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Moccasins1060/75 a-b

Pair of white moccasins with multicoloured floral quillwork on the toe cap and around the heel. Cuff-like piece that wraps around the heel is trimmed with cloth and ties together at the front, over the tongue. Lined with ecru-coloured cloth.

Culture
Arctic America
Material
deer skin, fibre, paper, porcupine quill and dye
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Box935/4 a-b

Cylindrical box of birch bark with quill designs. Bottom piece has vertical white quills covering bottom 2/3 of sides and grass lining rim that is held on by black thread. Lid of box has grass wrapped around bottom half of the sides and white vertical quills on top half that spill over onto the top and form a triangular zigzag pattern around the top edge. A black bird is done in quill on the top of the lid.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands ?
Material
birch bark, porcupine quill, dye, sweet grass, stem and fibre
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Box935/3 a-b

Ovular box with straight sides; lid sits inside the box and has a lip that rests on rim. Part a (bottom) has grass lining top and bottom edges that is stitched on with black thread. Centre of sides is decorated with vertical white quill work. Base of box is also rimmed in grass. Part b (lid) has grass around edge of top face and in the centre has a brown beaver on white ground done in quill.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands ?
Material
birch bark, porcupine quill, stem, fibre, sweet grass and dye
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Box935/2 a-b

Circular birch bark box with fitted lid covered with stitched porcupine quill designs. Sides of box feature orange, brown and white geometric and zigzagging patterns, while the lid is covered with a geometric design with four tree-like figures.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands ?
Material
birch bark, fibre, wood, dye and porcupine quill
Made in
Quebec, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Doll MoccasinsNa709 a-b

Pair of leather doll's moccasins; high, fringed top with pink quill work on toe. Light grey with ties of the same material. Sewn with white thread. Quill work almost missing from one.

Culture
Ojibwa
Material
leather skin, fibre, porcupine quill and dye
Made in
Ontario, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNa708 a-b

Circular birch bark basket with straight, vertical sides and a flat-topped lid. Sweet grass edging on top and bottom edges of body and outer edges of lid are hand stitched with black thread. Basket's sides are encircled by a crisscrossing pattern of white quillwork. Lid features a large red quillwork maple leaf.

Culture
Ojibwa
Material
birch bark, sweet grass, fibre, porcupine quill and dye
Made in
Ontario, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNa707 a-b

Circular birch bark basket with straight, vertical sides and a flat-topped lid. Sweet grass edging on top and bottom of body and outer edge of lid is stitched with black thread. Basket's sides are encircled with an overlapping pattern of white quillwork. Lid features a purple and white bird sitting on a branch in quillwork--red, green, white and purple quills are used.

Culture
Ojibwa
Material
birch bark, fibre, sweet grass, porcupine quill and dye
Made in
Ontario, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNa1076

Heart-shaped fibre bundle basket; sides created by bundled sweet grass coiled around in a continuous spiral and held together with a lashing of dark brown thread. Sides flare outward from a birch bark base decorated with a floral design of yellow and purple circles and crosses in quill work, much of which is missing. Coiling interrupted by openwork pattern formed by bundled grass stitched into one zigzag.

Culture
Ojibwa
Material
birch bark, dye, cotton fibre, sweet grass and porcupine quill
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BoxNa702 a-b

Rectangular box with arched end walls, and niche on one side for metal lock. Hinge wire at two places on opposite side. Birch bark, with chevron designs of porcupine quills in yellow-white, brown, and yellow-orange, wrapped around sides. Arched lid of birch bark fits over rim of box. Ends and side of lid are lashed to top with split root. Wire at two points on one side, in centre of other. Chevron designs in quills interwoven in alternating rhomboids and pairs of stripes. Quill design in top; wide longitudinal band of symmetrically arranged triangles and rectangles, dominated by central equilateral diamond enclosing four petalled curvilinear pinwheel. Band flanked by narrower bands of four half-circles each. Designs enhanced with interwoven or overlaid quills. Lid split across top, and across one end. Scoring of bark for design planning seen where quills are missing on box and lid.

Culture
Mi'kmaq
Material
porcupine quill, birch bark, wood, spruce root ?, metal and dye
Made in
New Brunswick, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pipe BagD2.88

Quill and beadwork on a long hide bag. One beadwork panel on each side of the bag with two stripes each containing pink, red, green, and gold-coloured beads between the two panels. The beadwork panel on one side has a red-, pink-, and green- outlined hour glass shape on a white background that has eight pink triangles within, the upper four of which are bordered by black, gold, and red while the lower four of which are bordered by black and green. The other beadwork panel on the other side has three vertical bands of three pink triangles on a white background. The central line of triangles are bordered by gold, green, and black. The side triangles are cut in half vertically and are bordered by black and green. Above the panels, there are two horizontal lines of orange and purple, and mint green and red quillwork. Both side flaps of the bag have two rounded projections creating a v-shape with white beaded edging. Below, there is a long skin fringe tied around the tops with dark blue, mint green, and red quills.

Culture
Plains
Material
skin, glass, porcupine quill, dye ? and fibre
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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