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Pipe BagD2.86

Very long skin bag with quill wrapping. Plain along the top with a red border that has red raffia. Two quill designs on the bottom with long strips of hide for the fringe as well as tin cones with red raffia within along one side. One side of the upper portion has a design that consists of a purple- and yellow- outlined bow-tie shape with an hour glass shape along the middle on a red background. The other side of the upper portion has a design that consists of four quadrants of red, purple, and white squares. The lower portion has a design on both sides that consists of a pair of vertical orange and black rectangles on a dark red background.

Culture
Plains
Material
porcupine quill, metal, palm leaf ?, deer skin, fibre and dye ?
Made in
Manitoba, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagD2.117

Bag of felt trimmed with red seam binding and embroidered with a large flower at the bottom with a smaller flower stemming upward at either side. The large flower has four heart-shaped petals with the top two being red at the centre and the bottom two being dark green at the centre, all of which are bordered by light green and pink. The two smaller flowers at the top have two petals in profile that are red at the centre bordered by light blue. Fringe is strips of cotton with metal cones on the ends. Strap has cotton trimming decorated with silk ribbons of red and green and a strip of blue wool.

Culture
Plains
Material
wool fibre ?, glass, cotton fibre and tin metal
Made in
Manitoba, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Moccasins1193/2 a-b

The moccasins (part a-b) are brown and white with multicoloured beadwork on the tongue and around the heel. The sole and sides are made from the brown skin. The white skin is sewn on top of the brown over the heel area and reaching halfway down each side. The tongue is also made of white skin. There are thin pink and green piping separating the white tongue from the brown toe. The upper edge of the tongue is lined with purple beads. The beadwork on the tongue shows three spiral blue flowers outlined in red with two green leaves and a purple stem. The beadwork on the heel is also a floral pattern with red and blue spiral flowers, green leaves and purple branches.

Culture
Arctic America ?
Material
rawhide skin, glass and fibre
Made in
Manitoba, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Moccasins1193/1 a-b

The moccasins are brown with multicoloured beadwork on the tongue insert. The moccasins are made from two pieces of skin. One piece forms the sole and sides with a single seam on each heel. The other piece forms the inset tongue. The tongue piece is decorated with multicoloured beads in a 'V' pattern with a scalloped top edge. There is light brown stitching around the top of the tongue and the opening for the foot.

Culture
Arctic America ?
Material
rawhide skin, glass and fibre
Made in
Manitoba, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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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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BagD3.173 b

Bag made from deer hide decorated with a floral design at the top front cut out of the deer hide revealing orange cotton that had been inset underneath. The front flap is embroidered with a floral pattern in pink, purple, yellow, and green. Two pockets on the inside. The bag is rounded along the bottom edge.

Culture
Dene ?
Material
deer skin, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Norway House, Manitoba, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arrow Sash1060/77

Finely woven red sash with multicoloured, zigzagging arrow designs woven down the length. Fringe at ends. Colours used: red, white, blue, green, yellow.

Culture
Metis
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Manitoba, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera BagN1.883

Long, narrow gray-brown bag. The bag is made of machine-made cotton fabric and hand-stitched on two sides with an opening at one end. There is a flour company label on inside and a Cantonese opera company label on outside in Chinese characters.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Manitoba, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceD2.160

Close-fitting necklace made from a thick strip of brown bear fur with ten bear claws sewn around the front. Necklace is tied at the back with strips of red cloth, string and hide thongs.

Culture
Plains
Material
bear skin, bear claw, fibre and dye
Made in
Manitoba, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubD2.121

Wooden shaft covered with leather ? skin and having a ground stone head attached at one end.

Culture
Plains
Material
wood, skin and stone
Made in
Manitoba, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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