Chatelaine Bag

MOA: University of British Columbia

3660/39

Small tulip-shaped cloth bag with densely beaded floral motifs on both sides in blue, green, red, yellow, white and clear. The beads are stitched on to a brown pile velvet fabric. There is a lighter brown fabric sewn around the edges, and a short handle made of brown velvet with a blue-purple sil...

Wall Pouch

MOA: University of British Columbia

3660/33

Boot-shaped wall-pocket, or pouch. The boot part is made of a double layer of birch bark, whip-stitched around the edges with thick black thread. There is an arched band attached at the top creating the pocket. Faded floral quillwork designs cover most of the front face and the band. Some quills ...

Booklet

MOA: University of British Columbia

3660/32

Birch bark booklet with quillwork. The cover has red maple leaf, angled row of white cross-hatching, and then in red "Veterans Guard of Canada" in quillwork. Inside birch bark pages are blank. The cover is edged with bent grass(?) and is whip-stitched with black cotton thread. There is a small ad...

Necklace

MOA: University of British Columbia

3660/20

Beaded collar necklace. Flat, semi-circular beaded necklace with solid lines of colour - 1 row of translucent green, 3 rows of white, then alternating rows of black and white, and then loops of orange with a line of alternating white and dark blue beads along the bottom of the orange loops. Beade...

Ornament

MOA: University of British Columbia

3660/13

Beaded South Africa flag ornament. Beadwork consists of a horizontal Y-shape (pall) in green, with yellow and white borders, separating sections of red (top) and blue (bottom) and a black hoist triangle. The beadwork hangs vertically from a large safety pin, which is attached to a small rectangul...

Necklace

MOA: University of British Columbia

3660/9

Beaded collar necklace. Flat, semi-circular necklace with open-beadwork in alternating rows of black or white beads. There are 14 dark blue beads included in the beadwork. The top row has solid white beading. There is very short fringe along the bottom edge. Loop and button closure.

Necklace

MOA: University of British Columbia

3660/7

Necklace with a flat rectangular beaded panel, adorned with mirrored triangle pattern in blue and pink on a white ground, with the edges lined with alternating blue and white beads. Hanging from the panel are short strands of beaded fringe in blue, pink and white. The top of the panel is connecte...

Picture Frame

MOA: University of British Columbia

3660/41

Brown velvet picture frame with oval opening at centre. Double rows of beads are sewn around the outside edge and the oval opening edge. Decorative beadwork in floral patterns around front, with "OTTAWA" beaded in gold beads at the top, and "1931" in green and gold beads at the bottom, with brown...

Purse

MOA: University of British Columbia

3660/45 a-c

Canoe purse. Small, mauve velvet, canoe-shaped purse, heavily beaded with clear beads. Beads are attached around upper edges and ends, in horizontal decorations on both sides of canoe. One side has five light blue beads inside circles of clear beads, and there are three triple strand loops of bea...

Doll

MOA: University of British Columbia

3660/15

Small beaded doll. Doll has cylindrical body with alternating bands of white and black around the upper torso. They have two cylindrical white legs, and a pointed pedal-like skirt at the waist. Their arms are fashioned similar to the skirt - two beaded loops, one on each side. The face is black w...