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Coast Salish Potlatch Dress3339/1

Tunic-style dress made of woven cedar bark, with full-length wool panel down the centre front. Wool woven around cedar bark in horizontal rows throughout dress. Cedar bark and dark brown wool fringe along bottom edge. Dark brown wool fringe down entire left and right sides of dress. Wool panel on front has white background with mirrored chevron pattern. Small teal diamond in middle of pattern with alternating light blue, dark blue, brown and teal V shapes, on either side of diamond, until top and bottom ends of panel. Inner V’s made up of coloured triangles. Outer three V’s are solid teal, light blue and dark blue. Top and bottom edges of panel are dark brown. White wool fringe along top and bottom edges of panel, top fringe hangs inside of dress. Interior lined with dark brown wool.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo and Suquamish
Material
wool fibre and cedar bark
Made in
North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Celebration of Life3309/23

Silkscreen print. A square with a gradient background of dark teal transitioning to light teal. The circular spindle whorl design at centre depicts three frogs with the circular gradient background of sky blue transitioning to dark blue. Print 46/50 in series.

Culture
Coast Salish: Musqueam
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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The Moon and the Pond3309/20

Silkscreen print on square white paper. Circular white spindle whorl design with a square teal background. Layers of white ovals, teal trigons, red trigons and crescents, and grey crescents. Print 46/50 in series.

Culture
Coast Salish: Lyackson
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Impressions Salish Wolf3309/1

Large circular wood panel with a cast paper spindle whorl design. Centre of wood panel is concave, with a spindle at centre to mount the paper cast. Black paper cast depicting a wolf design. The negative areas are darker and spotted compared to the postive areas of the cast. The rim of the panel is painted black. Cast marked 1/5.

Culture
Coast Salish: Musqueam
Material
paper and red cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ravens and Moon3309/2 a-c

Glass spindle whorl (part a) with convex glass that is etched on both sides. The central image is the moon depicted with two ravens below in mirror image. The moon is large, with a human-like face, and the mouth echoes the central hole of the spindle whorl. There are five crescents around the moon's face, with three more within the brow. The ravens' wings extend up and around the sides of the design. The spindle (parts b-c), is composed of two cone shaped pieces of brushed steel, which screw together at the centre.

Culture
Coast Salish: Musqueam
Material
glass and steel metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Musqueam Foreshore3309/13

Silkscreen print of two herons with heads held back, surrounded by salmon in various shades of grey with some neon green, yellow, peach, red, black and green accents on a white background. The herons are somewhat mirrored across the vertical line. Inscription written in pencil along the bottom of the print.. Print 05/100 in series.

Culture
Coast Salish: Musqueam
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Scanned Salmon3309/12

Silkscreen print with white background and black design. The central design is created using various thicknesses of horizontal lines. The design is a square with a circle inside and an even small circle within. The circles depict a spindle whorl with five salmon within, three facing right, and two facing left. Print 05/58 in series.

Culture
Coast Salish: Musqueam
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Eagle Paddle3309/9

Paddle carved from a single piece of wood. The burgundy shaft is split above the throat, forming a V-shape. The grip is painted solid black, and has a small piece of black leather tied to both sides of the shaft. The blade is painted light yellow-brown with black feather-like lines over, and the outline of an eagle's profile with white eye.

Culture
Coast Salish: Musqueam
Material
cedar wood, acrylic paint and leather skin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Power of the Thunderbird (T-Bird X)3309/11

Silkscreen print. Circular spindle whorl design. Motif of a human face with mythical creatures in proportionate scale. At top, are two large eyes, which break-through the circular spindle whorl form, flanking a human face with the centre of spindle whorl marked by the human's open mouth. The thunderbird's feathers shown using trigons, crescents and u-forms. Print 06/75 in Thunderbird series.

Culture
Coast Salish: Musqueam
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wolf and Killerwhale Transformation3309/8

Paddle carved from a single piece of wood. On one side, the blade and shaft have carved and painted designs with inlaid abalone and operculum shells. The shaft has a large red whale(?) with a row of operculum teeth facing the grip, and below the cedar wrap, a raven(?) profile. The blade has a black wolf-killerwhale(?) and a small red salmon(?). The grip is natural, with either side painted black and inlaid with abalone shell. The blade, throat and mid-shaft are wrapped with cedar root. A thin black leather strap is tied below the grip.

Culture
Coast Salish: Stz'uminus
Material
yew wood, abalone shell, operculum shell, cedar root and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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