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Belt797/6

A large brown leather belt with beadwork and a metal buckle which attaches to a strap on the other end. The design consists of alternating rectangles of leather and beadwork pattern. The beadwork pattern has a yellow background on two squares with a dark blue diamond-shape at the middle of each which have a vertical line of horizontal rows of light blue, red, green, red, and light blue outlined with green running down the middle of each, and a vertical line of light blue outlined with green in between them. The belt is edged with light blue beads along the top and the bottom.

Culture
Plains ?
Material
leather skin, glass, metal and fibre
Made in
Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket1566/4

Rectangular, coiled basket with straight sides. Top coil is wavy forming open work rim. Exterior is decorated with brown and dark brown cherry bark zigzag bands that take up entire height of the basket. Two handles go across shorter dimension and are attached to the basket by loops of skin thong through the walls.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, grass, dye and skin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Case2663/1 a-d

Part a is a case of heavy brown leather, rounded at the top and bottom edges with rounded protrusions below thick blue silk cord which is threaded through horizontally. Parts b-d are three tapered, hollow, brown-stained, cylindrical bone holders which are found inside case.

Culture
Tibetan
Material
leather skin, silk fibre and bone
Made in
Tibet
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Frontlet Headdress709/1

Ermine headdress attached to a wooden frontlet. Frontlet in painted in blue, red and black with a central figure of a humanoid face with protruding, hooked nose encircled by a red-lined ring of abalone. Two faces, one humanoid and mask-like, the other round and black with red lips, sit atop and below the main face. The eyes of all three faces are inlaid with abalone. The frontlet is attached to the front of a circular white fur cap, attached to a long train (90 cm) of white ermine pelts with brown tails sewn onto a length of white fabric backing. A vertical row of brown whiskers protrude from the cap directly behind the top of the frontlet.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
yew wood, fibre, ermine skin, paint, abalone shell, eagle down feather ? and sea lion whisker ?
Made in
'Yalis (Alert Bay), British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket1566/3 a-b

Rectangular light brown woven basket with convex fitted lid. Horizontal bands of red and black colour run the lid, while repeating vertical, alternating red and black geometric designs encircle the sides of the basket. A small looped handle sits in the centre of the lid, with more broken or damaged loops around the sides of the lid and basket.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, grass, dye, rawhide skin and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket1346/2 a-c

Circular woven basket with flared, rounded sides and a flat, fitted lid. Lid and sides are encircled with bands of colour and repeating geometric designs. Lid has a small loop handle in its centre.

Culture
“Great Basin & Plateau ?” ?
Material
root, stem, skin and dye
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shrunken Head Representation666/1 a-b

Skin formed into the shape of a hollow shrunken head (part a) that is stitched at the back, with long black coarse hair still attached at top. Eyebrows and eyelashes also have trimmed coarse black hair attached. The 'head' is housed in a hexagonal-shaped box (part b) that resembles a small coffin.

Culture
Ecuadorian
Material
skin, hair and balsa wood ?
Made in
Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pouch527/44

Heart-shaped pouch with opening at one of the lobes. Top flat is folded back and a miniature hat of braided bark and a heart pendant of leather are attached to centre of folded back part. A blue piece of cloth with a printed Green and gold maple leaf with the words, "Naas River," underneath is tucked into pouch; pendant has letters, "L.L." stitched onto front. Back of pouch has embroidered letters, "S.M.P."

Culture
Northwest Coast ?
Material
leather skin, bark and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rattle1570/61

Rattle made of a ring with strips of skin coiled around it and hooves attached with fibre strung through holes in the pointed ends. A wooden cross is inside the ring to retain shape and a skin loop is off side at end of one of the cross pieces.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
deer hoof ?, wood, skin and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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String PuppetEh157 a-b

Three-dimensional male humanoid puppet (Policeman character): head with painted black hair (part b) fits into body clothed in a button-down khaki shirt, brown belt and green-brown trousers (part a). The body has jointed arms and legs. Figure is dressed as a policeman, wearing a black cap with a silver star on the front, a silver badge pinned to the front of the shirt, carved brown wooden shoes and a wristwatch with a golden face. Figure has a brown face with painted black eyebrows, articulated eyes and nose, a red mouth and a painted black moustache. Attached at the puppet's shoulders and hands are several thin black cords tied to a plain wooden stick.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
wood, fibre, leather skin and paint
Made in
Galle, Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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