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Spoon2713/9

Carved silver spoon with an oval shaped bowl and a handle that curves back at the tip. Killer whale is depicted on the shaft, a bird’s head on the tip of the handle and a face on the bottom of the bowl. Fine crosshatching is in the negative space. There are six lines of design in the whale's tail.The underside is engraved with ‘Fort Simpson; B.C.’, written on one line.

Culture
Haida
Material
silver metal
Made in
Port Simpson, British Columbia, Canada and Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Positive Die Mould2702/1

Positive die mould of a Northwest Coast salmon design. Made of a hard, green plastic or resin.

Culture
Haida
Material
plastic ?
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Totem Pole2713/34

Carved argillite pole with a slight taper and a concaved back mounted on a square base. From top to bottom: seal ? with spotted skin and protruding snout. Raven with a long beak and the wings tucked inwards; bear with a snout, carved nostril, bared teeth and protruding tongue holding onto three rings that sit on the head of a beaver. Beaver with two large front teeth holding onto a chewing stick. Its tail is turned upright and holds a human face.

Culture
Haida
Material
argillite stone
Made in
Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bracelet2713/3

Thin silver bracelet engraved with a front facing frog with its body split on either side. Fine crosshatching in the negative spaces.

Culture
Haida
Material
silver metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spoon2713/11

Carved spoon consisting of a large sheep horn bowl nailed to a carved mountain goat horn handle. Depicted from top to bottom: dorsal fin of a killer whale on the top of a human-like figure whose legs are also the tail of the whale. The side fin is positioned behind the tail which is resting on the head of the whale. In the whale’s mouth is an upside down human; the two figures are sharing a tongue. The whale’s eye is inlaid with abalone shell.

Culture
Haida
Material
mountain goat horn, mountain sheep horn, abalone shell and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bone Box2696/1 a-l

Manga mural using old plywood trays that have been painted and mounted as a rectangular 12-panel installation piece. The panels are installed as four vertical rows and three horizontal rows (top, left to right: parts a-d, middle parts e-h, bottom parts i-l). Each panel is installed to swivel from a vertical to horizontal position and when viewed horizontally each panel reveals a word on its top edge. When read in order the words form the sentence: "A STACK OF PLYWOOD TRAYS BUILT TO CONTAIN FRAGMENTS OF EVERYONE'S CULTURE".

Culture
Haida
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bracelet2713/2

Small gold children’s bracelet engraved with a double killer whale design. The whales are facing each other. Fine crosshatching in the negative space.

Culture
Haida
Material
gold metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Napkin Ring2713/1

Carved silver napkin ring depicting a bear(?) in profile. It has bear-like body with a snout and bared teeth. Fine crosshatching in the negative spaces; vertical hatched border around each rim. The initials ‘M.F.R’ are engraved in the body.

Culture
Haida
Material
silver metal
Made in
Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Stencil2694/5

Part of a set of 5 stencils that overall represents a diving whale. This stencil appears to be unused ad includes unfinished elements of the final design. The design is comprised of a combination of cutout and drawn elements. The mouth of the whale is visible as is one half of its eye and the top of its head. The dorsal fin is also visible but is upside down on the page and is not detailed.

Culture
Haida
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Stencil2694/3

Part of a set of 5 stencils representing a diving whale. The stencil depicts a dorsal fin with a head inside its lower half and a larger head that points down and away from the fin. The larger head has a front-facing eagle head in its eye. The stencil has a combination of cutout, and stenciled (using 2694/2 a-b) areas. The cutout areas have been used as a stencil with red paint. Both sides have been used.

Culture
Haida
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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