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WhistleA1752

Wooden whistle made from two complementary tube-like pieces joined by string, open at both ends; one square end and one circular end.

Culture
Nisga'a
Material
fibre and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Neck RingA1753

Small twisted coils are wound over a large coil of cedar bark. The back of the ring is coilied with lighter-coloured material. The front of the ring has multiple strands hanging down.

Culture
Nisga'a
Material
cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Speaker's StaffA1762

Dark brown polished wooden staff. The carved figures are: a bird with a large beak across the top, a human figure below the beak and in front of the bird's body; then another human figure, tall and wearing a ringed hat, with an upsidedown bird head projecting upward from his front, near the centre; the bottom section is plain and round.

Culture
Tsimshian: Gitxaala
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Frog BowlA1763

Dish in the form of a frog with four protruding feet and a protruding mouth. Dish area is held of surface by the feet.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
wood
Made in
Metlakatla, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatA1768

Rectangular mat. Pair of dark strands run around entire border. Edge finished by including wide strip of cedar as outermost strand and overcasting on a core of cedar. Mud-dyed (dark) cedar bark.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
cedar bark and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatA1770

Rectangular mat with woven border. There is a double band of mud-dyed cedar around the edges of the mat, crossed at the corners. The edges are finished by overcasting on a core of cedar bark.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
cedar bark and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA1771

Basket (incomplete) with plaited weave composed of narrow cedar bark stripping for both warp and weft, and a strip of cedar bark on one end.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Grave FigureA1780

Carved wooden standing figure. Represents a female, with her face carved in deep relief. Heavy brows which formerly had hair and eyebrows of bear fur. Some white paint left on chin and cheeks. Large deep eyes, wide downturned nose, opened mouth, and pronounced breasts. Remnants of strips of skin (hair lost) attached to forehead. Arms alongside body and hands on hips. Wide legs. Skin remnants also near groin.

Culture
Coast Salish: Tla'amin
Material
paint, cat-tail grass, skin, cedar wood and metal
Made in
Powell River, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA1860

Short, cylindrical basket made from plaited origin (raffia); wrapped twined weaving over two splint rows, direction of stitches changes with every four rows; rim is overcast.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
cedar root and palm leaf
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA1878 a-b

Basket (a) and lid (b) constructed of simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches) with parallel base construction and elongated watch-spring lid construction (no flange). Imbricated and beaded designs: the lid has three rows of beading in red cherry bark, and the basket has partial imbrication with vertical checkered bands ten stitches wide in black cherry bark and off-white cat-tail grass. Two stitches of each colour in checkerboard arrangement with some triangular double vertical bands in black.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
cherry bark, cedar root and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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