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Bird Ornament3660/36

Large yellow fabric bird ornament decorated with beads. Most of the seams are whip-stitched with clear beads incorporated into each stitch. The neck is decorated with cylindrical glass beads creating a crisscross pattern, and two columns of purple sequins, each with a red bead. The bird has evenly spaced translucent yellow beads all over. There are two pompom balls attached to the beak, and three which hang from a tubular perch. The wings and tail are fabric covered board - with yellow fabric on top, and red fabric underneath. The top of each wing is beaded in with a green and white foliage(?) design, and the tail is beaded with a star burst design. The is a single dark blue ribbon attached to the bird's head and tail for hanging. The body is filled with stuffing.

Culture
Haudenosaunee
Material
cotton fibre ?, glass, metal ?, paper and fibre
Made in
Ontario, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Chatelaine Bag3660/38

Beaded cloth bag. Small vase-shaped bag with dense beading on both sides depicting a floral motif in pinks, blues, yellows, white and clear. The beads are stitched on to a black pile velvet fabric. There is red fabric sewn around the edges, and there is a fringe of clear beads hanging in loops from the red fabric edge. There is a rounded flap at the top of the bag on both sides of the opening. There are white beads sewn along the edge of each flap in a zigzag pattern, in addition to the floral motif. Underneath the flap on one side is a large buttonhole-style opening. The bag is lined with a natural colour fabric.

Culture
Haudenosaunee
Material
cotton fibre, fibre, plastic and glass ?
Made in
Ontario, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pouch3660/52

Five-sided Seneca style beadwork pouch. The front is beaded with designs in solid light blue and yellow beads at top, and clear, translucent green and metallic brown. Two rows of white beading outlines the central design. Some shiny red fabric is apparent around the side and bottom edges.

Culture
Haudenosaunee
Material
wool fibre ?, glass, silk fibre ? and cotton fibre
Made in
Ontario, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Purse3660/50

Small red, rectangular cotton twill purse, decorated with clear beads. The back has a very heavily beaded perched bird design, with the leaf or blossom pattern continuing onto the front flap. The purse handle is made from a single strand of beads attached at both sides; the edges are all covered with spirals of beads and three triple loop strands of beads hang from the bottom. The purse flap closes with a metal hook into a thread loop. The inside is lined with blue fabric.

Culture
Haudenosaunee
Material
cotton fibre, glass and metal
Made in
Ontario, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pin Cushion3660/44

Diamond-shaped pin cushion with beadwork. The front has "DEAR MOTHER 1937" beaded, with each line beaded in a different colour - dark blue, white and then yellow. There is one short multicoloured beaded loop at the top, and nine looped along the bottom edges. The cushion edges are finished with whip-stitches using natural thread with pairs of black beads. Back is plain heavy fabric.

Culture
Haudenosaunee
Material
cotton fibre and glass
Made in
Ontario, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pin cushion3660/43

Small beaded clamshell-shaped pin cushion that opens like a clamshell. The top of the cushion has heavy beadwork in a geometric motif of three circular shapes connected by two lines in clear beads with three black tubular beads at the centre of each circle, close to the scalloped edge. The words 'FROM NIAGARA FALLS' are beaded in amber-coloured beads above. The bottom is heavily embroidered with clear, amber, pink and yellow beads in a floral motif. The top flap opens up to a natural woven fabric cushion. The beadwork is on a dark blue wool(?) background, which is edged with light brown fabric and clear beads.

Culture
Haudenosaunee
Material
wool fibre ?, cotton fibre and glass
Made in
Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Chatelaine Bag3660/39

Small tulip-shaped cloth bag with densely beaded floral motifs on both sides in blue, green, red, yellow, white and clear. The beads are stitched on to a brown pile velvet fabric. There is a lighter brown fabric sewn around the edges, and a short handle made of brown velvet with a blue-purple silk backing. The top of the bag is open, and the interior lining is a dusty pink, shiny fabric.

Culture
Haudenosaunee
Material
cotton fibre, fibre, plastic and glass ?
Made in
Ontario, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Booklet3660/32

Birch bark booklet with quillwork. The cover has red maple leaf, angled row of white cross-hatching, and then in red "Veterans Guard of Canada" in quillwork. Inside birch bark pages are blank. The cover is edged with bent grass(?) and is whip-stitched with black cotton thread. There is a small adhesive sticker on the inside of the front cover, "F 3.00". The back is plain except four angled white quills, in two pairs.

Culture
Anishinaabe
Material
porcupine quill, birch bark and cotton fibre
Made in
Ontario, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Jacket3668/6

White, felted wool jacket with wide folded collar and centre opening; secured shut with three loops and bobble buttons. Collar is embroidered with connecting flowers and vines; done in orange, dark blue, and pink. Being with a serpentine body embroidered on either side of jacket opening, along sleeves, and down back centre of jacket. Being has a triangular head and wide open mouth, with loops imitating teeth and a wavy tongue; curved lines extend from nose, and swirls along bottom edge of jaw. Creature has frilled neck, three legs along length of looped body, and tail with fanning lines. Head and tongue are pink, eye is orange, frills are green and orange, body is orange with dark blue and green highlights, legs and tail are green and pink; circles along body are pink, circles and swirls on head are dark blue. All edges of jacket are trimmed with light purple cotton and bordered with wavy pink lines; additional dark blue irregular-shaped lines border cuffs, jacket opening, and bottom edge.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wool fibre, dye and cotton fibre
Made in
Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fan3660/31

Fan of white and some purple-blue downy feathers, and a birch bark handle with quillwork. The front has attached a small black and orange-yellow bird with its body oriented downwards, and head turned to its left. The back has 11 white feathers extending out of the handle, the tops of which have been rounded with downy feathers extending beyond them. There is quillwork on both sides of the birch bark handle. On the front, there is a seated person in profile with a pipe held to their mouth next to a small tree surrounded by a foliage frame with a flower at the top and bottom. Below, a bird in profile stands within some foliage. The quillwork on the back of the handle depicts another person in profile with a pipe(?) held to their mouth, situated between two different plants and also framed by foliage and a flower at the top and bottom. Below appears to be a red plant.

Culture
Huron-Wendat
Material
down feather, feather, baltimore oriole bird ?, birch bark, porcupine quill ? and cotton fibre
Made in
Ontario, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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