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Moccasins3207/2 a-b

Pair of beaded moccasins. Shoes are made of hide with a wide ankle flap and ties at front. Upper is fully beaded with a blue panel on the toe housing squares of red and metallic beads, and a blue strip around the back of the heel. Around base of shoe is a strip of white beading with triangles in red, yellow and dark blue. Soles are hardened and worn.

Culture
Sioux
Material
skin, glass and cotton fibre
Made in
North Dakota, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask3260/113

Large owl mask with moveable jaw and eyes. Eye holes are carved out, sides of nose have semi-circular red shapes, and the mouth is painted red. Black design on mask depicts feathers with red details. On reverse are cotton and cedar(?) bark ties controlling the movements of the jaw. A hide tongue is tied to hide strips through the eyes. Three hide strips are nailed to the sides; two other nails protrude at top edge. (Metal wire for hanging on back.)

Culture
Tsimshian ? or Nisga'a ?
Material
metal, plant fibre, alder wood, paint, cotton fibre and rawhide skin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Costume Belt3272/3

Belt is made of rawhide, with a heavy steel chain attached that holds 5 large cowbells. Central bell is the largest, with the two on either side decreasing in size. Bells have a wide handle by which they are attached to the chain, and a single encircling wave-shaped line of decoration at midpoint. Bells have black and silver metal clappers.

Culture
Slovenian
Material
brass metal, steel metal and skin
Made in
Ptuj, Slovenia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Kurent Costume3272/2

A long robe made of sheep skin and thick wool, open at front, long sleeved, with no collar. Closes with a cotton tie across the chest. Interior is reinforced along shoulders with orange leather patching. SLANA is written in ink across interior shoulders.

Culture
Slovenian
Material
sheep skin, plastic and cotton fibre
Made in
Ptuj, Slovenia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3240/1

Basket sampler showing four sections of different types of basket weaving. Openwork basket is tall and rectangular, with a rounded base and walls that flare slightly toward rim. Large loops are attached at the upper layer, through which are passed two tumpline ropes that serve as a handle. A skinned ermine is sewn to the handle (with its nose and whiskers still present). Cedar oil was applied to the basketry after completion.

Culture
Coast Salish: Suquamish
Material
cedar root, wild cherry bark, ermine skin and cedar oil
Made in
Indianola, Washington, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Octopus Bag3204/11

Octopus style bag. Bag is rectangular at top, with four long fingers each side, totalling eight, hanging from bottom. On front is a wreath of beaded green leaves and blue flowers around the initials "AHM". Around the edges of the bag and down each finger are vines and flowers in pink and lavender. On other side is a group of pink flowers and green leaves at centre, with a similar flower design around edges and fingers in shades of blue. Interior of bag and backside of each finger is lined with light brown cotton.

Culture
Metis ?
Material
cotton fibre, glass and skin
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Moccasin3203/12

Single moccasin, made of moose hide, with glass beadwork. Toe panel has a beaded flower in bright blue, with green vines and bulbs in gold and red. Panel is edged with red beads. Pull tab attached at top of heel. Unlined.

Culture
Kaska Dena ?
Material
skin, glass and cotton fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Leister3204/16

Leister type spear made of wood, bone, sinew, steel. Handle is a long, straight, squared rod of wood with a flat butt. At top a thick wrapping of rawhide with hair connects handle to spear head. Head is made of two curving outer arms of horn, thick at top where each holds a metal spike over a central piece of bone barbed at its end.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood, rawhide skin, horn ?, bone and metal
Made in
Holman, Northwest Territories, Canada and Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Moccasins3204/15 a-b

Pair of beaded calf-height rawhide moccasins. Upper portion is made of thin leather, open at front, and can be wrapped around the calf and tied by long leather strings threaded around the ankle, emerging to either side of a narrow tongue. Yellow flowers with blue stems and green leaves are beaded around the calf, with a line of blue and red or yellow beads surrounding three edges of the calf flap. Toe comes to a point, and is heavily beaded in a wedge pattern of squares in white, blue, red, and yellow. An ink pattern guide can be seen around the toe stitching on both shoes. Both have hard leather soles.

Culture
Blackfoot: Piikani
Material
deer skin, glass and ink
Made in
Brocket, Alberta, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Partial Moccasins3204/14 a-b

Pair of replacement soles for moccasins. Soles are made of hardened hide, wide at toe, narrowing toward heel.

Culture
Blackfoot: Piikani
Material
rawhide skin
Made in
Brocket, Alberta, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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