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HeadbandNe204

Woven beadwork headband; using cotton thread, white, dark blue, light blue, yellow and red plastic beads. Double arrow design with diamond and triangular shapes. Beaded rosette with border at front centre, sewn on with thread. Rosette; complete circles of blue and white beads sewn on leather circle by spot-stitch, triangle and circle design.

Culture
Cree
Material
leather skin, cotton fibre and plastic
Made in
Saskatchewan, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MedallionNe203

Beadwork rosette; strings of plastic beads are sewn on a leather circle in rows of complete circles (not spiralled), by spot stitches. Interconnected loops of string beads make up an outside border. Beige cotton thread used for sewing. Beads are purple and green; design is triangular sections of alternating colours, radiating form centre. Safety pin is sewn onto the back.

Culture
Cree
Material
metal, plastic, cotton fibre and leather skin
Made in
Saskatchewan, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceD2.187

Claws strung in irregular pattern with one wooden bead, an attached leather thong, and a string broken. Object possibly incomplete.

Culture
Cree
Material
bear claw, leather skin, wood and cotton fibre
Made in
Saskatchewan, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SnowshoesNa721 a-b

Two piece wood frame construction with three wooden crossbars. Pointed heel and toe, with the toe sharply bent, starting at the top cross-bar. Toe piece is open, otherwise hexagonal hide netting covers the spaces between the bars. Centre netting is attached around the frame, over cloth and leather. Diagonal strips cross over and under the horizontal strips in all sections, except adjacent to the toe hole. The section above and below the toe and foot section attach through the holes in the frame, to the outside. A hide strip runs the length of the outside, for these sections. The bent toe section has a hide strip which attaches through the side, on the inside to the bottom of the frame. Hide strips hold the toe and tail ends through holes in the top and the inside of the frame. 'b' has copper wire at the bottom lashing.

Culture
Cree
Material
wood, flax fibre, metal and rawhide skin
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ScraperD2.184

Greenish-brown, semi-translucent stone, irregularly shaped.

Culture
Cree
Material
flint mineral
Made in
Saskatchewan, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MoccasinD3.164

Single, light tan-coloured moccasin. Has tie and a sewn down toe top with floral embroidery in red, pink, light green, dark green, and mauve. Border of red and blue. Cotton or silk thread.

Culture
Cree
Material
skin, cotton fibre, fibre and dye
Made in
Waswanipi, Quebec, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MoccasinsD3.165 a-b

A pair of skin moccasins, each sewn down the middle of the toe top, embroidered, and having tie-laces. Fine convent embroidery has a flower motif in yellow, pink, purple, green and orange, with bands of blue, pink, red, light and dark green, likely silk.

Culture
Anishinaabe ? or Cree ?
Material
skin, cotton fibre and silk fibre ?
Made in
Manitoba, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MoccasinsA2.80 a-b

Pair of light tan-coloured moccasins with a floral design on the tongue in yellow, pink, red and green embroidery.

Culture
Cree
Material
silk fibre, skin and dye
Made in
Norway House, Manitoba, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Canoe3680/1

Child size birchbark canoe. Wood frame, with lengthwise wood slat construction; sheets of birchbark stitched together using long strips of root. Black resin applied along base and seams.

Culture
Cree
Material
birch bark, wood, root and resin
Made in
Manitoba, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hair Tufting Textile3551/3

Framed caribou hair tufting of a floral design, on black velvet. Design is inside an oval cutout in the centre of a white cardboard mat. Motif consists of two orange and yellow Newfoundland pitcher plants with fallen petals; curved stems are dark green. Frame has raised edges and the inner edges, around the cardboard mat, are painted gold. Certificate, with maker and design information, is glued to back of wood frame.

Culture
Cree
Material
wood, paper, synthetic fibre, caribou hair, dye, adhesive and paint
Made in
Oxford House, Manitoba, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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