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ArrowNi68

Two part arrow. First part is bamboo with notched end, three blue and yellow bands around end, three feathers bound at top and bottom over bands. Second part is wood, fitted and bound with fibre to bamboo, wood curves at join, narrows to blunt end.

Culture
Huichol
Material
fibre, feather, paint, wood and bamboo grass
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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God's Eye FigureNi61

Three sticks, a vertical stick and two others that cross it at angles. Blue yarn wrapped around sticks to form a hexagon. Three irregular pieces of paper have partial words in pink or black on green or white, red and blue ground. Paper attached to base of central stick with green yarn. Handle notched at either end is attached to end of central stick with purple yarn. Length of purple yarn along handle and wrapped around each notch.

Culture
Huichol
Material
synthetic fibre, paper and wood
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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God's Eye FigureNi60

Two wooden sticks forming a cross have blue and orange yarn wrapped around the junction to form a diamond pattern. Top end of central stick and cross- stick on left wrapped in unspun wool. Small woven square has orange cross-stitch central design of a female in a skirt. Square attached to top of central stick by orange thread.

Culture
Huichol
Material
cotton fibre, wool fibre, wood and synthetic fibre ?
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cockle Hunter MaskNb9.59

Deeply carved humanoid mask has black stained cedar bark strips folded, wrapped and tied to u-shaped ear projections and to upper edge of brow ridge; beneath cedar bark, between ear projections, red scallop-like design; ears have a series of rounded forms with a triangular form at base; large arched brows; deeply inset blue eye areas with black and white circular hollow eyes; hooked nose has curled tip resting on upper lip; rounded flaring hollow nostrils; deeply inset blue area around open mouth with protruding red lip bands; curvilinear t shaped design on cheeks; black and red coil at side rims meld with black chin. On reverse, thin wire is wrapped around a screw at each side rim and a nail at centre top to form a hanging device; red and black paint around eyes, nose and mouth; signed at side on right 'cockle hunter (Bookwus)' Glenn Tallio Nuxhalk Nation Bella Coola B.C.'87.

Culture
Nuxalk
Material
fibre, metal, cedar bark, paint and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowNi69

Two part arrow. First part is bamboo with notched end, three blue and two yellow bands around end, three feathers bound at top and bottom over bands. Second part is wood, fitted and bound with fibre into the bamboo, narrows to blunt end.

Culture
Huichol
Material
feather, wood, bamboo grass, paint and fibre
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowNi25

Long narrow straight bow has two v-shaped notches cut into either side at one end, one v-shaped notch cut into opposite end. Thin strip of hide is wrapped three times around one notched end, strip passes through notch, twisted down length, and is knotted at double notched end.

Culture
Huichol
Material
skin and wood
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowNi40

Long narrow strip of wood notched at both sides at one end and at one side on the opposite end. Grey-white rawhide strip wrapped around end with one notch, one piece extends down length to double notched end and is tied.

Culture
Huichol
Material
wood and skin
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CarvingNi73

Form is of graduating in size, having seven 'steps' on each side. Front and back surfaces are flat. Mirror with metal edging and outlined with two and a half rows of black beads at centre front. Small burnt circles outline form. On front, two crossing diagonal lines above mirror, two semi-circular lines below mirror, and a triangle on the base. On back, central line with paired lines curving away on either side. Beads, some loose and others strung together, are pressed into beeswax to form decorations: red and yellow cross above mirror, red and yellow diagonal line below mirror, three black rows below mirror on right, yellow bordered by red on left of base, black and red cross at centre base, five circles down each side, and four circles down centre back. Pink and yellow yarn pulled through hole at centre top, knotted with ends hanging free. Two red and two yellow pompoms on cord wrapped below mirror.

Culture
Huichol
Material
metal, glass, silver alloy metal ?, synthetic fibre and wood
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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GuitarNi64

Small roughly shaped guitar has rectangular head. Five pegs on underside extend through to top, with peg in each corner and at centre. Ends of three horsehair and two metal strings are wrapped around pegs, opposite ends are wrapped and tied around the bridge which is glued to the lower body. Four twisted palm fibre cords are wrapped and knotted around fingerboard. Fingerboard is glued and nailed to neck. Sound hole in centre of body. One strip of wood is bent to form sides, glued to top and bottom of body. Red and blue yarn looped and knotted around fingerboard next to head. Three pompoms attached to top centre of head by braided cord.

Culture
Huichol
Material
pine wood ?, metal, palm fibre, synthetic fibre, wax, horse hair and adhesive
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ViolinNi63 a-b

Small roughly shaped wooden violin (part a) has scroll-like end, peg-box with four pegs, thin white cord looped and tied around one end of peg-box, fingerboard extending downward from peg-box, four metal strings with one end of each string looped around a peg and the other end passing through a hole in the tail piece, looping over the string and is twisting, on two strings at tail piece are metal circles with short yarn fringe. Small dark brown cleaver-like instrument attached to string on right by thin white cord. Small square piece of wood beneath end of tail piece. Looped and knotted palm fibre cord passes through holes in end of tail piece and around knob glued to bottom back. Two s-curved sound holes cut into sound board on either side of strings between fingerboard and tail piece. Sound board, sides, back and fingerboard are glued together. Bracket (part b) bow has 38 calibre gun shell cartridge at one end, cloth-strip wrapped and tied at end of cartridge, multiple strands of horsehair emerge from cloth and extend down length to pass through hole in opposite end and are knotted.

Culture
Huichol
Material
pine wood ?, metal, horse hair, cotton fibre, synthetic, palm leaf and adhesive
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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