood and leather skin
Made in
Alberta, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pipe Bag1003/81

A long brown skin piece with two rounded open split parts at one end and a square end at the other. The two rounded open split parts at the one end have a twisted leather cord with either dark blue or light blue beaded coiling and white beads throughout the bottom ends at either sides. The square end has red-dyed bark(?) around the top parts of the long leather fringe with a row of beads in between. The square end has a floral pattern on a white background. Three flowers have a yellow centre with five red heart-shaped petals surrounded by pink, blue stems, and green leaves. Three flower buds have orange centres surrounded by red. The floral pattern is outlined with light blue beads. The entire object is edges with clear blue beads.

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