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Collar713/1

A long brown fabric piece with angled ends and a beadwork pattern on one side. The beadwork pattern has a white background with two yellow-centred floral-leaf-like designs outlined with orange and light blue in the middle of the pattern with a dark blue-centred tear-drop-shaped design otulined with orange next to them and a three-petaled design with orange centres outlined with light blue at the ends. Two metal loops are at one end on the fabric side of the object.

Culture
Cree
Material
glass, metal and fibre
Made in
Saskatchewan, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatbandNe213

Red beads woven flat with geometric square and arrow point motif evenly-spaced at intervals along length. Pattern alternates between pink bordering green and pink bordering blue. Woven length joined to a medallion by passing underneath its hide backing. Medallion is circular hide piece entirely covered with single-coloured strands of beads sewn in concentric rows. Moving to centre, borders of red, blue and green alternate with rows of pink. Edging in red bead pattern.

Culture
Plains Cree
Material
glass, skin and cotton fibre
Made in
Saskatchewan, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceNe212

White beads woven flat with two alternating geometric motifs evenly spaced, repeated at intervals down length; one is green bordering yellow, the other is dark blue bordering red. To finish off, ends with last two rows light blue are woven together. Then warps individually strung with white then blue beads; all brought through large pink bead and ended in two looped white and light blue strands.

Culture
Plains Cree
Material
glass and cotton fibre
Made in
Saskatchewan, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceNe211

Alternating orange and purplish pink bead sections strung on lengths of thread, wrapped tightly, spiraling down cord length. Bead strings anchored with an occasional stitch into cord. Ends joined with a small spherical beaded finial.

Culture
Plains Cree
Material
glass, cotton fibre and fibre
Made in
Saskatchewan, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MedallionNe210

Heart-shaped hide backing with single-coloured strands of beads sewn on in concentric rows. Moving to centre outermost border is a red strand, followed by one dark blue, and remaining central area in yellow until beadwork entirely covers surface. Edging in red pattern with two blue loops hanging from tip of arrow point shape.

Culture
Plains Cree
Material
glass, cotton fibre and skin
Made in
Saskatchewan, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LadleIa63

Ladle that has a cut, smoothed coconut shell bowl and a long straight bamboo handle which is lashed to the bowl with a strip of bamboo and plaited at the back. Small hole at top of handle.

Culture
Philippines
Material
bamboo grass, coconut nutshell and shell
Made in
Philippines
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LampCe206

Moulded terra cotta oil lamp, with round disc-shaped body and small filling hole set in a concave recess. A nozzle extends from the body. The top is incised with short rows of herringbone design and there is a design resembling an animal's hind leg opposite the nozzle. There is a seam sealed around the outer edge of the lamp. On the bottom of the base is an incised circle with an inscription in the centre.

Culture
Roman
Material
clay
Made in
Rome, Italy
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeadbandNe204

Woven beadwork headband; using cotton thread, white, dark blue, light blue, yellow and red plastic beads. Double arrow design with diamond and triangular shapes. Beaded rosette with border at front centre, sewn on with thread. Rosette; complete circles of blue and white beads sewn on leather circle by spot-stitch, triangle and circle design.

Culture
Cree
Material
leather skin, cotton fibre and plastic
Made in
Saskatchewan, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MedallionNe203

Beadwork rosette; strings of plastic beads are sewn on a leather circle in rows of complete circles (not spiralled), by spot stitches. Interconnected loops of string beads make up an outside border. Beige cotton thread used for sewing. Beads are purple and green; design is triangular sections of alternating colours, radiating form centre. Safety pin is sewn onto the back.

Culture
Cree
Material
metal, plastic, cotton fibre and leather skin
Made in
Saskatchewan, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonNb587

Brass spoon with a round, deep bowl from which a long, hollow, outward flaring tubular handle extends where it is sealed at the back while it is open at the top. Small hole at back.

Culture
Coast Salish ?
Material
brass metal
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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