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Model CanoeA3523

Model dugout canoe. Upswept bow with a protruding prow-piece. Both sides of canoe decorated in abstracted red and black designs.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
alder wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Herring RakeA4507

Long wood rake painted three-quarters green with nails driven in with the sharpened ends downward.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun'
Material
wood, paint and metal
Made in
Koksilah, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model CanoeA6982

Southern style model dugout canoe. Upswept bow with a protruding prow-piece. Painted black on the outside and red on the inside.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth ?
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeakerN2.618

Ceramic cup depicting social activities - men and women kneeling in kimonos. Tea ceremony activity shown. Richly gilded. Inscription on underside of base.

Culture
Japanese
Material
clay and glaze
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PaddleA3513

Painted wood paddle with an eagle design in black and red on both sides. Has circle in ovoid eye with a split u above and behind the beak. There is a u form within a split u within a larger u form with three split u's below. Near the tip, there is a split u band.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PendantC1177

Pendant in the shape of a stylized female figure (hei tiki) with geometric patterns. The figure's head is tilting to her right. The circular eyes are inlaid with abalone (paua). The figure's right arm is at the waist; the left arm is at the face; legs are crossed. Four holes are bored through the figure, two at the arms and two at the legs. An off-white cord threads through the two arm holes; the cord closes with an bone screw clasp.

Culture
Maori
Material
abalone shell, whale bone and silk fibre ?
Made in
New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanC1179

Woven flax ? fan with an elongated diamond shaped head with a plaited design. The short oven handle is cylindrical shaped.

Culture
Samoan
Material
flax leaf ?
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketC1182

A plain woven square basket with a lid attached throught hand handle which curves over from one side ot the other. The design consists of two horizontal brown bands around the upper middle of the basket with one horizontal brown band around the middle of the sides of the lid on a natural yellow background.

Culture
Samoan
Material
palm leaf
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SkirtC968

Skirt composed of strands of alternating beaten and unbeaten flax stalks forming a horizontal striped pattern where the unbeaten stalks are a light yellow colour, and the beaten segments are a dark brown colour. The stalks hang from a woven waistband dyed dark brown, with off-white triangle and parallelogram designs. Braided ties at ends of waistband.

Culture
Maori
Material
fibre, new zealand flax fibre and dye
Made in
New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeadbandC969

Woven band made from a long strip of palm leaf, with two shades of material inter-woven into a geometric pattern.

Culture
Maori
Material
palm leaf
Made in
New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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