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Pipe Bag3239/1

Beaded and quill work pipe bag. Long bag is made of hide, thin and pliable on top, thicker and stiff with beading below, attached to a series of hide thongs wrapped in red-dyed quills, ending with an undecorated, dense hide fringe at bottom. Top portion of bag has two sets of thongs, as well as small metal tubes from which emerge a red fibre tassel. White-beaded panel contains coloured motifs, yellow and blue diamonds and triangles on one side, green, yellow and red triangles on the other. Quilled section incorporates concentric rectangular designs in purple, orange and green. Interior of bag is unlined and undecorated.

Culture
Kainai
Material
rawhide skin, glass, quill, cotton fibre, dye and metal
Made in
Alberta, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Quillwork Panel3239/4

Hide panel decorated with quillwork in two colours. Long rectangular piece of pliable hide is fully covered on one side by yellow-dyed quillwork, applied in a basket weave pattern. Red dyed quillwork is used to create four sets of three red lines, each extending horizontally across the panel, two emanating from a central line at middle, and two encroaching inward from the edges, each also backed with a red line.

Culture
Kainai
Material
rawhide skin, bird quill ? and dye
Made in
Alberta, 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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Tobacco Pouch3194/14

Miniature tobacco pouch. Bag is made of hide, rectangular in shape, with a long fringe at bottom. Front panel is covered with unrolled quills cut into small rectangles and dyed red, yellow or white. These are arranged into two opposing red triangles edged with yellow. White triangles emerge from the sides. At top are two fine handles made of white and green glass beads looped onto thread. The back of the pouch is undecorated.

Culture
Kainai
Material
porcupine quill, rawhide skin, dye and glass
Made in
Alberta, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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