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KnifeD3.200 a-b

Slender knife with decorative quillwork handle and sheath. The sheath has two strips of quills along the length - red, yellow, green, yellow and red with white diamonds. The knife handle has quills around its circumference for the entire length. There are six rawhide tassels with quills wound around them and animal hair at their ends, at the end of the handle. The sheath is sewn together; the design is overlaid and sewn.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
rawhide skin, porcupine quill, metal, hair and dye
Made in
Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileA2.631

Sample of quill embroidery with stylized flower design; colours include white, yellow, navy, red, purple, green. Executed on oblong piece of hide. Short length of orange-pink thread attached to the back, near top. The back has written, 'Patsy Henderson. Carcross, YT. 6479[?]'.

Culture
Tagish
Material
moose skin, porcupine quill and dye
Made in
Carcross, Yukon Territory, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeltA2.630

Rectangular belt covered with bright, multicoloured quillwork, backed with printed flannel, and bound at the ends with black velvet. Green glass beads sewn along length of belt on both edges. The design on the belt is symmetrical; closest to the edges is a pink quill in a zigzag pattern with mauve background closest to the edges and brown on the other side of the zigzag. There is a white stripe. At the centre is a yellow diamond pattern with brown background and pink strips at the centre of each diamond.

Culture
Dene ?
Material
porcupine quill, glass and cotton fibre ?
Made in
Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeltA2.629

Rectangular belt covered with multicoloured quillwork, backed with black-navy wool, lined with a row of white beads, and bound at the ends with red wool. Quills dyed red, purple, white. Geometrical design: octagons connected by an adjoining side to hexagons. Middle of figures has two parallel lines with squares in the middle.

Culture
Arctic America
Material
porcupine quill, wool fibre, glass and dye
Made in
Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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