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BasketNbz853

Small, round, coiled cedar root basket with overcast handle. Handle forks into two, on each side, above rim of basket. Braided trim is used to finish the rim of the basket on either side of the handles. Watch-spring coiled foundation and wood slat walls. Red cherry bark beading along top edge, and red cherry bark and white canary grass imbricated designs decorate basket.

Culture
Coast Salish: Squamish
Material
canary grass, cherry bark, cedar wood and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Headdress1477/1

Headdress made of woven fibre that forms a cap with long straps attached together to form a criss-crossing pattern inside a u shape that extends down from the cap. The cap and straps are ornamented with off-white cowrie shells, and the woven fibre is dark brown.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
fibre, cowrie shell and pigment ?
Made in
Palembei, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CarvingNa1634

A lightly coloured curved rectangular piece with a 3 by 0.7 cm hole carved across the middle surrounded by a 6 by 1 cm dip leading to the hole.

Culture
Inuit
Material
mammoth ivory
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Lamp StandNa1631

Dark green heagonal stone base with a beveled edge. Four white-yellow (bone?) prongs in a square formation are attached to the top of the base.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone and bone ?
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Harpoon SocketNa1680

A small carved model of a harpoon socket. Rectangular piece of white-yellow tusk with rounded edges and a small dowel protruding from one end. The other end has a broken hide string tied through it.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk and skin
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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GameNa1678 a-u

Stone game board with 20 pegs.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone and bone ?
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureNa1676

Ivory coloured carving of a human torso, starting from the shoulders upward. Has a well defined face with deep-set eyes, a sloped nose, and a closed mouth that is slightly frowning. C-shaped carved ears are on either side of the face and are at the same level as the eyes. The figure has short hair above the ears defined by hatching on the head and has the appearance of being male. The underside of the object has a small brown hollow opening at the centre.

Culture
Inuit
Material
sperm whale tooth
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureNa1674

A miniature, white-yellow bird with outstretched wings standing on a conical base.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk and paint
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureNa1673

A white-yellow carved Canada goose resting on its stomach with its wings at its side. The eyes are painted black.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk ? and paint
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureNa1672

Miniature seal head/neck with articulated snout and large, black circular eyes and nostrils.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk and paint
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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