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Letter OpenerA2.253

Elongated spatula-like opener with a handle shaped like a fish; incised details emphasized with black and red colouring.

Culture
Inupiaq
Material
walrus tusk ? or ink ?
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureA2.252

Miniature, brown-yellow carving of a man dressed in a parka and carrying a spear.

Culture
Inuit
Material
bone and pigment ?
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ForkA2.249

Small, trident-like fork carved from mottled white-yellow and brown tusk.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureA2.247

Miniature, carved, white-yellow figure of a seal; black ink or paint added to indicate eyes, ears, mouth and flipper claws.

Culture
Aleut: Sugpiaq
Material
walrus tusk and ink ?
Made in
Kodiak Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA9005 a-b

Part (a) Round cedar root coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with foot and lid part (b). Watch-spring base and lid construction. Lid has a double strand loop work rim and button handle. Imbricated swirled design outlined in dark cherry bark, cat-tail grass (?) and cherry bark in middle, then alternating with the reverse colour configuration, starting on lid and continuing as diagonal lines on basket. Lower row of foot is imbricated with alternating double stitches of red and black.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ? and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA9004 a-b

Part (a) Large urn shaped coiled cedar root basket (with bifurcated stitches) with lid part (b). Watch-spring base and lid construction. Imbricated design of vertical rows of conntected diamonds with cat-tail grass (?) centers, red cherry bark middle row and dark cherry bark as outer row. Lid has a knob handle and is flanged. Imbricated design are single diamonds with crossed bottoms.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA9002

Spruce root basket; plain twined work with false and true embroidered design. Warp strands alternate red/natural (1:1). Horizontal bands of shapes in red on black or natural on black (six rows). The slant of the rectangular figures alternates with every row.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
grass, dye and spruce root
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA9001

Square coiled basket (bifurcated stitches); watch-spring base construction. Imbricated design of double vertical panels on each side, in red cherry bark background with cat-tail grass (?) chevron patterns and triangles, and dark cherry bark background with cat-tail grass (?) in same pattern configuration. Same on all sides, except two sides have two stitches of dark cherry bark at tip of one chevron in the red cherry bark background.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
cedar wood, dye, cat-tail grass ? and cherry bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureK4.280

Carved wooden elephant figure standing on an oval platform. The elephant's trunk extends out and curves back towards its mouth. Holes for tusks either side of the trunk, and two inset metal ? eyes.

Culture
Southern African
Material
wood and metal ?
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PipeK4.279

Pipe with brownish-red carved bowl and stem. Stem is ornamented with two turned, protruding bands. Long cylindrical metal stem attached to wooden stem.

Culture
Southern African
Material
iron metal and wood
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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