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Model Totem PoleNb3.1451

Model totem pole. From the top down, the designs are a thunderbird with outstretched wings that is perched on the head of a human. The human is hugging his knees. Figures rest on a round pedestal and have been secured with four nails. Overall colours are black and green.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, paint, adhesive and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Apron1485/16

Apron composed of woven fibre with two neck straps that have brown tufts of fur at the ends, and a fringe composed of strips of woven fibre with brown fur and longer brown and black hair attached at the ends as well as chains of braided rings made of bamboo strips(?) and brown grass(?). There are tufts of reddish-brown fur at the top of each chain, and the apron is decorated with red, blue and white pigment.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
plant fibre, hair, skin, bamboo grass ?, grass ? and pigment
Made in
Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Canoe Bailer1485/15

Carved wooden bailer, cylindrical in shape with the central interior and end carved round; the one end is vertically flat. Extending from the back wall is cylindrical shaped handle with an incised human end on the tip. There is another similar structure along the flat end of the bailer with a more elongated head at the tip. Along the top edge is a repeating z-like shaped pattern with rounded corners.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
wood
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShieldIe475

Large, wood, rectangular shaped shield with rounded corners. The surface is painted with the union jack flag. The underside is concaved and has a fibre handle consisting of many pieces of braided rope wrapped together with a piece of cotton fabric. Along one of the sides is an electrical cord, cut and tied into a knot at either end. Adhered to one of the corners is a flattened red and yellow tin can that reads: ‘Globe, Drippings, Product of Australia’. Covering almost half of the back is a nailed, large piece of metal. There are large cracks through the shield that have been repaired with adhesive, metal ties that protrude from the surface.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, synthetic rubber, adhesive, fibre, metal, paint and cotton fibre
Made in
Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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My New Accordian1466/3

Rectangular lithograph depicting a young woman with black braided hair wearing a skin tunic and a green and red skirt seated on a bench playing a multi-coloured accordion. Her knees are awkwardly bent and the toes in her brown boots face each other. There is a grey and black stylized background on either of her sides; cream ground around the image. Framed.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada and Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spirit Helpers1466/2

Print of a brown and black deer(?) with multiple animals and one human-like figure protruding from its body. Clockwise from the deer's(?) head are the following features: a large black and grey clawed wing that extends over the top of the deer, a long brown necked bird with an open mouth and orange tongue, the tail of the deer(?), the head of a human attached to a blue bust from which a grey clawed hand protrudes, the body and head of a smaller grey bird that has a grey clawed hand protruding from its body, and a medium sized green and purple bird that faces towards from the neck of the deer. Syllabic characters in the corner are followed by the following handwritten inscription: "Spirit Helpers Lithograph 8/50 Dorset 1989 Kenojuak. "

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada and Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Camel Bag1463/1

Large, flat, multi-coloured rectangular storage bag made of heavy, coarse wool fibre. One side of the bag is pile-woven, and the other is flat-woven. The centre design field of the pile-woven side is solidly patterned with small orange lozenge-shaped medallions, which are arranged in repeated rows on a dark red background and framed with several rows of black, orange and light brown border designs. The flat-woven side is predominantly red, with bold black, brown and orange horizontal stripes. The two sides are sewn together along three edges with brown yarn, using a blanket stitch, and there are the remains of several braided cords along one edge. There is a short red, black and orange fringe at the bottom. The top of the bag closes with a series of intertwining loops.

Culture
Turkmen ? or Uzbek ?
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CarvingNa1634

A lightly coloured curved rectangular piece with a 3 by 0.7 cm hole carved across the middle surrounded by a 6 by 1 cm dip leading to the hole.

Culture
Inuit
Material
mammoth ivory
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Lamp StandNa1631

Dark green heagonal stone base with a beveled edge. Four white-yellow (bone?) prongs in a square formation are attached to the top of the base.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone and bone ?
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sarong1444/28

Sarong made of pieces of blue fabric sewn together to form a tube. The blue fabric is embroidered with a geometric design in green, white, yellow, and pink.

Culture
Eastern Indonesian
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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