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HookZ 34970

A very curled halibut hook made from hemlock wood with a bone point lashed to the upper arm with bark.; Good

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wood, hemlock wood ? and bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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HookZ 34969

Halibut hook made from knotted bent hemlock with bone point lashed onto the upper arm with bark, and the lower tapering arm lashed with very fine root. A length of nettle fibre is stretched across the arms and there are vestiges of a sinew leader.; Good

Culture
Makah ? or Nuu-chah-nulth ?
Material
wood and hemlock wood ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Hook1928.968 B

A) Large bent wood halibut hook with a bone barb and lashing on upper and lower arms of bark. B) Large bent wood halibut hook with a bone barb lashed onto the upper arm with root, and the lower arm tightly wrapped with string. A length of string has been wrapped between the two arms near the barb, possibly for securing the bait.; Good

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wood, hemlock wood ? and bone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Hook1928.970/Record 2

Hook made from two bent pieces of wood lashed together with root. The barb is the sharpened end of one section of bent wood and is strengthened by a knotted cross piece of root. The hook has a length of rope tied to the lower arm together with a loose twist of bark twine.; Good

Culture
Haida
Material
wood and hemlock wood ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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BasketA2.592

Cylindrical basket of twined weave with some skipped stitch (twill) overlay in grass (dyed). Horizontal bands with dyed weft strands woven in and skipped stitch over in green and maroon.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
spruce root ? and dye
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tuwatmeri Pole2683/1

Deeply carved wooden clan pole covered in various figures, animals and designs on all sides, with the creator figure Tuwatmeri at the top of both sides. The pole is round at the base; slightly flat and rectangular at the top. The eyes of the figures are inlaid with shell. Artist's inscription around pole near base on one side.

Culture
Iatmul: Simal
Material
spruce wood and cowrie shell
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket1403/2

Burden basket. Rectangular coiled basket with tall sides. Exterior is decorated with seven dark wavy lines; the top wavy line opposes the direction of the other six.

Culture
Tsilhqot'in
Material
grass, bark and spruce root ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Canoe1505/2

Model canoe. Small light brown wooden canoe carved from a single piece of wood, that widens in the centre and tapers to squared off points at either end. The prow sits slightly higher than the stern. Each end has a curve from top to bottom but the stern has a much more pronounced curve. The surface is undecorated.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
spruce wood
Made in
Yakutat, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD3.7 a-b

Brown birch bark basket (part a) tapering from a rectangular bottom to an oval-shaped top. Bark is bent and laced into place, with a twig around the rim overcast with red dyed spruce root. A flat, fitted lid (part b) features a looped handle in its centre set atop two layers of oval birch bark panels with decorative, zigzagging borders. Both the basket and the lid have decorative cross-shaped stitches in dyed red and green spruce root on them at well-spaced intervals.

Culture
Arctic America ?
Material
birch bark, spruce root, dye and fibre
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hat1392/1

Wide brimmed hat with a small narrow woven rim on the underside of the hat. The hat is woven with three different weaving techniques. The top of the hat has alternating bands of close knit weaving and is decorated with three painted triangular shapes. The middle portion of the top section of the hat has a close weave with no patterns and is decorated with two large eye motifs in green, red, and black. The brim of the hat is woven with alternative bands of diagonal weaving and is decorated with wing patterns of a bird. A three-part tail feather design takes up the majority of the back of the hat brim. The designs are green, red, and black.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
cedar root ?, paint and spruce root ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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