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Pin Cushion3660/49

Boot-shaped fabric pin cushion with a small pouch at top. Beige velvet front, heavily covered in floral beadwork patterns, with different types of beads and some brown sequins; the flowers and leaves appear to have been sewn onto paper first. The edges of the boot are covered in spirals of clear beads. The upper flower has three loops of beads hanging out of the centre. The inside front of the pouch and the entire back are covered in beige cotton (now stained blue and patched at corner); the boot is tightly stuffed with what may be straw, or other plant material. Small loop of multicoloured beads (mainly shades of blue) attached to top.

Culture
Haudenosaunee
Material
fibre, grass ?, glass and plastic
Made in
Ontario, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wall Pouch3660/33

Boot-shaped wall-pocket, or pouch. The boot part is made of a double layer of birch bark, whip-stitched around the edges with thick black thread. There is an arched band attached at the top creating the pocket. Faded floral quillwork designs cover most of the front face and the band. Some quills dyed yellow and green, but most are off-white. (A few parts of the quillwork are missing.) The back is plain birch bark.

Culture
Anishinaabe
Material
birch bark, porcupine quill, fibre and dye
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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Miniature Chair3672/2 a-h

Set of 6 matching miniature birch-bark chairs (parts a-f), another chair with a slightly different shape and pattern (part g) and a birch-bark corner shelf (part h); all decorated with floral designs in dyed quillwork. Parts a-f and h have similar floral designs on the chair backs and seats, in white, pink, yellow and green quillwork, with a simple cross pattern on the lower sides. The other chair, part g, has much finer floral patterns on five surfaces, embroidered using dyed grasses(?).

Culture
Anishinaabe
Material
birch bark, porcupine quill, fibre, grass ? and dye
Made in
Ontario, 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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Doll3660/22

Tall cone-shaped female doll with plaited plant fibre wrapped around the neck, arms and body. She wears a black and red skirt with white and some red and purple beadwork along the hem as well as some multi-coloured beadwork. A flat metal hoop wraps around the waist, and a piece of skin with fur is wrapped over the back and breasts. She has hair of fine twisted plant fibre, and the face has beaded features. The body is filled with stuffing.

Culture
Ndebele
Material
fibre, grass ?, plant fibre, glass, skin, metal and clay
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth3655/11

Heavily painted strip of tapa cloth. Design includes four main panels with geometric designs in black and brown-red paint. The two panel designs alternate. Red-brown border design on each end. Fringe along the long edge.

Culture
Fijian
Material
mulberry bark and paint
Made in
Cakaudrove, Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pouch3656/7

Flat, rectangular woven pouch with a finished edge on the flap and along the opening. The flap's sides are scalloped and there is a loop attached at centre. There are 8 dark zigzag lines woven in the pouch.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
bark ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3656/21

Northern-style painted basket with round rim and square base. Plaited rim with 7 rows of check pattern underneath - alternating natural and grey-brown checks. Painted designs are: large face with teeth bared and hands held up; frog design; bird design.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
cedar bark ?, cedar root ? and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mat3656/20

Large rectangular basketry mat with a plaid pattern done in dark brown; borders formed with wide pieces of cedar bark, central design woven with thinner pieces. Horizontal and vertical checkered bands decorate surface, creating solid rectangles where they connect. Vertical bands, grouped in twos, have angled lines throughout, that mirror that the other band; together they form chevron-like design. Angled lines alternate between pointing upward and downward.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
cedar bark and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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