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RobeA4273

Rectangular wool blanket with feathers attached to one side. The textile is commercially made with a pattern in stripes of green, grey and tan, with geometric shapes. There are white and brown (eagle?) feathers sewn in four horizontal rows over the entire front side.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
feather and wool fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SkirtA2336

Light golden coloured cedar bark strands folded over a wool strip waist band and twined with stiffer bark. Twined in regularly spaced horizontal rows for half the length of the skirt.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
cedar bark and wool fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model SnowshoesA158 a-b

Pair of model snowshoes: wooden frame with an upturned toe; laced with hide; red and purple wool pom-poms decorate toe and heel.

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
rawhide skin, wool fibre, wood and dye
Made in
Hazelton, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MoccasinsD3.186 a-b

Hand sewn, white-grey children's moccasins with small, multicoloured beaded panels covering the vamp. Black and green woolen fabric is sewn onto the back of the heels and covered with white and red patterned beading. Long skin straps are sewn to each side of the moccasins.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
wool fibre, deer skin and glass
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Chilkat ApronA4184

Square apron with woven design and long fringes. Across the top edge is a dark blue band, the ends of which become long ties. The design is in the Chilkat style with an ancestor face in the upper centre and half ancestor faces in the lower corners. Other possible motifs include a bird and whale. The design is in yellow, green and black on natural ground. There is a long twisted fringe on three sides. The apron is made from commercial and hand spun wool and wool flannel.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatK5.136

Rectangular mat made from reeds woven together with bright, multicoloured wool; woven pattern of zigzags down center and on either edge.

Culture
Zulu
Material
reed grass, dye, wool fibre and wood
Made in
Durban, Natal, South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SkirtA4228 a

Wide piece of twined cedar bark. Alternate strands of golden-coloured and red-dyed cedar bark folded over a wool band and twined with two rows of string. Colours: golden, red.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark, fibre and wool fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA3774

Mask with sweeping black hair that thins towards the ends, an angled, prominent brow, sunken eye sockets with small, oval eye holes, protruding ears at the sides, a hooked nose with pointed tip and large nostrils, a pursed mouth, and black cloth attached to the top of the head with metal nails. The mask is pointed black with white and red bands around the eye holes, red nostrils with white borders, white curvilinear lines under the eye sockets, and red lips.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
horse hair, skin, wool fibre, wood, metal and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DollK5.103

Beaded fabric doll. Female figure with a baby in a pouch at her back, wearing a tall red headdress, pink shirt and flared black skirt. The clothing and headdress are adorned with multicoloured beadwork, and the figure has beaded earrings as well as beadwork cuffs around her wrists and ankles.

Culture
Shona
Material
glass and wool fibre ?
Made in
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Button BlanketA3730

Button blanket made of a large blue wool blanket. Black band at each end, and a wide red woolen flannel border sewn to both sides and across the top, with a section cut out at the neck and inserted with dark blue and red cotton. Another wide red flannel band is sewn from top to bottom on each side, along the edge of the blanket's black band. This whole border design section is heavily decorated with button designs. The main crest design is a red flannel tree of life design. There is a manufacturer's stamp mark on the bottom of the red flannel border.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
shell, bone ?, cotton fibre, wool fibre and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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