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Basketry Pattern1413/22

A rectangular paper design sheet with a grid pattern. Two horizontal rows of coloured triangular patterned figures. Main design starting from the top to the bottom is consisting of the following: a blue serpentine-like animal head and its tail. Some X's and O's.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Huu-ay-aht
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basketry Pattern1413/20

A rectangular paper design sheet with a grid pattern. Five horizontal rows of coloured dotted figures with a few numbers in pencil. Main design starting from the top to the bottom is consisting of the following: a dark whale with a dark fish; a green bird, a torquise bird, and a green animal; a dark bird, a brown figure, a purple and red bird, and a purple, yellow, orange, and brown duck; a purple bird, a blue bird, a green and orange bird, and a dark whale; and three human figures in a boat hunting a brown whale.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Huu-ay-aht
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShoesEdz4311 a-b

Pair of shoes with pink silk uppers that have a floral and geometric damask pattern with an appliqued pink silk butterfly on the toe. Each butterfly has black ribbon edging, sequins, glass beads, and two tufts of grey thread. Part a has black piping around the top edge and just above the sole. Part b has black piping around the top edge, and light grey-blue piping just above the sole. The soles of the shoes are off-white cotton.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre ?, dye, glass and fibre
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PantsEg424

Cotton shorts with a drawstring waist and colourful imagery on the legs. Shorts are black with white and red bands at the waist and white, red and blue bands at the hemline. Shorts are overlaid with red, blue, green and yellow fabric cut-outs and yellow and white string forming designs on the front and back; the front features two human figures dancing while holding sword-like objects in both hands; the back features geometric designs. Bands of geometric patterning encircle the shorts.

Culture
South India
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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The Life of Meares Island1602/36

A main design consisting of a black thunderbird with a serpent on the wing at the right and a wolf on the wing at the left surmount a green mountain-like island. Whale below island. Thunder bird has profile head, facing side on the right. Two ears side by side are joined at downward curving tips. Short curved open beak. Wings outspread horizontally at sides have gradually diminishing feather pattern towards island. Island is outlined in black with one black line diverging into two. Profile serpent has a curvilinear body, a head facing to the side on the left, two ears side by side curving downwards, two lines of short dashes along the upper line of the open mouth, and a curled nose. Wolf has a head turning to face the side on the left, two lines of short dashes along the upper lip, bared teeth, four s curves and a four pointed star on the body, paws on the fore and hind legs curving backwards, and an inverted u shaped tail. Whale has a triangular blowhole, a small dorsal fin, an open mouth, a pectoral fin at the left of the eye ovoid has a cross and a grouping of three horizontal lines, and tail flukes having eyes within a series of three ovoids. Pencil inscription along the bottom edge reads '1/500 The Life of Meares Island J. DAVID - 85'. The print is on a horizontally rectangular, white paper piece.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Tla-o-qui-aht
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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The Life of Meares Island1602/35

A main design consisting of a black thunderbird with a serpent on the wing at the right and a wolf on the wing at the left surmount a green mountain-like island. Whale below island. Thunder bird has profile head, facing side on the right. Two ears side by side are joined at downward curving tips. Short curved open beak. Wings outspread horizontally at sides have gradually diminishing feather pattern towards island. Island is outlined in black with one black line diverging into two. Profile serpent has a curvilinear body, a head facing to the side on the left, two ears side by side curving downwards, two lines of short dashes along the upper line of the open mouth, and a curled nose. Wolf has a head turning to face the side on the left, two lines of short dashes along the upper lip, bared teeth, four s curves and a four pointed star on the body, paws on the fore and hind legs curving backwards, and an inverted u shaped tail. Whale has a triangular blowhole, a small dorsal fin, an open mouth, a pectoral fin at the left of the eye ovoid has a cross and a grouping of three horizontal lines, and tail flukes having eyes within a series of three ovoids. Pencil inscription along the bottom edge reads 'A/P 1/50 The Life of Meares Island J. DAVID - 85'. The print is on a horizontally rectangular, white paper piece.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Tla-o-qui-aht
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ka Ka Win Chealth II1602/8

Silkscreen print. A red, bright blue, and black design of two creatures within a circular bright blue border. Both creatures are in profile with their bodies resting along the bottom curvature of the circle with their tails extending upward. The black whale-like figure is on the left while the red wolf-like figure is below on the right. Pencil inscription along the bottom edge reads '1/125 Ka-ka-win-Chealth II J. DAVID - 81'. The print is on vertically rectangular, white paper.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Tla-o-qui-aht
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Eats-Qwin1602/5

A red, blue, and black design consisting of a stylized mouse-like figure that has human-like features in a merman-like form surrounded by an open black rectangular house-box-like shape encasing the arms with an L-shape wall/ceiling-sky/universe-like feature above the head. The skin is red with a horizontal blue band around the eyes. The head is in profile facing to its right to the wall-like feature in front of it, which is blue with black circles. Pencil inscription along the bottom edge reads 'A/P 1/7 EATS-QWIN J. David - 77'. There is an embossing on the lower right corner. The print is on a vertically rectangular, yellow-white paper piece.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Tla-o-qui-aht
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Eats-Qwin1602/19

A red, blue, and black design consisting of a stylized mouse-like figure that has human-like features in a merman-like form surrounded by an open black rectangular house-box-like shape encasing the arms with an L-shape wall/ceiling-sky/universe-like feature above the head. The skin is red with a horizontal blue band around the eyes. The head is in profile facing to its right to the wall-like feature in front of it, which is blue with black circles. Pencil inscription along the bottom edge reads '1/75 EATS-QWIN J. David - 77'. There is an embossing on the lower right corner. The print is on a vertically rectangular, yellow-white paper piece.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Tla-o-qui-aht
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ka Ka Win Chealth1602/20

Silkscreen print. A red, baby blue, and black seawolf design. The main head is in profile facing to its left with a circular part behind and above along with a fin-like shaped part below and at the back. The figure's upper right limb has the shape of an enclosed three digit paw. The body is curving inward. There is an embossing on the lower right corner. Pencil inscription along the bottom edge reads '1/75 Ka-ka-win-Chealth J. DAVID - 77'. The print is on vertically rectangular, off-white paper.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Tla-o-qui-aht
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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