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Pouch3660/52

Five-sided Seneca style beadwork pouch. The front is beaded with designs in solid light blue and yellow beads at top, and clear, translucent green and metallic brown. Two rows of white beading outlines the central design. Some shiny red fabric is apparent around the side and bottom edges.

Culture
Haudenosaunee
Material
wool fibre ?, glass, silk fibre ? and cotton fibre
Made in
Ontario, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pin cushion3660/43

Small beaded clamshell-shaped pin cushion that opens like a clamshell. The top of the cushion has heavy beadwork in a geometric motif of three circular shapes connected by two lines in clear beads with three black tubular beads at the centre of each circle, close to the scalloped edge. The words 'FROM NIAGARA FALLS' are beaded in amber-coloured beads above. The bottom is heavily embroidered with clear, amber, pink and yellow beads in a floral motif. The top flap opens up to a natural woven fabric cushion. The beadwork is on a dark blue wool(?) background, which is edged with light brown fabric and clear beads.

Culture
Haudenosaunee
Material
wool fibre ?, cotton fibre and glass
Made in
Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pouch3660/42

Beaded pouch made of black felted wool(?) edged in ruched black silk(?), and heavily beaded with flowers and foliage. The bag's shape is rounded with two scalloped flaps that fall to either side of the opening. The inside of the pouch is lined in black silk, and the underside of the flaps in felted wool. A black silk strap is partially attached to the pouch at the opening.

Culture
Haudenosaunee
Material
wool fibre ?, silk fibre ?, glass and fibre
Made in
Ontario, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Picture Frame3660/35

Heart-shaped picture frame made from dark green felted wool (?) and red fabric over paper boards. The two layers of fabric-covered board are whip stitched together along the edge with two white beads included with each stitch creating a white border. The front has some floral beadwork in small opaque or translucent beads. In the two rounded sections at the top of the heart are mirrored floral designs that feature a yellow and white flower alongside a pink and white flower, with a red bud and green leaves and stem. At the bottom of the heart is a fully-opened flower with each petal a different colour: red, yellow, green, orange, blue and pink. Accompanying each floral design are short lines of translucent yellow beads, two white beads, one larger yellow bead, and a silver sequin. The circular cutout window is bordered by stitching with translucent yellow beads. Hanging from the bottom of the heart is a beaded string, looped eight times, white with multicolour sections at each loop's lowest point. Twisted, colourful beaded strands are attached at the top for hanging. There is a pocket on the back.

Culture
Kahnawake
Material
plastic, wool fibre ?, fibre, metal and paper
Made in
Quebec, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Picture Frame3660/34

Heart-shaped picture frame made from blue-green felted wool (?) and red fabric over paper boards. The two layers of fabric-covered board are whip stitched together along the edge, with two white beads included with each stitch creating a white border. The front has some floral beadwork in small opaque or translucent beads. In the two rounded sections at the top of the heart are mirrored floral designs that feature a red and white flower alongside a yellow and white flower, with a pink bud and green leaves and stem. Between the mirrored designs is a small blue and white bead flower over pink sequins. At the bottom of the heart is a fully-opened flower with each petal a different colour: Red, white, yellow, green, pink and orange. Accompanying each floral design are short lines of translucent pink beads, two white beads, one larger blue bead, and a dark pink sequin. The circular cutout window is bordered by stitching with translucent pink beads. Hanging from the bottom of the heart is a beaded string, looped eight times, white with multicolour sections at each loop's lowest point. Twisted, colourful beaded strands are attached at the top for hanging. There is a pocket on the back.

Culture
Kahnawake
Material
plastic, wool fibre ?, fibre, metal and paper
Made in
Quebec, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Jacket3668/6

White, felted wool jacket with wide folded collar and centre opening; secured shut with three loops and bobble buttons. Collar is embroidered with connecting flowers and vines; done in orange, dark blue, and pink. Being with a serpentine body embroidered on either side of jacket opening, along sleeves, and down back centre of jacket. Being has a triangular head and wide open mouth, with loops imitating teeth and a wavy tongue; curved lines extend from nose, and swirls along bottom edge of jaw. Creature has frilled neck, three legs along length of looped body, and tail with fanning lines. Head and tongue are pink, eye is orange, frills are green and orange, body is orange with dark blue and green highlights, legs and tail are green and pink; circles along body are pink, circles and swirls on head are dark blue. All edges of jacket are trimmed with light purple cotton and bordered with wavy pink lines; additional dark blue irregular-shaped lines border cuffs, jacket opening, and bottom edge.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wool fibre, dye and cotton fibre
Made in
Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Doll3660/29

Fabric doll with a felted wool partial body dressed in a padded, wide, red and white striped skirt, under a felted dark orange wool dress decorated with rows of beadwork, and edged with black leather. Felt eyes, mouth; pink fabric head covering; beaded earrings and necklace. The body is filled with stuffing.

Culture
Herero
Material
wool fibre, fibre, plastic, glass ?, synthetic fibre and skin
Made in
Namibia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Doll3660/25

Fabric doll representing a pregnant woman. Body and dress made of layered fabrics - light green, black, pink with blue designs, and white, red and blue striped. Most of back and sides covered in beadwork panels. Large round beads form a cross-like design on a piece of skin hanging in front of her body. She wears a beaded wool headdress. Her eyes and mouth are beaded. The body is filled with stuffing.

Culture
Zulu
Material
fibre, plastic, skin, wool fibre and glass ?
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Doll3660/24

Fabric doll depicting a woman carrying a baby on her back in a red wrap. Body made of brown felted fabric that is filled. She wears a blue top with a black skirt with some beaded vertical lines and red beads around the hem. She wears a tall red wool hat with light blue, white and orange beading. She has a beadwork face, necklace, earrings, anklets, and bracelets. The body is filled with stuffing.

Culture
Zulu
Material
wool fibre, fibre and plastic
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Coca Bag3097/32

Multicoloured woven coca bag with a long thin twisted woven strap and an open top, with a small flap on the front. Made of two woven panels sewn together to form the front and back of the bag. The strap is woven in yellow, orange, and red, with a pattern of small tan circles, sewn into the inside seams of the bag. The strap is knotted just above the attachment to the bag on both sides. The front panel has a light tan ground with a column of red, orange, yellow, and green stripes in the centre creating a pattern of repeating horse figures with a line connecting to a small rectangle above their backs. The horse figures are bordered by tan columns and then thin columns of alternating orange and green blocks. There is a small flap with the same pattern as the central column connected at the top of the flap, and open on the inside of the bag creating a small pocket. The bottom edge of the flap is made up of loops of wrapped threads, in shades of green, white, orange, pink, and red. Each bottom corner of the flap has a long tubular wrapped string with a small elongated ball made of the same wrapped threads at the end. Outside the striped column are two wider columns patterned in dark red with a wide zigzag made up of two thin dark red lines with asterisk shapes inside, and horse figures with a line connecting to a rectangle above their backs, bird figures, and small oval shapes with a short horizontal line on one side outside of the zigzag pattern. The outside of these wide columns is a stripe of alternating light pink and green blocks. The back panel has a dark red ground with a matching green, yellow, orange, and red striped column in the centre, with light tan patterns. There is a row along the top of the panel with two lines with small squares spaced along the inside of the row on the lines, a wide row of blank ground, and the bottom half of the panel is patterned with thin horizontal tan lines. Both panels are bordered in yellow and connected at the right and left edge with a tan zigzag patterned edge with green and orange in the borders. The bottom edge of the bag is made up of loops of wrapped threads in shades of green, white, tan, yellow, orange, red, and pink with a wrapped thread ball at each corner. The right ball has two tubular wrapped strings with a ball at each end, the left ball only has one, as well as two in the centre of the bottom edge.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Tarabuco, Chuquisaca, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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