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Drum2012-100/31
Drum2010-37/39

The paint is red and black.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
wood, hide and paint
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Skin | Goat | Fragment1-10607
MaskA2.223

Imitation of a white man's face. Hide modelled and stretched into form of face and then dried. There is no framework. Face surrounded with white-grey hair. Dark brown hair on the forehead. White-grey hair for eyebrows. Dark brown hair for moustache and goatee. Slits cut out for the eyes which have white-grey hair for eyelashes. Slit cut out for the mouth.

Culture
Inuit
Material
caribou skin and dog skin
Made in
Juneau, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DrumNi51

Broad rounded three-legged drum has hide stretched and pegged around top. Long strip of twisted hide connects pegs and is wrapped once around each peg. At upper rim, held by twisted hide are three bamboo sticks with spiral painted notched ends, yarn wrappings around shaft have feathers, miniature bow, and animal snare. Burnt hole on either side and burnt line figures around sides include the following: two plants, snake, reptile, fire ?, and deer.

Culture
Huichol
Material
bamboo grass, synthetic fibre, feather, skin and wood
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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KayakNa1145

Skin covered kayak with a single angled cockpit; relatively flat on top and keel; rounded bow tapers to a point and raises slightly from bottom; stern also tapers to a point and is raised from bottom. Series of evenly spaced (where visible) ribs attach to gunwales; ribs are flat on bottom and curve sharply at sides. Three longitudinal keel supports and additional supports around and extending from cockpit. Numerous skins are sewn together, covering kayak; the skin is sewn to a bent wood rim at cockpit. In front of cockpit is a bone support attached to top, side of kayak by a leather thong which passes through two holes on base of the support and through two holes on either side of kayak. There is a rope attached to the back of the cockpit on both sides. The skin covering is pieced by stitching in numerous places.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
bone, fibre, skin, seal skin and wood
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Toward TotemCf1

Large rectangular abstract painting. Design on a mottled green ground consists of two vertical objects with tops leaning slightly to right; object on left has multi-coloured top with irregular shaped projections, five square and rectangular projections towards base; top of object on right has a curved blue horizontal intersected vertically by an irregularly shaped pointed projection, below is a semblance of a beaked figure; at base, image of an open transformation mask, two of its extensions, one beak-like and the other rounded, are imposed at different angles over the vertical object on left, small rounded extension with a possible 'eye' form at side on right, fourth extension comes towards viewer at base; bird-like image at centre of mask. Signed in lower corner on right: J. Shadbolt '83 '86. Simple silver toned metal frame, black wood strip between frame and edges of painted surface, frame extends slightly beyond edges of painting.

Culture
Canadian
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Baby CarrierNd657

Rectangular basket of skin stretched over a wooden slat frame. Slats are round with strips of cotton and cotton cord. Cardboard is set into the bottom between the skin and the slats. Yellow, orange, and black floral print cotton is stretched over the outside frame and tied with skin strips to the inside of the frame. Two red-patterned, cotton flannel squares are tied to the frame bottom to form a bundling blanket that laces up with a blue and purple wool ? string. Two blue, green, and white floral print, quilted carrying straps, one at each end. Wood handle is looped over the top and tied to the sides by skin strips. A skin and string lace runs end to end and loops over the handle. At the wider end, three items are pinned to the cloth, from bottom to top; a Christian medal, a strip of loom woven beadwork of red, orange, blue, and yellow, and a blue glass brooch.

Culture
Tsilhqot'in
Material
wool fibre ?, paper, skin, wood and cotton fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShieldIe377

Shield composed of an oval piece of skin attached to an oval wooden frame. The frame is attached with strips of bark (?) which is wrapped around the frame, then through the skin every fourth or fifth time. At the top and bottom, woven bark (?) fills the gap between the edge of the frame and the skin. The upper portion of the back has three wooden pieces which cross and then loop onto the frame.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, skin, bark ? and stain ?
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DrumAf473

Round leather drum secured to ceramic base by wooden pegs driven through the overlapped then glued leather. Drum head is white. The ceramic ring is red. There is a fibrous hook.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
wood, clay, leather skin and fibre
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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