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Sheath2762/28 a-b

Beaded knife sheath (part a) with carved wooden knife inside (part b). The front sheath panel of beaded fabric with a scalloped edge (lined at the back with a burgundy fabric), decorated with yellow and blue crosses and diagonal lines, is sewn to a skin panel with fringe down one side. Coils made of strings of beads wrapped around strips of fabric are at top and bottom; the top is a handle of white and blue, the bottom a long tail in yellow and blue with a red wool fabric tassel.

Culture
Cree
Material
glass, cotton fibre, moose skin, red cedar wood, silk fibre and wool fibre
Made in
Manitoba, Canada and Saskatchewan, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mat2762/31

Large circular beaded mat with blue and white fabric backing. Strings of beads are laid out on the fabric in concentric rings to create a design on a white ground of four large red and green-bordered orange diamond shapes, four small green diamond shapes, and four red-bordered green square shapes circling around a red-bordered ring in the centre. A frill of orange beads is looped around the outer edge.

Culture
Cree
Material
glass and cotton fibre
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Neck Band2762/21

Flat beaded neckband. A design of alternating orange and blue floral motifs is set in a translucent yellow ground and orange beads loop at the ends of a yellow bead fringe at one end.

Culture
Cree
Material
glass and cotton fibre
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pipe2762/43

Flat-bottomed red catlinite pipe head. Inverted T-shape narrows on the one side of the tall thick-walled bowl to a blunt tip, the other side thickens to a rectangle with hole in the centre of the end for a stem.

Culture
Cree
Material
catlinite stone
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pipe2762/40 a-b

Small, flat bottomed red catlinite pipe head with two metal buttons (a) and long wooden stem (b). Light coloured wood has deeply carved grooves that spiral slightly down the length of the stem, a narrow tube mouthpiece projecting out at one end, and a dowel at the other end that connects into the L-shaped pipe.

Culture
Cree
Material
catlinite stone, metal and wood
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Adze2762/38

Black coarse stone adze head. Rough and chipped at the thinner end, it has a thicker middle and sharp beveled blade edge. Two long cuts flatten out one side.

Culture
Cree
Material
stone
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Napkin Ring2762/34

Beaded napkin ring. Strings of white, green, black and red beads are sewn vertically and horizontally onto a beige fabric that is lined with green fabric to create an ascending/descending step design. A frill of green beads loops around both rims.

Culture
Cree
Material
glass and cotton fibre
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Napkin Ring2762/33

Beaded napkin ring. Strings of orange, blue and translucent yellow beads are sewn vertically and horizontally onto a backing of beige satin fabric to create a design of diamond shapes. A frill of yellow beads loops around both rims.

Culture
Cree
Material
glass, cotton fibre and fibre
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mat2762/32

Small circular beaded mat or medallion. The bead design, sewn onto light brown fabric and backed with a dark maroon fabric, has red-bordered blue triangular shapes pointing in towards a red centre dot, like pieces of a pie, on a white background.

Culture
Cree
Material
glass and cotton fibre
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fan2762/27

Feather fan with beaded handle. Long brown and shorter red feathers are imbedded into one side of a bow-tie shaped handle (wood ?) completely covered with beaded red and beige striped fabric that has a design on a white bead ground of diamonds and triangles in green, blue, yellow, and orange on one side and facing chevrons in blue and yellow on the other. At the other end of the handle are attached long fabric cords around which are coiled strings of white beads, with brass beads and skin fringe tassels at the ends.

Culture
Cree
Material
glass, metal, cotton fibre, feather, skin and wood ?
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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