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BagA2.75

The bag is rectangular, green-brown and shiny with a green fabric handle. The bag is made from narrow strips of seal intestine sewn together with thread. There are five strips on either side of the bag. Some of the seams show traces of feathers and red, green and black fabric decoration. A thin gold band is sewn around the opening of the bag.

Culture
Aleut
Material
seal intestine, feather, fibre and wool fibre
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagA2.73

The bag is rectangular, brown and shiny with two long handles. The bag is made from narrow strips of seal intestine sewn together with thread. There are five strips on either side of the bag.

Culture
Aleut ? or Inuit ?
Material
seal intestine and fibre
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: BagA2.500

The bag fragment is made from five pieces of sealskin with hair, sewn with sinew and folded in half. The top and side are trimmed with hairless strips of skin. Through openings left in this seam a plaited cord of sinew is strung. At the end of this cord a bone pin is attached. The bottom is open, possibly cut off from the bottom of the original bag.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
seal skin, caribou sinew and bone ?
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagA2.498

The bag is oblong shaped and light brown with a bone-pin closure. There is a seam running up the centre of one side, ending midway to create an opening. To close the bag, there is a hole on either side of the opening and a thin bone pin attached by a braided fibre to the inside of the bag.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
caribou skin, fibre and bone
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagK4.90

Rectangular woven bag that is slightly wider at the bottom than the top. Woven in an interlocking chevron pattern with a leather handle. The bag is stiffened with two sticks at either side.

Culture
East African
Material
palm leaf and leather skin
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagA2.120

Rounded, pouch-like bag made from a bird's feet; claws still attached.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
bird foot
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagK4.154 a-b

Rectangular purse bottom (part a) and top (part b) with herring bone woven design work in grey on tan.

Culture
Southern African
Material
palm leaf
Made in
Zambia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Waist BagN3.35

A small flat bag made of dark blue silk damask and yellow silk embroidered on both sides. At the top, the blue silk is sewn with an invisible seam to the white cotton lining. Main body of the bag is shaped like a vertical rectangle with triangular projections on both sides created by folding and holding the folds in place with a circular pink cylindrical cord. The centre front panel is embroidered with a pink peony, and the side points with yellow and pink peach flowers, each with five petals. The rectangular panel on the back is embroidered at the top with pink flowers on stems. The pink cord ends at the front with elaborate knots, culminating in three loops.

Culture
Korean
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagD2.101

Tiny beaded tied pouch with red hairs sticking out of top. Decorated with white and dark blue beads and some yellow beads. Attached, there is one large concave circular shiny cream-white-coloured button.

Culture
Blackfoot
Material
skin, glass and shell
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Waist BagN3.3

A small flat bag made of red silk damask lined with dark blue silk damask with an inner lining of pink cotton fabric revealed by holes under the flap. Bag is rectangular with rounded sides narrowing through, folding to the top opening which is covered by a downwardly-extending flared flap ending with a point. There are embroidered designs outlined in heavy gold couching over the entire red surface. On the flap, there are stylized rocks and waves with a coin in the centre, above which, there are two phoenixes facing each other. Above that, there is a Korean? character with cloud forms on both sides. On the front of the bag, there are two floral images showing beyond the edges of the flap. On the back, there are two seams and four floral images. A green cord, ending in an elaborate knot and four loops, is threaded through the top of the bag. A loop fastener is under the flap.

Culture
Korean
Material
silk fibre, dye, gold metal and cotton fibre
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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