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Hair PinEd1.280

A very long cylindrical hairpin made of brass with a dragon head at one end. Long cylinder tapers to a point at the end opposite the dragon head. Head is much larger than the diameter of the pin and has many added details such as scales behind the head, a forward-facing flat flame-like projection on top of the head, moulded eyes, a nose, a mouth, added whiskers, a small beard, and long trailing ear-like strands. Mouth, and side panels are inlaid with red enamel, and there is an empty round hole at the front of the mouth.

Culture
Korean
Material
brass metal and enamel
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Baby CarrierNb657

Open twined carrier, or cradle, with semi-circular cross-section, wedge-shaped at the bottom with a closed end while open at the top. Wrapped handle forms top structural support and is wrapped in sections of light yellow-brown bear grass. Dark brown bark(?) stick-like warps form a semi-circle out from the handle crossed by clusters of widely spaced twining. Wedge-shaped bottom is twined across the back and up the front. There is one twisted support across the top of the cradle.

Culture
Yurok
Material
root, bark ?, bear grass and wood
Made in
California, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb643

Originally round, plaited basket with wrapped, twined, and twisted detail at the rim. Plain plaited bottom in larger elements than the sides. Row of twining at the juncture of the bottom and the sides. Base elements are split in two to form warps for the sides. Sides have double horizontal rows of checker work in alternating red-brown and dark brown with three plain rows between. At the top, there is a row of dark brown twining, then open work where each warp is split in two and twisted, then four rows of twining, next bundled elements are wrapped in dark brown, and finished with three strand twisted elements at the rim.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
cedar bark and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanNi45

Plain weave palm fibre tear-drop shaped fan with handle wrapped in purple and pink yarn. Plaited edging sewn on with running stitch. Pink yarn in a loose crossing pattern over plaited edging. Horizontal rows of orange and black yarn across fan, design from top: three orange ovals, five black ovals, five orange squares, six black squares, five orange squares, and five black ovals. Twisted blue, purple and yellow cord from base of handle has an attached tassel of blue, green, red, and white.

Culture
Huichol
Material
synthetic fibre and palm leaf
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shoulder BagNi29

One piece square plain woven bag folded in half has three vertical rows of dark brown wool woven into warp at each end on both sides; sewn at sides with dark brown wool using a v shaped diagonal running stitch or stroke stitch; dark brown wool in cross knit loop stitch along upper edge. The design is identical on both sides and consists of an eight pointed star with four blue lines extending from centre, black and light blue stitches frame star. The border has a green herringbone stitches over middle of vertical brown warps; geometric linear pattern in pink called fret design. Strap is a separate plain woven band, two stripes of dark brown wool are woven into the warp. The strap ends are twisted together and knotted at apex opposite ends are sewn to upper corners of bag.

Culture
Huichol
Material
dye, cotton fibre and wool fibre
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shoulder BagNi26

Flat square folded bag with cross stitched red and blue diagonal zigzag design; yellow cross knit loop stitch border on top and sides. There are green, orange and red pompoms attached to the lower corner on the left by red and black twisted yarn; green and orange pompom attached with red twisted yarn to lower corner on right. The woven strap is braided at apex; it has two equidistant black bands orange-pink ground, each end sewn with pink yarn to upper corners of bag.

Culture
Huichol
Material
synthetic fibre, cotton fibre and synthetic dye
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shoulder BagNi42

Flat square folded bag with cross stitch design has woven shoulder strap with ends twisted and tied at apex, other ends stitched to each corner at open end of bag; yellow cross knit loop stitch finish on sides and at open end of bag. Two pompoms, pink and blue, are attached to each lower corner. Design on red ground consists of vertical blue lines with chevrons, alternating direction on each line, and diamonds with yellow crosses. Strap is dark blue with two solid pink vertical lines.

Culture
Huichol
Material
synthetic fibre, cotton fibre and synthetic dye
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tobacco ContainerNi54 a-e

Five small rounded gourds joined together with lengths of twisted palm fibre(?), cord and yarn. Each gourd is pierced at sides near top, cord is inserted and knotted, gourd with red yarn passes through without being knotted. Each gourd has small round hole at top, and two have stoppers (parts a and d). Two undecorated gourds (parts d and e), while remaining three have external decorations: 1) deer skin, some hair remains (part a); 2) grid pattern created by wrapping orange- pink, blue, yellow and red yarn horizontally and vertically (part b); 3) grey- brown cloth with red cross stitching in eight pointed star, top and sides sewn with blue yarn, tassels at each lower corner (part c).

Culture
Huichol
Material
adhesive, skin, synthetic fibre, cotton fibre, palm fibre ? and gourd fruit
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowNi81

Two part arrow. First part is bamboo with notch at one end, two red and one blue painted line, bordered at top and bottom by three blue bands, three feathers bound at top and bottom with thread are over painted design. Second is wood, fitted and bound with thread to bamboo, narrows to blunt point.

Culture
Huichol
Material
fibre, feather, paint, wood and bamboo grass
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Neck BagNi24

Bag with a cross-stitch design composed of two rows of paired opposing s curves on a red ground, with a set of yellow s curves at the top and a set of blue at the bottom. There is a black cross-stitch border at the mouth and the strap is formed from a single strand of orange beads which has been folded and looped through a braided and knotted extension at the upper corner on the right, then passed through a twisted and knotted extension at the upper corner on the left. There are another two twisted extensions in the middle at the mouth. Two pompoms on a twisted cord extend from each lower corner and four beaded floral squares with rectangular extensions are attached to the bottom of the bag between the pompoms. Five similarly shaped beaded attachments are attached to the front of the body and there are three more on the strap. The sides of the bag are finished in a green cross-knit loop stitch.

Culture
Huichol
Material
wool fibre, cotton fibre, glass, plastic ? and dye
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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