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Head Ring3259/51

Head ring made of mountain goat wool and cedar bark. Thick strands of wool are wound around a bark core, with four bunches of shredded cedar bark attached around the ring. A small wooden stake made of cedar hangs from a brown string. Two brown pieces of fabric are tied around the wool. Small sections of wool have been coloured pinkish-red and black.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
cedar bark, mountain goat wool fibre, fibre, pigment and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Head Ring3259/50

Head ring made of mountain goat wool and cedar bark. Thick strands of wool are wound around a bark core, with bunches of shredded cedar bark attached front and back. A small paddle made of cedar hangs from a red fabric braid.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
fibre, cedar bark, mountain goat wool fibre and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Head Ring3259/49

Head ring made of mountain goat wool and cedar bark. Thick strands of wool are wound around a bark core, with six bunches of shredded cedar bark attached around the ring. There are two loosely and one tightly tied sections of fabric. Small sections of the wool have been coloured pinkish-red and orange-red.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
cedar bark, mountain goat wool fibre, natural fibre and pigment
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shell Basketry3259/42

Abalone shell with exterior covered by basketry, conforming closely to its contours and secured over shell edges. Decorated with a dark blue rectangular ovoid at centre, two canoes and flying bird shapes in green or brown, and mouse-like animals in pinkish-red or brown arranged around central area. Around the edge are concentric stripes of yellow, red and brown.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Huu-ay-aht
Material
abalone shell, grass, cedar root and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3259/41 a-b

Basket with lid. Small oblong basket is tightly woven in an even weave, with a line of encircling images showing two large whales with a pair of pink birds to the side, and two boats with three sailors each on the opposite side. Dashes of pink and green circle the top of the basket and a line of green around the bottom. The lid (part b) shows two large birds to either side of the raised centre, surrounded by a pink and black line.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Huu-ay-aht
Material
swamp grass, dye and cedar bark
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Net Shuttle3259/37

Net shuttle with fibre. Flat piece of wood with rounded point on leading end. Wide semi-circular notch at the other end with two prongs. Long hole cut out of the interior except for a single spike left protruding with fibre wound around it. Grass(?) is wound through the fibre.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
grass ?, wood and wool fibre ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Button3261/10

Tightly woven basketry button. Front weaving has a light green circle at the centre with alternating beige and red border (one row). This is contained within a dark blue circular line. Two black thunderbirds are on each side of the central motif with five alternating light white-brown and orange triangles across the wingspan. Alternating red and beige triangles are on the outer border of the button and green on the edge. Basketry continues on the reverse with a grey outer border for two rows.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ahousaht
Material
dye, swamp grass and paper
Made in
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Button3261/9

Tightly woven basketry button. Front weaving has a light green circle at the centre with alternating beige and red border (one row). This is contained within a dark blue circular line. Two black thunderbirds are on each side of the central motif with five alternating light white-brown and orange triangles across the wingspan. Alternating red and beige triangles are on the outer border of the button and green on the edge. Basketry continues on the reverse with a grey outer border for two rows.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ahousaht
Material
dye, swamp grass and paper
Made in
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3262/4

Round basket with attached lid. Basket is made of strips of black ash wood, in a variety of broad weaves. Around centre of body are two strips of twisted bark that create a wooden curl. Both above and below are strips coloured light pink. Near base is a thin braid of green-coloured bark. Two handles sit opposite each other, circles of bark attached by a curl under the rim. Lid is connected to body by black thread, which also sews strips of bark together to create lid’s rim. Green braids are woven around edge, and bark curls attach a handle to centre of lid.

Culture
Ojibwa
Material
black ash wood ?, dye and sweet grass ?
Made in
Walpole Island, Ontario, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Quillwork Box3261/119 a-b

Rectangular wooden quillwork box with lid (part b). Box is made of birch bark and covered with quillwork forming chevron patterns. The two short sides of the box have a curved lip. The lid also has a dense pattern of quillwork over it.

Culture
Mi'kmaq
Material
birch bark, birch wood, porcupine quill and dye
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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