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Textile3086/2

Woven textile. Two long rectangular textiles are sewn together to make a square. The designs are woven in strips of repeating motifs, which include animals, diamonds, and curled designs. These are interspersed with lines of colour in various thicknesses that run the length of the textile.

Culture
Quechua ?
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Cuzco, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shoes3052/33 a-b

Pair of leather shoes. The shoes are light weight and close fitting, with pointed toes curling up, and two straps across the top secured with silver buckles at the outer side. Straps have three sets of four silver rivets bored through them in diamond shapes. On front top of shoe is a small decorative strip of grey-brown leather with three holes cut out of it to show a red-brown piece of leather underneath. Decoration consists of a strap of leather woven around the top of the shoe that creates pleats at the front. The shoe base is a continuation of the upper, with no added sole.

Culture
Ukrainian
Material
leather skin and metal
Made in
Ukraine
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shoes3052/32 a-b

Pair of shoes (part of a man’s costume with 3052/25-31). The shoes are light and close fitting, pointed toes curling up, with two straps across the top that are secured with silver buckles at the outside. Straps have three sets of four silver rivets bored through them in diamond shapes. On front top of shoe is a small decorative strip of leather with three holes cut out of it to show a different colour underneath. Part ‘a’ has a brown strip with white underpiece. Part ‘b’ has a light brown strip with dark brown showing through. Both shoes are constructed of leather in a light tan. Shoe ‘b’s surface is partially covered with small, circular motifs and dotted lines burned into the leather. Shoe ‘a’ has no such decoration, but is otherwise similar in construction. The shoe base is a continuation of the upper, with no added sole.

Culture
Ukrainian
Material
leather skin and metal
Made in
Ukraine
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Totem Pole3079/1

Small argillite pole with carved animal figures and human faces. At the base is Bear Mother with twin cubs. The bear has an open mouth and tongue out, clutching two inverted cub faces in its outstretched paws. Above is a killer whale, facing downward, with its tailfins curling back over the top of pole. The back of the pole is smooth and concave. The base is a square of thin argillite.

Culture
Haida
Material
argillite stone
Made in
Skidegate, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Carving3064/1

Carving in green mottled stone of a seal flipper bag. Carving imitates a skin bag, leaning back in a slumped fashion, with a flat bottom. Bag is depicted closed with a drawstring at top, a looped handle standing above this. The lines of a seal’s flipper are carved into the bottom front.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone
Made in
Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada and Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pot3060/29

Contemporary terracotta pot. Pot is circular with a slightly rounded base. Body is squat, wide at the midpoint, shoulder narrowing toward the mouth. Two lug style handles sit on the shoulder. A small repeating design has been stamped into the clay and circles the pot in a line between the handles.

Culture
Peruvian
Material
clay
Made in
Ica, Peru ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pot3060/28

Terracotta pot. Body is bulbous with a rounded bottom, and two small lug handles on the shoulder. The neck inclines tightly toward the tall rim, which flares widely upwards. The pot is burnished on the exterior, black on bottom and dark orange toward the top, with no other decoration.

Culture
Peruvian
Material
clay
Made in
Ica, Peru ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pot3060/27

Terracotta pot. Body is globular with a rounded bottom, and two lug handles on the shoulder. The neck inclines tightly toward the tall rim, which flares slightly upwards. The pot is burnished on the exterior, black on bottom and dark brown and orange toward the top, with no other decoration.

Culture
Paracas ?
Material
clay
Made in
Ica, Peru ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pot3060/26

Small unglazed ceramic pot. Vessel is slightly uneven, round with a bulbous body, flat bottom, and small neck that rises above the shoulder. A small half circle of clay emerges from the broken rim. Pot is undecorated.

Culture
Paracas ?
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Ica, Peru ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pot3060/25

Terracotta pot, repaired. Pot is round with a curved base. Body is wide at the midpoint, narrowing toward the neck and flaring outward at the rim. Midpoint is decorated with two black encircling lines, above which is painted black arrow motifs interspersed by squares decorated with lines of white. The outer rim has been painted with narrow vertical lines of rust and black, and the inner with large triangles alternating with groups of black and white lines. The pot has been smashed and glued back together, with several missing pieces.

Culture
Paracas ?
Material
clay, paint and adhesive
Made in
Ica, Peru ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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