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Boots1769/1 a-f

Pair of outer boots (parts a-b) with one pair of outer liners (c-d) and a pair of inner liners (e-f). The boots are made with fur soles and skin uppers, decorated with three bands of rickrack in red, green and dark blue. The seal skin legs have mottled grey seal fur at the base, a band of off-white seal fur, a band of dark grey seal fur, and another band of off-white seal fur at the top. The edge is trimmed with dark blue fabric through which is threaded a red, yellow, green and dark blue wool drawstring. The outer liners are made of off-white felted wool with sole and foot sections joined in green herringbone stitching and the top edged in a decorative blanket stitch. The inner liners are taller than the outer liners and are made from off-white felted wool with the top band embroidered with four floral motifs and edged with red and green zigzag design in wool yarn.

Culture
Inuit
Material
seal skin, wool fibre, cotton fibre and caribou skin ?
Made in
Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mat1570/40

Beaded seal skin circular mat. Rows of concentric circles divided by pinked-cut skin edging, dyed pink. One row near centre has dark and light fur divided into triangles. Beading starts on second from outer row, with diamonds and hearts in yellow, blue, and pink. Following two rows of beading are vertical lines in yellow and green, and blue and yellow, and pink and yellow. Centre circle has beaded squares in five colours, white, green, pink, blue, yellow, and a centre star motif in red.

Culture
Arctic America
Material
ringed seal skin, cotton fibre ?, glass and dye
Made in
Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Game1294/2 a-f

Object is comprised of six separate parts. Part a is a square-shaped, brown piece of sealskin with several dozen round holes cut through it. Parts b--d are all brown pieces of sealskin cut into the shape of a miniature animal; each "pelt" has an ovoid hole cut through the head. Parts e and f are sticks or poles made of bone with one tapered, pointed end.

Culture
Inuit
Material
seal skin and bone
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Boots424/2 a-b

Pair of skin boots with skin soles and off-white and grey fur legs. Edged with red fabric at the rim through which a drawstring is strung, with red fabric at the ends. Cord is also strung through skin loops around the top edges of the sole.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait ?
Material
seal skin and fibre
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada ? or Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Kayak1158/1

Dark brown skin kayak over wood frame. Prow has different coloured skin. Wood framed and screwed rim over cockpit. Skin on inside of cockpit is tied to sides of wooden frame with sinew. Skin straps across the deck in front and behind cockpit are screwed on. Short angled piece of antler(?) tied with skin at one side of wooden cockpit frame.

Culture
Inuit
Material
seal skin ?, wood, metal, sinew and antler ?
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Container1393/5

A square seal skin basket with each side supported by a wood stick shaped into a circle. It is held together by coils of bark on the inside and by bands of skin along the upside down U-shaped curved wood stick upper rim of each side which creates a radiated effect.

Culture
Inuit ?
Material
seal skin and wood
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Boots565/2 a-b

Pair of boots made of brown and white caribou fur. The soles are made of dehaired seal skin with upstanding sides with vertical crimps. Between the sole and the vamp a red dyed narrow strip of dehaired skin is inserted all around. The leg section consists of white caribou fur with vertical brown caribou fur panels and narrow strips of white and brown caribou fur on either side of the leg. On top of this a horizontal strip of wolverine with two wolverine tassels in the front and in the back is sewn. Above this and intricately decorated broad band of shaved white and brown caribou fur in a geometric pattern, and tufts of red cloth are attached. The top of the boots have a blue cloth casing through which a plaited cord of wool is strung. On either side of the foot a long strip of dehaired skin is attached into the seam of the sole.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
caribou skin, seal skin, wolverine skin, dye, wool fibre and caribou sinew
Made in
Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Seal FigureNa1143

Small carved seal head, flattened at back with an oval hole at centre. Two holes on bottom with loose wooden plugs broken off at surface. Top surface has a row of incised circles with dots inside; wedge-shaped snout with incised v-shaped mouth, whispers and nostrils; eyelash-like eyebrows above round eyes, dots behind eyes. All circles are blackened.

Culture
Inupiaq ?
Material
walrus tooth, seal skin and charcoal ?
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bow DrillA2.189 a-c

Plain. Bow drill and mouthpiece. The antler drill (part a) is cylindrical and tapered to a rounded point at the bottom end and has a long point at the opposite end. The bone piece (part b) is that of a caribou foot. The bone bow (part c) is a curved piece and a loose band of skin across and knotted through a hole at each end of the curved piece.

Culture
Inuit: Netsilingmiut
Material
bearded seal skin, steel metal and caribou bone
Made in
Gjoa Haven, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlNa1126

Three sided bowl with rounded corners. Wide straight red-brown rim with two indented horizontal lines around circumference. Inner rim is beveled and flush joint shows faintly at outside. Brown bowl tapers to flat bottom. Centre bottom has small rectangular hole with six faint incised lines radiating out. Inner surface is rounded with a black rounded triangular insect-like creature painted at centre. Creature has a series of tiny vertical lines out from tail, bent legs on either side of head, tiny fin-like appendages above each leg, circular eyes and nostrils, and wide curved mouth with tiny lines indicating teeth. Three pronged line extensions from body.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood, pigment, seal blood, charcoal and clay
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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