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Coast Salish Potlatch Dress3339/1

Tunic-style dress made of woven cedar bark, with full-length wool panel down the centre front. Wool woven around cedar bark in horizontal rows throughout dress. Cedar bark and dark brown wool fringe along bottom edge. Dark brown wool fringe down entire left and right sides of dress. Wool panel on front has white background with mirrored chevron pattern. Small teal diamond in middle of pattern with alternating light blue, dark blue, brown and teal V shapes, on either side of diamond, until top and bottom ends of panel. Inner V’s made up of coloured triangles. Outer three V’s are solid teal, light blue and dark blue. Top and bottom edges of panel are dark brown. White wool fringe along top and bottom edges of panel, top fringe hangs inside of dress. Interior lined with dark brown wool.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo and Suquamish
Material
wool fibre and cedar bark
Made in
North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Headdress3214/1

Woven headdress with fibre optic lighting. Band is made of wool, with red and black diagonal designs on an off-white background. Two cords of fibre optic lights are incorporated above both the red and black sections and connect to a battery power source at the back of the headdress. Brown fur lines the top of the piece, and the interior is covered in dark grey felt.

Culture
Coast Salish: Shishalh
Material
wool fibre, skin, plastic and copper metal
Made in
Sechelt, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Chief's Headdress3181/1

Chief's headdress in raven's tail design. Headdress is tall and round, open at crown and topped with a thick circle of fur. The exterior is covered in black and white weaving in 'lightning' design on the sides, and 'diamond within a diamond' design at front, covered by a thick copper-shaped frontlet made of dark red glass. The interior is covered with leather. At back falls a train with the lightning weave pattern, backed by grey ultra-suede, surrounded on the sides and bottom with thick fringes of wool. Nine ermine furs, white with black tail tips, are attached to the train. The headdress can be tightened with a cord and plastic clip under the train at back.

Culture
Haida
Material
wool fibre, ermine skin, skin, hair, glass and synthetic fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl2878/68

Rectangular woven shawl. The centre section of the shawl is light brown and has a design of alternating green and purple thick lines. The light brown centre has a border made up of two lines with small triangles between them. On either end of the shawl there are identical designs. The designs are made up of different arrangements of lines and triangles in various colours.

Culture
Indian
Material
fibre
Made in
Odisha, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rug2878/67

Hand woven rug with two flower-like designs, surrounded by a geometric pattern. In the centre of each flower there are orange, purple and black squares. Around these squares are green petal-like shapes. There is a border with a similar geometric pattern surrounding the inner design. The border has a thick black line on either side of it. There is a white fringe running along each end of the rug.

Culture
Chitrali
Material
fibre
Made in
Northwest Frontier, Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hair Tie2878/66 a-b

Pair of hair ties. At one end of each tie, the threads are woven together. At the base of the weave there are white beads alternating with pink and yellow fibre that is wrapped around the base threads. There are three sections of white beads and two sections of wrapped thread. Below the pattern of beads and wrapped thread there is a purple tassel and at the end of each tassel there is either a round metal disc or a white bead. Two wrapped sections emerge from the tassel; these sections again alternate between white beads and wrapped thread. At the end of each of the two wrapped sections there is a tassel, similar to that found in the centre of the tie. At the end of each of the threads of the tassels there is either a round, metal disc or a white bead.

Culture
Kyrgyz ? or Kazakh ?
Material
cotton fibre, glass ? and metal
Made in
Badakhshan, Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hair Tie2878/65 a-b

A pair of dark green cloth ties. Each tie is in three sections, each section made up of several strings, all of which are tied together at one end. At the opposite end from the knot, each of the three groups of strings are brought together and then wrapped in colourful thread with a different coloured pattern for each group. At the end of each section, below the colourful thread, are many smaller strings, each with a bead on the end. Two of the groups have blue beads, while one has white beads.

Culture
Pashtun: Kuchi
Material
cotton fibre and glass ?
Made in
Afghanistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hook2878/64

Brown, wooden suspension hook made from four upward curving 'branches', the ends of which are carved into four horse heads. The necks of the horse’s heads are decorated with chiseled parallel grooves. From the mouth of each of the four horse heads there are carved knobs suspended. There is also another set of knobs attached lower down on the horses' necks. The bottom end of these four horse head branches are inserted into the lower end of a central carved vertical pole, into a carved square box shape and are arranged so that they are diametrically opposite each other. At the end of the box there is a projection onto which is attached a wooden knob. The middle section of the hook is comprised of four twisted columns that meet at a mid-point in a carved knot design. The top of the hook is a carved wooden disc where seven carved wooden knobs are attached. The knobs are the same as those found in the horses’ mouth and on the horses’ neck. An iron ring is attached to the disc that is used to suspend the hook.

Culture
Gujarati ?
Material
wood and iron metal
Made in
Gujarat, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Veil2878/63

Large, square, red veil. On two edges of the veil there is a thick black border. Inside this border, there is a second border that encloses a red square. This border is a red design with wavy lines, straight lines, triangles and dots. The centre of the veil is a red square, and within that square there are four small circles surrounding one large circle. These circles are black with a red design in the centre of each of the circles. These designs are of a similar style to the design that borders the red square.

Culture
Gujarati ?
Material
fibre
Made in
Gujarat, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Betel Nut Cutter2878/62

Brass betel nut cutter with two scissor-like hinged components, cast in a 'maithun' couple motif. One component is in the shape of a man and the other a woman. The figures face each other, the male figure has a blade-like section down his front which fits into a narrow opening down the front of the female body. One leg extends down from the bottom of each body, allowing for opening and closing the cutter.

Culture
Gujarati ?
Material
brass metal
Made in
Gujarat, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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