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Whaling Float | Seal Skin Float221A

The rope is sinew and cedar root?. The paint is red and black.

Culture
Makah
Material
seal skin, rope, sinew, cedar root ?, wood and paint
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Whaling Float | Seal Skin Float222B

Wood, stomachs, bladders, and skins were used by Northwest Coast fishermen and sea hunters to make floats of many sizes. The largest and most impressive were whaling floats made of the skins or hair, of harbor seals. Painted designs on most whaling floats are similar to these. Concentric circles in various combinations of red and black, with simple geometric elaboration, make up the patterns. (Holm, Spirit and Ancestor, 1987)

Culture
Makah
Material
seal skin, wood, sinew, cloth, cedar bark and paint
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Shot Pouch1-1605
Whaling Float | Seal Skin Float222A
Doll2790/20

Female stuffed doll in a bead decorated black coat and red skirt stands on rectangular wood feet. The head is a stuffed and painted piece of canvas with a painted mop-like trim sewn on around the top. A piece of cow hide with hair is wrapped around her shoulders, as are strands of black and white beads and seeds. In her hand, she holds a white hair brush with bead worked base. The legs appear to be wood are covered with a black fabric.

Culture
Ndebele ?
Material
hair, cotton fibre, synthetic fibre, wood, glass ?, seed, metal and skin
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Amulet2790/13

Fringed amulet with knotted skin ties. Numerous strands of twined brown rope, each with a loop of five white beads at the bottom, are stitched between rectangular pieces of thick canvas with dark beading on the front and at edges. One strand of white beads is looped across the top of the fringe. Each of the ties is knotted into a large loop at the loose end, one loops through a large button, the other loops over the button.

Culture
Ndebele
Material
cotton fibre, glass ?, skin and plastic
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Amulet2790/12

Fringed amulet with skin ties knotted through beaded canvas. Numerous strands of twined brown rope, each with a loop of four black beads at the bottom, are stitched between rectangular pieces of thick canvas with dark beading on the front and at edges. One strand of white beads is looped across the top of the fringe.

Culture
Ndebele
Material
cotton fibre, glass ? and skin
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Apron2790/2

Beaded hide apron with straight top and five scalloped panels hanging along the bottom. Brass ring trim at edge of waist flap. The lower front is divided into 5 hanging panels of varied length, with a small tab at each side. Beaded motifs in green, blue, pink, brown, and red in a white background include bands along the top, a house with a cross on the roof in the centre, and a Z and a cross on the central hanging panel.

Culture
Ndebele
Material
animal skin, glass, brass metal and cotton fibre
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Apron2790/1

Skin apron with beadwork on rolled waist band and in a thick band across the waist flap. Stitched to the edge of the flap are two rows of brass and copper rings and knotted into it at one side is a skin tie. The front skin surface is blackened (possibly shoe polish).

Culture
Ndebele
Material
skin, glass ?, brass metal and copper metal
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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