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RattleA7294

Rounded, carved wooden rattle. Composed of two complementary parts connected with wooden pegs and animal sinew. Smooth, unpainted surface. Series of holes in two parallel lines over surface.

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
sinew, wood and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleA7296

Rounded wooden rattle composed of two complementary parts connected with copper wire; decorated with carved linear designs.

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
wood and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressA7297

Leather headband with seventeen bear claws attached to it at evenly spaced intervals. Tips of claws are held upright by string tied to each and wrapped with very thin layers of ermine (?) skin.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
bear claw, ermine skin ? and leather skin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowC880

The plain shaft is bound at the base with red and natural cane fibre. The shaft has dark geometric markings of horizontal lines above the first cane joint from the end and vertical lines above the middle joint. The end is notched. The arrow point is multi-barbed with carved splinters of bone which are attached by cane fibre wrapping to the point.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bone, fibre ? and stem ?
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model CanoeC883 a-b

Brown wood model canoe (part a) carved with geometric zig zag designs on both prows and edges. One light brown wood outrigger is attached with two arrow-shaped brown wood pieces that have long handles. One smaller arrow-shaped brown wood piece that has a shorter handle is tied to a light brown wood seat near one end. There is one brown wood paddle with a condensed lance-olate leaf-shaped blade (part b).

Culture
Niuean
Material
wood and fibre
Made in
Niue
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceA9074

Fibre rope necklace with four decorated bundles. A wooden rectangular end wrapped in cedar bark and black and red fibre then tied with twine with a swan head mounted on top that would dangle, beak down. The left side has a small cedar strip bundle covered in ermine fur. The back section is two ermine skins wrapped together. The right side is a bird wing plus part of the body intertwined with another animal.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
swan head, wood, bird wing, ermine skin, fibre and cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleA7961 a

Rattle composed of two complementary halves carved from wood that have been pegged at the handle and tied on the sides with leather thongs. The rattle has an oval-shaped cavity and a cylindrical handle with a flared butt end that has a groove cut into it that extends across the bottom and partway up the flared sides of the handle.

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
skin and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Neck RingA7961 d

Neck ring composed of eagle wing and feathers bound to a cedar bark ring. A bow made from gold-coloured cloth with three beads is sewn onto the eagle's wing.

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
glass, fibre, feather, eagle wing, cedar bark and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Neck RingA7961 e

Neck ring composed of a cedar bark ring with a stone that has a central hole worn attached with cloth and an eagle's head bound to the ring as a pendant.

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
cedar bark, eagle head, fibre and stone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CordA7961 f

Length of cedar bark wrapped at intervals with copper wire covered in fibre as well as lengths of string and twine.

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
cedar bark, copper metal, fibre and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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