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Beaded pad saddle
The horse was introduced to southern Plains and Great Basin …
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Parfleche
Parfleches are rectangular rawhide containers that fold over…
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Smoked skin shirt belonging to Mékaisto, or Red Crow
Red Crow (about 1830-1900) was head chief of the Kainai, or …
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David Milne, Painting Place, colour drypoint
Painting Place came about by accident. The artist, David Mil…
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Blue wool shirt of Louis O'Soup, the Plains Ojibwa or Saulteaux leader
Louis O'Soup (about 1830-1913) wore this shirt when addressi…
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Purple wampum belt
Wampum consists of small cylindrical beads, often about 5-7 …
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Replica of a shaman's parka, made by Rachel Uyarasuk
This replica of a shaman's parka was made by Rachel Uyarasuk…
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Soapstone elbow pipe with wooden stem
Pitikwahanapiwiyin, or Poundmaker (about 1842-86), was the g…
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Three ivory harpoons
The smaller harpoon head in the centre would have been used …
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Wooden grease dish or bowl
This dish would have been used for serving or eating rich fo…
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'Namgis mask
This mask represents an animal ancestor of the Kwakwaka'wakw…
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Alderwood gull mask
This wooden mask is decorated with flicker feathers. It also…
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Alderwood mask of a woman of high rank, possibly Djiláquons
This Haida mask proclaims the high status of the woman depic…
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Alderwood model canoe
This model canoe is carved from a single piece of alderwood,…
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Birchbark container
Containers like this are made in much of the circumpolar reg…
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Boy's combination suit (atajuq), made by Catherine Arnatsiaq
This combination suit ( atajuq ) of light and thin caribou s…
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Caribou-skin model of a hunter
This is likely to have been a model made for sale at a fur t…
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Human scalp stretched on a wooden hoop
Scalping was a ritual and religious activity in some parts o…
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Kayak jacket of neoprene (tuiliusaq)
'Those of neoprene, - they are waterproof, they are fine. An…
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Man's boots
In the past, to be a good hunter, it was not enough to maste…
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Man's winter outfit, made by Leonie Qrunnut
This man's winter outfit consists of an outer parka ( qulitt…
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Maple spindle whorl
This spindle whorl was used for spinning mountain goat wool.…
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Mask of Dzoonokwa
Dzoonokwa is a giant of the forest, or Wild Woman of the Woo…
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Mask of the Nulthamalth, or fool dancer
The Nulthamalth , or fool dancer is an important figure in t…
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Model tikinagan, or cradle
This model cradle is constructed from a wood board, with a s…
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Painted military drum
The Midewiwin , or 'Grand Medicine Society', was a shamanist…
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Painted wood model of the Bear or Goose House
This model was carved for The British Museum in the 1890s by…
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Snow goggles of caribou antler
These goggles are carved from the hard rind or outer edge of…
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Soapstone pipe bowl
This pipe-bowl, and the stem which is now missing, were depi…
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Supernatural crystal, or ha'ina
The Nuu-chah-nulth believed that these crystals, or ha'ina ,…
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Three ulus
Inuit women use a crescent-shaped knife, the ulu , in most a…
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Twined whaling hat
The hat is made from twined bulb-topped cedar bark, spruce r…
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Woman's winter outfit, made by Zipporah Innuksuk
Traditionally, a woman's winter outfit like this example wou…
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Painted caribou-skin coat
The hunt for food at the end of summer and beginning of autu…
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Sealskin boots, made by Mary Amaaq
Traditionally, the people of Igloolik made a variety of diff…
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Soapstone bowl
The basic elements of Northwest Coast culture, such as the e…
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Ulu with a musk ox horn handle
Inuit women use an ulu , a crescent-shaped knife, in most as…
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Woman's amauti of sealskin
Unfortunately, there is no documentation on this beautiful w…
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John Webber, Nootka Sound, a watercolour
Nootka Sound, on the Pacific coast of Vancouver Island in Ca…
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Ric Glazer Danay, Mohawk Lunch Pail
The artist Ric Glazer Danay (born 1942), from Kahnawke, Québ…
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Two stone clubs
The stone clubs are pecked and ground. One is phallic, carve…
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War shirt, leggings, head-dress and moccasins
The war shirt is decorated with painted designs including Th…
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George Cruikshank, Landing the Treasures, or Results of the Polar Expedition!!!, a cartoon
In its early days the British Museum had a Department of Nat…
