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Belt487/1

Hide belt backed with red and white cotton gingham. Trimmed along edges with red and white beads. Central diamond and leaf pattern are made from dyed purple, red, yellow and blue quills. Gold-coloured metal buckle.

Culture
Arctic America
Material
moose skin, cotton fibre, glass, quill and dye
Made in
Carcross, Yukon Territory, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Panel416/1

Long narrow panel with a woven design. There are two rows of yellow diamonds with orange and purple outlines. The two rows create a centre, recessed row of pale yellow diamonds. The panel is edged with white beads and backed with light leather.

Culture
Cree
Material
porcupine quill, dye, glass, fibre and moose skin
Made in
Alberta, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Band1202/1

Band of woven sinew decorated with a geometric pattern composed mostly of triangular shapes in dyed red, yellow and green quills on a background of off-white quills with lengths of sinew at each end.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands ?
Material
quill, dye and sinew
Made in
Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Doll MoccasinsNa709 a-b

Pair of leather doll's moccasins; high, fringed top with pink quill work on toe. Light grey with ties of the same material. Sewn with white thread. Quill work almost missing from one.

Culture
Ojibwa
Material
leather skin, fibre, porcupine quill and dye
Made in
Ontario, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileA2.631

Sample of quill embroidery with stylized flower design; colours include white, yellow, navy, red, purple, green. Executed on oblong piece of hide. Short length of orange-pink thread attached to the back, near top. The back has written, 'Patsy Henderson. Carcross, YT. 6479[?]'.

Culture
Tagish
Material
moose skin, porcupine quill and dye
Made in
Carcross, Yukon Territory, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeltA2.630

Rectangular belt covered with bright, multicoloured quillwork, backed with printed flannel, and bound at the ends with black velvet. Green glass beads sewn along length of belt on both edges. The design on the belt is symmetrical; closest to the edges is a pink quill in a zigzag pattern with mauve background closest to the edges and brown on the other side of the zigzag. There is a white stripe. At the centre is a yellow diamond pattern with brown background and pink strips at the centre of each diamond.

Culture
Dene ?
Material
porcupine quill, glass and cotton fibre ?
Made in
Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeltA2.629

Rectangular belt covered with multicoloured quillwork, backed with black-navy wool, lined with a row of white beads, and bound at the ends with red wool. Quills dyed red, purple, white. Geometrical design: octagons connected by an adjoining side to hexagons. Middle of figures has two parallel lines with squares in the middle.

Culture
Arctic America
Material
porcupine quill, wool fibre, glass and dye
Made in
Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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