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Bear Costume, Body With Left Arm16/9762 B
Pouch3239/13

Very small beaded purse. Round bag is made of leather, fully beaded front and back with glass beads, brown and translucent, in a pattern of concentric circles. Around bottom edge is a scalloped line of pink beads, with a double line of yellow edging both sides of the bag’s mouth. Interior is undecorated.

Culture
Kainai
Material
leather skin, glass and cotton fibre
Made in
Alberta, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Moccasins3239/9 a-b

Pair of beaded moccasins. Hide shoes are heavily beaded on toe and around ankle with red and blue flowers and green leaves, on a white stem. Mouth of each shoe is lined with grey fur (rabbit?). Base is sewn on and heavily worn.

Culture
Kainai
Material
rabbit skin, rawhide skin and glass
Made in
Alberta, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt3239/3

Beaded leather belt with silver buckle. On a long, thin piece of pliable brown leather are sewn small, blue glass beads with three similar areas of patterning located across the centre of the belt. Pattern is a pair of triangles in green, silver and red with points facing each other, backed by green and silver vertical lines. A round silver buckle is attached at one end, with three holes bored through the leather at the other. Back is undecorated.

Culture
Kainai
Material
skin, glass and cotton fibre
Made in
Alberta, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Purse3239/11

Small hide purse. Rectangular bag is envelope shaped, with flap folding over the top opening and coming to a point at front centre. A metal snap closes the purse at flap's point. Hide is light tan in colour, decorated on the front with small glass beads in a variety of patterns including arrow shapes in red, white and yellow, lines along the flap in red and green or blue, flowers in blue and pink, a zig zag line in dark blue, and edging in light blue. A fine handle of pink and blue beads is attached to the top corners of the bag. Back and interior are undecorated.

Culture
Kainai
Material
rawhide skin, glass, metal and cotton fibre
Made in
Alberta, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pipe Bag3239/1

Beaded and quill work pipe bag. Long bag is made of hide, thin and pliable on top, thicker and stiff with beading below, attached to a series of hide thongs wrapped in red-dyed quills, ending with an undecorated, dense hide fringe at bottom. Top portion of bag has two sets of thongs, as well as small metal tubes from which emerge a red fibre tassel. White-beaded panel contains coloured motifs, yellow and blue diamonds and triangles on one side, green, yellow and red triangles on the other. Quilled section incorporates concentric rectangular designs in purple, orange and green. Interior of bag is unlined and undecorated.

Culture
Kainai
Material
rawhide skin, glass, quill, cotton fibre, dye and metal
Made in
Alberta, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Quillwork Panel3239/4

Hide panel decorated with quillwork in two colours. Long rectangular piece of pliable hide is fully covered on one side by yellow-dyed quillwork, applied in a basket weave pattern. Red dyed quillwork is used to create four sets of three red lines, each extending horizontally across the panel, two emanating from a central line at middle, and two encroaching inward from the edges, each also backed with a red line.

Culture
Kainai
Material
rawhide skin, bird quill ? and dye
Made in
Alberta, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt3239/2

Beaded leather belt. On a long piece of tough dark brown hide are sewn small glass beads creating three similar blocks of pattern located in the centre of the belt, equal distance from each other. Dark blue diamonds and triangles sit in a light blue background, sided by colour blocks of rust coloured beads, with vertical stripes of yellow and white or light blue. The long edges of the belt have think boarders of light blue beading.

Culture
Kainai
Material
skin, glass and cotton fibre
Made in
Alberta, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Awl3239/8 a-c

Wooden awl, inside a beaded, lidded container. Long, rounded wood piece comes to a sharp point at bottom, flat on top end. Rawhide container (part c) holds awl in it's entirety, and includes an overlapping lid (part b) that is round at mouth, tapered at top.. Both are fully covered on exterior in blue glass beads with stripes of black and orange, with lid holding lines of pink along edges.

Culture
Kainai
Material
wood, glass and rawhide skin
Made in
Alberta, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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