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MatA4098

Large rectangular mat with woven pattern. The strands are plaited diagonally to the axis of the mat. There are groups of dark cedar strands running at regular intervals through both the warp and weft, creating a geometric diamond pattern. The edges were originally hemmed by replaiting strands back into the body of the mat.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark and mud dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA4096

Carved wooden, crooked beak mask. The beak has long, exaggerated, protruding nostrils with two large u-shaped openings in the front; many incised white s-shaped forms behind it. Running from the brow is a large, protruding, central black and white circular frill that projects upwards and curves downwards to the middle of the beak. The mouth is red, flat, wide and protruding. The underside of the beak is black; hinged with rectangular pieces of rubber. The eyes are black ovoids on an ovoid shaped ground; the brow is black. The inside of the mask is hollow with the exception of pieces of fibre twine to articulate the beak. Attached to the top are many small cedar bundles with a piece of eagle down intertwined. The mask was painted black, red and white with Northwest Coast stylized forms but is mostly black due to being burnt by fire.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
fibre, cedar wood, cedar bark, paint, synthetic rubber and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA4095

Xwixwi mask with white face, protruding cylindrical eyes, hooked nose with red nostrils and red recurved tongue. Painted green with a scalloped edge around eyes. Scalloped black border on top rim. Black and green scalloped border around top rim, black eyebrows and moustache with downturned ends. Cord attached at back of mask.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, paint and cotton fibre
Made in
Blunden Harbour, British Columbia, Canada ? or Ba'as, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dance KnifeA3800

Warrior dance knife, or baton in the form of Sisiutl. A long thin cylindrical-like shaped wood piece with a central frontal head and a profile head on either side. Cedar bark is tied around one side. Painted with long upward curving protruding red tongues at either side and four horizontal black rings around each neck.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark, wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubA3799

Club with long handle and end in the shape of the head of a Sisiutl. Tongue of Sisiutl protrudes from mouth. Top curl on head. Painted detail in the colours red, green, and black. Light grey-brown fibre cording is wrapped and knotted half way up the handle.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, paint and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Power BoardA3798

Wooden figure consisting of a duntsik or power board used in winter dances. The design is cutout with Northwest Coast stylized form and outlined in black and white paint. The image represented is a thunderbird with cutout wings and beak, painted claws and its ears protruding from the top. The board has numerous rectangular pieces silver coloured foil adhered to the surface.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, paint, fibre and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Whale MaskA1596

Mask or headdress representing a whale with moveable dorsal fin, tail fin, and pectoral fins, a large flat mouth with a movable lower jaw, and cylindrical nostrils. The mask is painted black with concentric circles and ovals on the sides and head in white and red. The face is painted with black eyebrows,bordered in red and white, green around the eyes, black with an abstract white design on the cheeks, red and black designs above the white and red nostrils, black above the upper lip, and red lips. The fins are painted with designs in black, red, and white. Original tail flukes have been replaced by plain wooden carved pieces with painted and sewn cardboard cut-outs attached above.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, paint, fibre and paper
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PlateA1573

Undecorated, oval-shaped wooden plate. Rims flare slightly upwards. Bottom is rounded.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
alder wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA3657

Mask painted white with heavy black eyebrows, black around the eyes with a gill-like design in black over the cheeks, red nostrils and lips, a black moustache, red accentuating the cheeks and sides of the mouth, and a black chin. Two rectangular ears protrude at the sides and are painted red and white separated by a black line. There are also two black oval marks on the mask's right ear and four black oval marks on the mask's left ear. Cord attached at back with a piece of off-white fabric knotted around it.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, paint, fibre, dye and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Speaker's StaffA3655

Talking stick, or speaker's staff, with upper lacquered section decorated with totemic figures, and the lower tapering cylindrical portion painted dark green. There is a brass sheath on the tip with a rounded brass point emerging from the centre bottom of the staff.

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