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Cream Jug3676/3

Cylindrical cream jug with round handle and wide, round spout; made of red-brown clay. Dark brown-black glaze applied to interior, upper half of exterior, handle, and area around handle. Unglazed portion is shaped like an elongated-trapezoid. Northwest Coast design elements painted black in unglazed area. Artist initials painted on base.

Culture
Canadian
Material
clay, paint and glaze
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bentwood Box3669/1

Undecorated bentwood box with thick lid. Box, made of yellow cedar, is secured shut along the seam with four pegs; attached to a thin square base. Lid has a deep and wide lip, that protrudes out and completely covers the box opening. Base and lid both made of red cedar, and have rounded edges. Unsigned.

Culture
Tlingit: Taku Tlingit
Material
red cedar wood and yellow cedar wood
Made in
Atlin, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Owl3673/5

Copper plate engraving on rectangular off-white paper, in horizontal orientation; engraving set into paper, with raised rectangular border. Central design of an owl with outspread wings; outlined with hatch lines. Owl has small circular eyes and a V-shaped beak; body and legs decorated with spots, with faint lines throughout. Wings are covered with rows of hatch lines; entire design done in black ink. Small inscription in top right corner, with price of drawing ($50). Syllabics, edition number, 44/50, year made, and additional syllabics written along bottom edge of engraving; Canadian Eskimo Arts Council logo embossed in bottom right corner. All inscriptions written in pencil.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada and Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Musk Ox3673/9

Ink and pencil crayon drawing on off-white rectangular paper, in portrait orientation; design done on upper half of page, leaving bottom of paper blank. Design consists of two musk oxen, facing away from one another, on a coloured patch of ground. Oxen have yellow horns, and black fur with brown-red highlights throughout; area around eyes, nostrils, and hooves are uncoloured. Ground is a thin, irregularly-shaped oval with small rocks and pebbles scattered throughout; done in light yellow and black. Brown-red, semi-circular hill in the background, with large black rocks scattered and stacked across it. Syllabics signature in bottom right corner of design, overtop coloured ground; number pencil inscriptions along bottom edge, and small white sticker with artist name, on back of drawing.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada and Qamanittuaq, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Miniature Chair3672/2 a-h

Set of 6 matching miniature birch-bark chairs (parts a-f), another chair with a slightly different shape and pattern (part g) and a birch-bark corner shelf (part h); all decorated with floral designs in dyed quillwork. Parts a-f and h have similar floral designs on the chair backs and seats, in white, pink, yellow and green quillwork, with a simple cross pattern on the lower sides. The other chair, part g, has much finer floral patterns on five surfaces, embroidered using dyed grasses(?).

Culture
Anishinaabe
Material
birch bark, porcupine quill, fibre, grass ? and dye
Made in
Ontario, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Grandmother with Ulu and Candy3673/2

Ink and pencil crayon drawing with a pencil border along all edges; done on off-white rectangular paper, in horizontal orientation. Design consists of a grandmother's hand, extending from the top right corner, holding an ulu; done in dark brown. Behind the ulu is a large lollipop, with the stick pointed towards the bottom right corner of the drawing; candy has groupings of blue, yellow, green, and red stripes throughout. West Baffin Eskimo Cooperative logo embossed in bottom right corner, within pencil border. Title(?) and signature(?) written along bottom edge of drawing, outside of border, in dark brown ink. Number inscriptions and measurements written in pencil, along bottom edge on back.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada and Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fan3660/31

Fan of white and some purple-blue downy feathers, and a birch bark handle with quillwork. The front has attached a small black and orange-yellow bird with its body oriented downwards, and head turned to its left. The back has 11 white feathers extending out of the handle, the tops of which have been rounded with downy feathers extending beyond them. There is quillwork on both sides of the birch bark handle. On the front, there is a seated person in profile with a pipe held to their mouth next to a small tree surrounded by a foliage frame with a flower at the top and bottom. Below, a bird in profile stands within some foliage. The quillwork on the back of the handle depicts another person in profile with a pipe(?) held to their mouth, situated between two different plants and also framed by foliage and a flower at the top and bottom. Below appears to be a red plant.

Culture
Huron-Wendat
Material
down feather, feather, baltimore oriole bird ?, birch bark, porcupine quill ? and cotton fibre
Made in
Ontario, 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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Doll3660/22

Tall cone-shaped female doll with plaited plant fibre wrapped around the neck, arms and body. She wears a black and red skirt with white and some red and purple beadwork along the hem as well as some multi-coloured beadwork. A flat metal hoop wraps around the waist, and a piece of skin with fur is wrapped over the back and breasts. She has hair of fine twisted plant fibre, and the face has beaded features. The body is filled with stuffing.

Culture
Ndebele
Material
fibre, grass ?, plant fibre, glass, skin, metal and clay
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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