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Shoes737/5 a-b

Light tan reindeer fur woman's boots made with moccasin construction and pointed, upturned toes. Trimmed with red and yellow wool felt. Four sets of brass eyelets laced at the ankle with twisted red and yellow fibre cord. Laces trimmed on the ends with red and yellow wool pompoms. Flat soles sewn on. Lined with red wool fabric.

Culture
Sami
Material
reindeer skin, wool fibre, brass metal and dye
Made in
Laanavara, Sweden
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt737/4

A woman's multi-coloured wool belt, edged in red-orange wool fabric and decorated with a green stripe and a saw-tooth motif worked in red and yellow wool fabric. Trimmed with blue rickrack and green wool fabric. Backed with blue wool fabric and multi-coloured printed cotton broadcloth. Fastened with a small silver ? buckle.

Culture
Sami
Material
wool fibre, cotton fibre, dye, skin and metal
Made in
Ovne Sopporo, Sweden
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ladle1283/23

Deep, bowl-like ladle with a thick horizontal handle; the end of the handle has a large bird with a curved beak carved on the end.

Culture
Tsimshian ?
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Harpoon Head1155/2 a

Harpoon head carved out of antler, with animal heads (possibly lightning serpents) on the two angled and flared ends opposite the point. It is bound together with braided skin to a long curved piece, with string coiled around the middle, and coiled around near the looped end.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
antler, skin and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spoon1283/3

Plain rounded spoon with a tapering handle that angles off sharply from the main bowl. Spoon is made from a single piece of wood and features a multicoloured painting of a thunderbird in the bowl.

Culture
Tsimshian ?
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask1109/3 a-b

The wood mask (part a) is beige-pink with a wrinkled brow and eyebrows painted whispy black. Round bulging gold-coloured eyes with the pupils cut out. Large nose with nostrils cut out. Red-painted groove for compressed mouth. Moustache, goatee, and beard painted whispy black. The bag (part b) is a light beige-cream colour with a patterned floral landscape design including the colours red, blue, green, pink, silver, and orange-beige. The bag has two ties, one on the side and the other on the overlaying flap to tie and close the bag together.

Culture
Japanese
Material
wood, paint and silk fibre ?
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket1545/2 a-b

A small light brown slightly flared upward cylindrical basket (part a) with a lid (part b). There is a horizontal row of red and blue dots around the top, and a horizontal row of red triangles around the bottom of the basket (part a). There are three purple flying birds and two purple and pink canoes that have two people inside them around the sides of the basket (part a). The side of the basket tapers into an upright rim. The lid (part b) is conical and has a sunburst-like green centre at the top with seven purple and blue birds around it, and which are surrounded by a red, blue, and purple zig zag circle line. There is a horizontal downward pointing row of red triangles that goes around the side of the lid (part b).

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Huu-ay-aht
Material
swamp grass, cedar bark and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask1025/1

Brown wooden mask painted with red and dark red design along the forehead and cheek areas. Eye and nose areas painted green which extends around the sides of the cheek areas. Dimple area painted with red hatch marks. Red mouth and cut out nostrils. Black eyebrows, moustache, and goatee. Ears painted with red downward diagonal lines. Eyes cut out. String through a hole in the middle of each ear and tied around the back. Adze marks visible inside.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
wood, cotton fibre and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shadow Puppet1374/28

A flat tall puppet painted gold-coloured. Represents the character Bima, Pandhawa Prince. The curly black hair curves backward and upward. The black face is accentuated with red. The lower garment is black, red, and gold-coloured checkered edged with a green, red, pink, white, black, and gold-coloured floral design. There is also an alternating green and red downward spike design. There is a matching headdress. The feet are connected with a horizontal red band. The feet and the head face to the puppet's left. Each arm has a red shoulder band and bracelet which has two blue curly protrusions. The shoulders and elbows are rotatable and a marionette stick is attached through the palm of each hand.

Culture
Javanese
Material
water buffalo skin, fibre, pigment and horn
Made in
Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shadow Puppet1374/29

A flat tall puppet painted yellow-white. Represents the character Arjuna, Pandhawa Prince. There are red eyes and the three upper teeth are white. The curly black hair curves backward and upward, and are tinged with gold along the edges. The lower garment is finely perforated with a red, green, blue, and gold design. The feet and the head face to the puppet's right. There is a gold necklace with a green pendant. Two gold shoulder rings and a bracelet are on each arm. The shoulders and the elbows are rotatable and a marionette stick is attached through the palm of each hand.

Culture
Balinese ?
Material
water buffalo skin, horn, fibre and pigment
Made in
Bali, Indonesia ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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