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Headdress473/20 a

The headdress has a wooden frame and is decorated with metal discs, seeds, beads, fur and coins. The very top of the headdress is covered with black fabric. On the top of the cylinder-shaped wooden frame, there six wooden rings wrapped with gold fibre. Beneath the cylinder-shape, the wooden frame becomes one-sided and flares out. Beneath the rings there are alternating rows of silver-coloured metal discs and white beads. Three red fur tassels with red and green wool ends hang from the top of the headdress. Also from the top hang loops of black fibre with pieces of monkey skin ? and white seeded tassels with red and green wool ends. From the sides of the headdress hang more black tassels, red fur tassels and loops of red and white beads. From the bottom of the headdress hangs a brown strap with ten coins of varying sizes sewn onto each side of the strap.

Culture
Southeast Asia
Material
wood, glass, monkey skin ?, metal, fibre, cotton fibre ?, animal hair, seed, dye and wool fibre
Made in
Thailand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ornament473/20 c

Ring of brown cloth decorated with metal discs, buttons and red fur tassels. The ends of the cloth are sewn together to create a band. On the outside of the band, silver painted metal discs of varying sizes are sewn along with white buttons. There are two groupings on the front of the band. Each grouping contains four tassels. Three of the tassels have white seeded shafts ending in green and red wool heads; the other tassel has a red fur shaft and a green and red wool head. There is a thin brown string tied to two sides of the band.

Culture
Southeast Asia
Material
cotton fibre ?, metal, plastic, fibre, seed, animal hair, wool fibre and dye
Made in
Thailand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceH1.55

Necklace made of yarn tassel, plastic buttons, and engraved brass beads. The main part of the design consists of engraved cylindrical brass beads with various other beads throughout that start with a pair of rounded, concave brass semi-circles that have at either side until the other end that has a pair of engraved five-fingered/teeth comb-like brass beads and a rounded, concave brass semi-circle, the following: a green bead; a two-toned brown yarn tassel; a brown beaded figure with white heads that are held together with red and brown yarn; a yellow bead; a pair of engraved five-fingered/teeth comb-like brass beads; a two-toned brown yarn tassel; and a metal ring that has three protruding inset gems?

Culture
Andes ?
Material
brass metal, glass, plastic, cotton fibre and wool fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleA3793

Painted wood rattle held together with metal nails and having strands of commercial black wool representing hair while a handle forms the lower jaw. The white face has circular black eyes outlined by a tapering oval surrounded by a green area with black brows above outlined by orange-red and extending downward to a sideways double u form at either outer side of the eyes. The nostrils are orange-red and there are orange-red dashes across the cheeks. The open, downward turned, orange-red mouth shows white teeth with curved line that has perpendicular lines across it. At either side of the mouth, there is a pair of orange-red u forms within a black one side-by-side. Vertical orange-red dashes are at either sides of the handle. The back of the head is painted black with an orange-red n form that has orange-red dashes within its white space.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, wool fibre, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleA3796

Painted wood rattle held together with metal nails and having strands of commercial black wool representing hair while a handle forms the lower jaw. The white face has circular black eyes outlined by a tapering oval surrounded by a green area with black brows above and a very thin continuous orange-red line below the brows. The nostrils are orange-red and there are five sideways orange-red u forms along the cheeks. The open, downward turned, orange-red mouth shows white teeth with curved line that has perpendicular lines across it. At either side of the mouth, there is a pair of orange-red u forms within a black one side-by-side. Vertical orange-red dashes are at either sides of the handle. The back of the head is painted black with a black ovoid within a small white oval.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wool fibre, wood, paint, stone ? and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleA3795

Painted wood rattle held together with metal nails and having strands of commercial black wool representing hair while a handle forms the lower jaw. The white face has circular black eyes outlined by a tapering oval surrounded by a green area with black brows above. At either outer side of the eyes, there is an orange split u form that has green accents within. The nostrils are orange-red. The open, downward turned, orange-red mouth shows eleven carved white teeth. At either side of the mouth, there is an orange-red u forms within a black one. Vertical orange-red dashes are at either sides of the handle. The back of the head is painted black.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, wool fibre, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleA3794

Painted wood rattle held together with metal nails and having strands of commercial black wool representing hair while a handle forms the lower jaw. The white face has circular black eyes outlined by a tapering oval surrounded by a green area with black brows above and a thin downward pointed orange-red line below the brows. The nostrils are orange-red. The open, downward turned, orange-red mouth shows nine carved white teeth. At either side of the mouth, there is a black ovoid in ovoid with three orange-red u forms above it and an orange-red ovoid within a black split u next to it near the nose. Vertical orange-red dashes are at either sides of the handle. The back of the head is painted black with a black ovoid within a large white oval.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wool fibre, wood, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShirtD2.18

Red wool shirt with geometric beading down both arms and in bands running halfway down the front and back of the shirt on either side of the neck; beading is dark blue, green and yellow on light blue ground. Neckline is trimmed with black velvet-like material. Strips of black fabric run between the bands of beading around the neck, creating horizontal stripes; brass beads are sewn at evenly spaced intervals along the strips of fabric. A long fringe of hide strips runs along both sleeves. Sides of shirt and bottom of sleeves are open, held together with loosely spaced hide thongs.

Culture
Plains
Material
wool fibre, cotton fibre ?, brass metal, glass and deer skin
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatA7305

An off-white skin hat that has a long bristle-like red tassel at one end and is painted with human faces and animals with bark and yarn decoration. The top of the hat has a central green turtle outlined by red with an inward pointing triangle at either end and a black line that has green diagonal lines at either side. Under the tassel, around the side, there is a human face that has tapering oval red in black eyes with black brows above that have red lashes, a light blue nose, and a tapering oval red in black mouth. Around the rest of the sides, there are the following: a human face that has tapering oval red in black eyes with black and red brows above, a black nose, and a tapering oval red in black mouth; and an animal that has a green and yellow centred body outlined by black with circular yellow eyes and a red mouth. Decorated all around the sides with cedar bark along the top and red yarn around the bottom.

Culture
Northwest Coast ?
Material
skin, bark, swamp grass, wool fibre, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt1128/12

A woman's multi-coloured woven belt with repeated geometric designs of red, green, and off-white predominating. Lined and stiffened with light weight white cotton duck. Fastened with a small brass buckle attached with a leather tab while the opposite end has a narrower strip that has a deisgn consisting or a red zig zag along the middle on an off-white background surrounded by a blue dotted line at either side and outlined with a horizontal red band.

Culture
Sami
Material
wool fibre, cotton fibre, dye, brass metal ? and skin
Made in
Sweden ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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