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Bag3413/6

Traditional medical-style leather bag. Tube-shaped bag with piping on seams. Metal closure extends the length of the bag, with leather handle missing, and lockable brass clasp. Interior is lined with a beige fabric, with one pocket on the side. '16' and '160' impressed into leather on rectangular base. Four round metal feet on bottom.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun'
Material
leather skin, metal, fibre and brass metal ?
Made in
Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Raw Material3413/5 a-b

Raw materials (part a), small dried pieces of cephalopod arms, kept in a small off-white cinch bag (part b) with a yellow drawstring.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun'
Material
octopus arm and fibre
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Raw Material3413/4 a-b

Raw materials (part a), pieces of red ochre and a piece of root(?), wrapped in an orange cloth (part b).

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun'
Material
ochre mineral, root ? and fibre
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Raw Material3413/3 a-b

Raw materials (part a), possibly root or fungus(?), wrapped in a cloth scarf (part b) with a purple and yellow floral design on beige background and blue border.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun'
Material
root ? and fibre
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wool Fibre3413/2 a-c

Two skeins of heavy off-white wool (parts a-b), and some smaller pieces of wool (part c).

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun'
Material
mountain goat hair fibre
Made in
Duncan, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sea Lion3412/1

Wall hanging of a silkscreen print, on burlap cloth. Sea lion is shown on its back, with flippers and head curved in towards centre where foreflippers held up. The burlap is attached to half of a dowel along both the top and bottom edges. A thin black cord is attached to the top for hanging. A Coastal Arts printed label is adhered to the reverse which gives the title, artist and biography.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dog Whip3422/1

Dog whip made of sea mammal hide, with a wooden handle. The handle has a notch around the bottom with a strip of skin threaded through, and secured at the other end through a hole. The top of the handle is a combination of skin tied together, and being wrapped. On one side, there is a large rounded notch. From the handle, the whip is composed of many layers of skin that are stitched together, with the whip becoming increasingly thinner as it progresses towards the tip. The skin is knotted close to the tip.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood and rawhide skin
Made in
Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dip Net3330/1

Dip net composed of a long pole handle, hoop and net. Net composed of woven cotton string. Hoop composed of two pieces of bent wood, tied together at the top and attached to the pole by two wooden pegs, black coated wire and cord. Net suspended from hoop by six metal rings (three on each side), fibre and wire bindings at top. A small piece of dark blue fabric and light green fabric are tied in the net, as well as some pieces of a rough unwound plant fibre rope. A long cord is attached to a metal ring on both sides of the hoop. A piece of off-white string is tied to the pole near the end.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo ?
Material
metal, rubber ?, wood, iron metal ?, plant fibre and cotton fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wall Hanging3225/3

Small rectangular weaving, meant to hang vertically from loops around a wooden bar shaped like an arrow. Zigzag lines intersect with each other in colours of cream, brown, green, grey and bright yellow, laying in horizontal strips across the textile that are divided by narrow cream and grey bands. A short fringe hangs from the bottom edge. Blue 'Salish Weaving' tag sewn to back.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo
Material
wool fibre, dye and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wall Hanging3225/2

Rectangular weaving dyed light brown and green in alternating horizontal strips, with large triangles of yellow and light orange emerging from the edges, and a pair of smaller tringles in light yellow or dark brown in the centre of each strip. Strips are separated by a thin line of light brown. Side borders are a mix of cream and green-brown. On the front, along the top edge is a strip of gold coloured cotton twill. Blue 'Salish Weaving' tag sewn to back.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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