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Napkin Ring2762/36

Beaded bark napkin ring. A green, yellow, and orange bead maple leaf and a red, white and blue Union Jack flag are stitched onto a long strip of yellowish bark that is rolled up and held tight with a seam of stitched brown, white and blue beads. Red, white, and blue beads decorate the rims.

Culture
Cree
Material
birch bark, glass and cotton fibre
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag2762/12

Flat rectangular beaded skin bag with long flat fringes. The beaded light brown fabric panel, with black fabric edging, and a longer skin panel are sewn together on three sides, leaving the top open, and the top of the back skin piece is folded forward and stitched along the edge to created a belt loop. The design within the white bead background is four black-bordered green triangular shapes around a blue centre dot inside a large black and blue circle.

Culture
Cree
Material
skin, glass and cotton fibre
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag2762/13

Flat rectangular beaded skin bag with wide fringes. Skin panels, the back one longer than the front, are sewn together on three sides, leaving the top open, and have a dark blue fabric lining. Blue beadwork that covers all of the front panel and the upper scalloped part of the back piece has designs that include white and navy crosses, triangles of orange, green and navy, and a navy border. Small loop of dark thread is attached to the top of the back panel.

Culture
Cree
Material
glass, skin and cotton fibre
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Vest2762/25

Large red vest with beaded front, skin ties, and skin fringe around waist. Vertical rows of pink, light green, dark green and black glass bead crosses, squares, and other motifs set within a while bead background are sewn onto two panels of light brown fabric with a border of the same red wool fabric used for the back panel. Along the back, at the waist, is a strip of striped cream, black and red fabric (Hudson Bay blanket ?) and long strips of deer skin are attached at the shoulders.

Culture
Cree
Material
wool fibre, cotton fibre, glass and deer skin
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt2762/19

Beaded fabric belt with rawhide ties at both ends. A front panel of beige fabric, stitched with strung beads to create three black, red and blue geometric triangle designs in a white ground, has a red fabric backing that folds around the edges in a border that has a few white beads sewn on along the edges of the design motifs.

Culture
Cree
Material
glass, cotton fibre and rawhide skin
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pipe Bag2762/10

Long pipe bag with beaded geometric design and long fringe, tied near top with skin strip. Yellow skin bag has four deep, black and white bead rimmed scallops and turquoise bead rimmed diamond shaped cut-outs at the top end and a seam down one side, A heavy beadwork panel encircling the bottom, above the thick fringe, has a different design in a white ground on each side, one with expanded crosses in turquoise, mustard yellow, red and purple beads, the other with a small square of pink and purple dividing two crosses on top of three mountains in turquoise, red and yellow.

Culture
Cree
Material
skin, glass and cotton fibre
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt2762/18

Long beaded fabric belt. Short strings of glass seed beads and silver metal beads are stitched onto a dark burgundy coloured strip of fabric in a design of yellow and blue crosses and squares on a white ground. Two small metal loop eyes (for hooks) are sewn onto one end.

Culture
Cree
Material
glass, metal and cotton fibre
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Club2762/39

Beaded swinging club. Heavy stone ? ball, covered with skin and four lines of pink, light blue and navy beads that extend up into a beaded rawhide strap, is tied to and hangs from another beaded strap that is nailed into the top of a short wood staff. The staff is covered with a sheath of light brown fabric around which are coiled strings of beads in bands of light blue, navy, green, pink, silver coloured metal, mustard, translucent red, and turquoise. A piece of rawhide leather with fringes is stitched to either end of the sheath.

Culture
Cree
Material
glass, wood, cotton fibre and stone ?
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag2762/7

Small, flat, rounded beadwork bag with short beaded cord handle. Short strings of beads are stitched to two light brown fabric discs that are sewn together, leaving the top edge open. One side is decorated with a yellow and blue five point star design on a white ground, the other side has four point yellow and green star with white centre on the white ground, the edge is ringed with light blue, and the handle is coiled with a string of light blue and pink.

Culture
Cree
Material
glass and cotton fibre
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag2762/11

Small, round, flat beaded bag with short coiled yellow bead handle. Two discs of light brown material, each with a long string of beads stitched on in a continuous flat coil from centre to edge, are sewn together around the edges, leaving an opening at the top. The design on one side is three spiral lines of red and yellow on a pearly white ground, the other side is blue and orange crosses around a red and green centre on a yellow ground.

Culture
Cree
Material
cotton fibre and glass
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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