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Baby CarrierA8815

Small cradle or baby carrier made from both raw and tanned deer hide, stretched over a wooden pine frame, red willow bottom strips, covered with red plaid flannel. Rocker bottom. Flannel carrying straps at either end. Raised framework around the head.

Culture
Tsilhqot'in
Material
pine wood, cotton fibre, deer skin and red willow wood ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sturgeon Nosed CanoeNd714

Canoe hull has long, pointed bow and stern, creating sharp angle back up to top rim (gunwale). Black painted canvas over rib and slat wood frame. Nails along inner top gunwale, metal wire at each end. Bark and cloth lashings used on frame. Middle stabilizing bar (thwart), no seats.

Culture
Ktunaxa
Material
bark, cotton fibre, paint, metal and white pine wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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GuitarNi64

Small roughly shaped guitar has rectangular head. Five pegs on underside extend through to top, with peg in each corner and at centre. Ends of three horsehair and two metal strings are wrapped around pegs, opposite ends are wrapped and tied around the bridge which is glued to the lower body. Four twisted palm fibre cords are wrapped and knotted around fingerboard. Fingerboard is glued and nailed to neck. Sound hole in centre of body. One strip of wood is bent to form sides, glued to top and bottom of body. Red and blue yarn looped and knotted around fingerboard next to head. Three pompoms attached to top centre of head by braided cord.

Culture
Huichol
Material
pine wood ?, metal, palm fibre, synthetic fibre, wax, horse hair and adhesive
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ViolinNi63 a-b

Small roughly shaped wooden violin (part a) has scroll-like end, peg-box with four pegs, thin white cord looped and tied around one end of peg-box, fingerboard extending downward from peg-box, four metal strings with one end of each string looped around a peg and the other end passing through a hole in the tail piece, looping over the string and is twisting, on two strings at tail piece are metal circles with short yarn fringe. Small dark brown cleaver-like instrument attached to string on right by thin white cord. Small square piece of wood beneath end of tail piece. Looped and knotted palm fibre cord passes through holes in end of tail piece and around knob glued to bottom back. Two s-curved sound holes cut into sound board on either side of strings between fingerboard and tail piece. Sound board, sides, back and fingerboard are glued together. Bracket (part b) bow has 38 calibre gun shell cartridge at one end, cloth-strip wrapped and tied at end of cartridge, multiple strands of horsehair emerge from cloth and extend down length to pass through hole in opposite end and are knotted.

Culture
Huichol
Material
pine wood ?, metal, horse hair, cotton fibre, synthetic, palm leaf and adhesive
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA4073

Rounded plain natural-coloured woven basket. Main design consists of a horizontal dark brown band around the central portion. Rim is coiled.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quinault
Material
pine root
Made in
Gray's Harbour, Washington, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA5136

Plain twined weave basket with twilled weave chevrons; fibre loop through rim. Decorated with two red and one blue band with zigzag twill design around each of the red bands, going clockwise and counter-clockwise.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quinault
Material
bear grass, dye, pine root and fibre
Made in
Gray's Harbour, Washington, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatD1.53

Woven hat with twined weaving and traditional designs. Designs include dark brown and chestnut triangle designs and parallellograms.There is also a sunburst on the top and a slight depression.

Culture
Yurok ? or Karuk ?
Material
pine root ?, redbud wood, fern root, bear grass and spruce root
Made in
California, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Water JugD4.68

Pine pitch water jug. Two rods and coiled weaving, covered in pitch. Pitch is dyed red; 2 sets of braided horse-hair handles (probably to put on a belt.)

Culture
Apache
Material
pine resin, horse hair and dye
Made in
Arizona, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bonito Fish FigureC378

Dark brown fish on base with several horizontal bands composed of several rows of triangular pieces of inlaid pava shell, and decorated with inlaid pava shell triangles on fins and around head. Two dorsal fins, tail fin, two pectoral fins, and one ventral fin; long, tapered nose.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
pava shell, milky pine wood and stain
Made in
New Georgia, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD4.53 a-b

Basket (a) with lid with small circular ring handle attached at centre (b); natural grass stitches with band of reddish grass stitches at centre on lid and base; all stiches in V formation.

Culture
Southwest
Material
pine needle, grass and dye
Made in
New Mexico, USA and Arizona, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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