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Wrist Knife734/13

Wrist knife that has a U-shaped thin steel metal piece that is bordered on the interior and exterior by thin strips of leather skin. Exterior leather is attached to other side at the top with a chain. Exterior and interior leather pieces are connected with a small chain at the side. Interior leather piece has a coil of copper at the top. Steel metal is attached to the skin with copper wires through holes in the side and in the bottom.

Culture
Turkana ? or Karamojong ?
Material
steel metal, leather skin and copper metal
Made in
Kenya ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask912/5

A dark red-brown wood mask with dark brown hair for the eyebrows and moustache. The diagonal oval eyes are cu out and the nostrils are cut out. The curved upper lip is red and outlined with black. There are two white stub teeth in pink gums. The face is decorated with black curvy lines. Rubber is tied with string around the back through two small holes at either sides.

Culture
Western Indonesian
Material
wood, fibre, rubber, paint and skin
Made in
Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ear Ornament734/12

A long red-brown piece of skin folded in half lengthwise with a beaded design of four rows on one side. The top row has horizontal lines of blue-white, red, green, and white beads. The second row has horizontal lines of blue, white, and orange beads in between a big white bead outlined with blue beads and a big blue bead outlined with red beads. The third row has horizontal lines of blue, white, green, and red beads. The fourth row has horizontal lines of blue, red, and blue-white beads in between a big green bead outlined with orange beads and a big orange bead outlined with blue beads. The end is rimmed with two rows of red, and green beads.

Culture
Maasai ? or Kikuyu ?
Material
skin, glass and fibre
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model StoveNa1701

Square, stone base with a canopy of stone, bone and sinew. Suspended from the sinew in the canopy is a cylindrical skin bag and rectangular stone vessel. Directly underneath the vessel is a larger, elliptical, stone vessel supported by three bone legs.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone, sinew, skin and bone
Made in
Coral Harbour, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressNe225

Large feather headdress on brown felt hat. Feathers are light white with dark brown tips and have at their tops pink and blue fluffy feather ornaments while having at their bottoms white fluffy feather ornaments. The feathers are attached to the headdress headband with skin loops bound with red wool. Two ermine skin ornaments dangle from either sides along with two braided wool pieces of green, yellow, and red. Beaded headband panel at front with red centred triangles outlined with yellow and either green or dark blue on a white ground. Fluffy orange feathers along top of headband. Pink, purple, green, blue, red, orange, and brown fluffy feathers decorate the back head part along with one red, one blue, and one orange feather.

Culture
Sioux
Material
feather, wool fibre, glass and ermine skin
Made in
USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShoesEf436 a-b

Pair of shoes with thick brown leather soles and red leather uppers. The toes are rounded and curl upwards with the leather soles cut into a curved V shape at the toe. The top edge of the shoe is decorated with green and orange embroidery. The heel of the shoe has two pieces of black triangular leather sewn either side of the seam to form a larger triangular shape.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
skin, dye and fibre
Made in
Madhya Pradesh, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag527/9

White deer hide bag with multicoloured floral embroidery on the front. Edge of bag, seams, flap, and handle are cut in a zigzagging style and trimmed with pink rickrack. Bag and handle strap are lined with white fabric.

Culture
Arctic America
Material
deer skin, fibre and dye
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Quiver1082/1 a-e

The long cylindrical wood case (part a) is partially wrapped around with sinew and it has a skin handle-holder. There is a skin lid cover (part b). Inside are three long wooden arrows with metal arrow points. The stems are wrapped with sinew at both ends.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
wood, sinew, skin, metal and poison resin
Made in
Botswana ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Trinket BasketNbz819

Octagonal shaped coiled cedar root basket with an attached lid. Parallel slat base and lid with overcast rims on both the lid and the basket. Red cherry bark beading on every other slat on the lid. Vertically connected chevron shaped designs in cherry bark with canary grass in the centre divided down the centre by a cherry bark line. Two leather hinges on one side attach the lid to the basket with a leather tie on the opposite side.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo
Material
cedar root, canary grass, skin, cherry bark and wood
Made in
Mission, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Frontlet Headdress687/1

Headdress with a frontlet of red painted wood inlaid around three edges with coppers and abalone. In the centre of frontlet is a human figure, elbows resting on knees with hands held up, palms outward; figure has inlaid abalone for eyes and teeth. Frontlet is attached to a white fur hat which, in turn, is attached to a long train (80 cm le) of off-white ermine skins, backed by red cotton. The ermine tails--the tips of which are dark brown--each have a red strip of cotton tied to them.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, metal, paint, shell, ermine skin, cotton fibre and rabbit skin
Made in
'Yalis (Alert Bay), British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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