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MaskA4242

Mask with round eyes, scale symbols and gill slits. Black moustache over lip. Small ears with long cedar bark fringe on top. Green, black and red on white ground.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
metal, cedar bark, wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA3659

Painted wooden mask with a loon perched on the head. The mask has small round eyes, gill slits, a large nose and mouth with protruding front teeth in black, green, orange and white. The loon has spreadable wings, a metal tongue and is tied onto the top of the mask.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
metal, wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA4179

Dzunuk'wa mask. Shiny, black, humanoid mask with deeply recessed eye sockets, a hooked nose, heavy eyebrows, and protruding, pursed red lips. Lips, nostrils and eyes are red. Eye sockets and outlines of facial features are white.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA4178

Humanoid mask with small, deep set eyes, an articulated nose, heavy eyebrows and an open mouth. Small hole at centre of forehead. Facial features are marked with red and black paint. Green cord is tied through several holes at the back.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
fibre, wood, paint and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA4177

Humanoid mask with small circular eyes, an angular open mouth, large, protruding nose and prominent brow ridge. Facial features and linear designs are painted black and orange-red. Green cord is attached to several holes at the back of the mask.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
fibre, skin, wood, paint, metal and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressA3551

Headdress in the form of a dog head with carved designs on the bridge of the nose and rectangular indents for shell inlay over the eyes. Painted black with red and white eyes, as well as red nostrils and lips.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Transformation MaskA3546 a-b

Wooden, carved, transformation mask (in parts a-b - two sides no longer attached) with wolf on the outside and a thunderbird(?) on the inside. The face of the wolf has black edging with red nostrils and teeth. The eyes are black with white edging on a green ovoid-like shape background. One ear is attached to the top of the head and is decorated with an ovoid and split U shapes (part a). The inside of the mask is hollow with black painted thunderbird(?) with red detailing on a white background. The mask is painted black, red, green and white with stylized designs.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA3542

Brown wood double whistle made of two single whistles with one shorter than the other bound together by brown string. Both pieces are rectangular in cross section and come to a tapering end. The shorter piece is bound by string in two sections, one near each end while the longer piece is bound by string in three sections, one near each end and one near the middle. While the wider end is solid on each piece, there is a hollow (two in total) through the tapering end where there is a taper cut semi-oval hole (two in total) nearby on one side.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
douglas fir wood and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bentwood BowlA3563

Bentwood dish. Rim is curved convex and concave with operculum shells inlaid along upper edges. The last corner is pegged together and the bottom is pegged to the sides. Adzed fluting on the sides and ends. Wide band of vertical stripes carved along rim, with "x" on the centre of the ends.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar wood and operculum shell
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ceremonial DaggerA3552

Ceremonial dagger. Bulbous wooden handle, embellished by two round skulls with sunken eyes and nostril and teeth grooves that are nailed to either side of a dark coloured triangular shaped piece that then holds the rectangular metal blade and is secured with two nails.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and steel metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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