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BagD2.91

Silk lined skin pouch with strands of fringe partly bound by purple quills. Floral beading design on both sides but with a pattern different on each side. One side has a design that consists of a swirling flower with multiple green petals outlined by orange with dark red in between and three translucent white stems equally spaced throughout with bunches of blue, green, red, and steel-coloured flowers. The other side has a design that consists of a flower with four green petals outlined by orange with four dark blue stems equally spaced throughout with a flower that has three light pink petals and a dark pink circle at either side of its base for the top and the bottom stems while the side stems have a yellow flower with three dark purple petals and a green leaf at either side with three dark pink circles at their bases. Edged with white and green beads with a green zig zag along the top curves.Has a strap decorated with multi-coloured beads.

Culture
Plains
Material
glass, porcupine quill, silk fibre, rawhide skin and dye
Made in
Manitoba, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagD2.89

Tied at one end, the long skin bag is beaded on both sides. One side has a design that consists of four geometric shapes, one in each quadrant. Each geometric shape has an upper portion that consists of a downward pointing, green triangle with three red-tipped, dark blue protuding lines above and a lower portion that consists of a square, green arch-like shape that has a dark blue cross at each of the two bottom corners. Five red-tipped, dark blue crosses form a vertical line along the middle in between the geometric shapes. The other side has a design that consists of four similar geometric shapes, one in each quadrant, but with the upper two being closer to the middle. Each of these different geometric shapes has an upper portion that consists of dark blue and purple cross with a green base and a red bow-tie-like shape and a lower portion that consists of a square arch-like shape that is red along its inner most half and dark blue along its outer most half with a downward pointing, dark blue prong-like shape at the bottom outer most corner while another red one connects the two geometic shapes side-by-side together. Four vertical, green bands form a vertical line along the middle in between these different geometric shapes. Trim of red, white, and blue quills are wrapped around strips of rawhide and tassels are sewn on the bottom of the above strips. Decorations also of tin bells with red tassels.

Culture
Plains
Material
rawhide skin, porcupine quill, glass, metal, fibre and dye ?
Made in
USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagD2.97

Leather pouch sewn on three edges. Beaded on one side with a pair of vertical double-pointed hour-glass-like shapes that are translucent pink along the inner most sides and green along the outer most sides on a white background with gold-coloured beads across the top. Fringe sewn on which is very soft - like suede.

Culture
Plains
Material
rawhide skin, glass and fibre
Made in
Alberta, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagD2.48

Back of the bag is made of hide edge with green wool and pale yellow and grey beads. Front is beaded with a geometric design that consists of a central red diamond shape bordered by dark blue, yellow, and green. Below this, there is an upward pointing, dark blue triangle bordered by yellow and green. Just above and over to the sides of the central diamond shape, there is a smaller yellow, red, and light blue diamond shape. The upper corners of the bag are rounded. The bag is edged with two rows of dark blue and one row of light blue beads. Beaded on one side.

Culture
Plains
Material
skin, glass and fibre
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentD2.60 a-b

Two matching strands of beads wound around hide thong, metal cones attached to the ends. Bead colours alternating in brown and yellow stripes.

Culture
Plains
Material
glass, skin, metal and fibre
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShirtD2.18

Red wool shirt with geometric beading down both arms and in bands running halfway down the front and back of the shirt on either side of the neck; beading is dark blue, green and yellow on light blue ground. Neckline is trimmed with black velvet-like material. Strips of black fabric run between the bands of beading around the neck, creating horizontal stripes; brass beads are sewn at evenly spaced intervals along the strips of fabric. A long fringe of hide strips runs along both sleeves. Sides of shirt and bottom of sleeves are open, held together with loosely spaced hide thongs.

Culture
Plains
Material
wool fibre, cotton fibre ?, brass metal, glass and skin
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag1003/23

Bag made from skin, circular in cross-section with a skin fringe around the bottom edge and a skin drawstring at top. Ornamented with beadwork consisting of four clusters of multicoloured flowers, one per panel, which alternate between a large red flower surrounded by smaller flowers in pink, blue and yellow, and a dark purple flower, and two off-white petaled flowers with dark blue centres surrounded by small blue and yellow flowers.

Culture
Plains ?
Material
skin, glass and fibre
Made in
Alberta, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Horse Ornament649/2

Beaded ornament for a horse. Composed of a long, wide band of black velvet decorated with a multicoloured floral beadwork design, and backed with off-white fabric. The ornament also has a fringe of white, off-white, and green cylindrical glass beads on strips of skin with metal bells tied to the ends of some of the beaded strips. Two pieces of branch are attached along the short ends with strips of striped brown and blue fabric ties at one corner on each end.

Culture
Plains ?
Material
fibre, glass, dye, metal, skin and wood
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BlanketD2.35

Blanket made of red wool with a blue wool border that has a yellow cotton seam binding on three sides. The beadwork is backed with rawhide and at the finished edge there is a strip of rawhide that froms a handle-like arc and another strip attached between the ends of the handle-like piece, each is beaded with yellow-brown, white and dark blue beadwork. Four white and dark blue beaded rectangles at finished edge. The beadwork on the blanket consists of four elongated arch shapes in white, turquoise, dark blue and yellow-brown above a mostly white beaded rectangle with a green and dark blue border near the edge and two sets of linear designs in dark blue and light blue with a vertical band of short green lines one either side of each, and two circular shapes in white with a red centre, a band of dark blue with yellow-brown rectangles, and evenly spaced blue dashes around the edges of each.

Culture
Plains
Material
wool fibre, glass, skin, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag1003/82

Rectangular bag with thin hide thongs for handles at the top. Front panel of bag is entirely covered with beading; a central yellow, green, red, and orange geometric design on blue ground, with alternating red and black, and red and gold banding around the edges. Back panel is covered with a dark blue, variegated woolen cloth. Front and back sides are bound with a light pink synthetic fabric. Interior of bag is lined with olive green cotton printed with images of cottages, mountains, flowers, and mountain goats.

Culture
Plains
Material
glass ?, wool fibre ?, cotton fibre and rawhide skin
Made in
Alberta, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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