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MaskA3814

Carved wooden, crooked beak headdress, or mask. The beak has large red and white ovoid shaped nostrils with a red and white split u form on one side. Running from the brow is a large central black frill that protrudes outward and curves inwards to underneath the centre of the beak. The mouth is red, flat and protruding. The underside of the beak is black with white detailing; beak is nailed shut. The eyes are black, outlined in white and black on a green ovoid shaped ground; brow is black. There are black and white u-shaped feathers behind the eye. The inside of the mask is hollow with the exception of a thin ring of cedar used by the wearer. Attached at the top are small bundles of small stripes of cedar bark. Hanging from the back are long strips of bark. Lining the top, side and bottom is a twisted braid of cedar. The mask is painted black, white and red with Northwest Coast stylized forms.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, metal, fibre, cedar bark, paint and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bird MaskA3674

Large, carved, wooden, raven hamatsa mask with a long beak and thin, s-shaped cutout nostrils. The beak is hinged with pieces of leather nailed to either side. The beak is painted black with a red mouth and nose. At the back of the nose are three triangles, outlined in white. The eyes are white, outlined in black, on a red, ovoid shaped background; brow is black. In front of the eye are three white U-forms and under the eye are five white s-shapes. The inside of the mask is hollow with the exception of twine used to open and close the beak. The top, side and bottom edges of the mask are lined with braided cedar. The top has short pieces of cedar creating a fringe, while there are a few longer pieces on the sides. There are three feathers intertwined in the cedar. The bottom is black with white U-forms. The mask is painted black, red, and white with Northwest Coast stylized designs.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
fibre, feather, cedar bark, wood, paint, leather skin and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Raven MaskA3673

Carved bird mask with a long beak and oval shaped cutout nostrils. The beak is hinged with pieces of leather on either side, nailed to the lower mouth. The beak and nostrils are painted black with red edging and white detailing. There are numerous white U-forms extending from the back of the mouth to around the nose. The eye is outlined in black on a white, ovoid shaped background; eyebrow is black. The top of the head is decorated with cedar bark fringe and black feathers. Long strips of cedar run down the back, sides and front of the opening. The inside of the mask is hollow with the exception of a long rectangular shaped, wooden handle and attached twine cords. The mask is painted black, red and white.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, cedar bark, feather, paint, leather skin and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlA3669

Dish carved in the shape of a wolf with a deep, oval-shaped cavity in the back. Wolf has a long snout with large nostrils and teeth, four legs curled underneath the bowl, and a fully articulated tail. Traces of red and black paint remain visible on the sides.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bentwood BoxA3667 a-b

Cedar bentwood box (part a) with a lid (part b). All four sides made from a single cedar board, steamed and bent into three right angle corners. The open seam is nailed together. Straight sides, fluted on ends and one side. A separate cedar board is nailed on to make a bottom. Lid is constructed of a cedar board with one side of having an upturned flaring edge.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar wood and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentA3665

Ornament made from a roughly rectangular piece of abalone shell with a natural hole through the shell, and a smaller drilled hole at the centre of one of the long edges.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
abalone shell
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA3662

Xwixwi mask with white face, protruding cylindrical eyes, hooked nose with red nostrils and red recurved tongue. Green around eyes. Black and green scalloped border around top rim, black eyebrows and moustache. 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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WhistleA4196

Brown wood whistle that is rectangular in cross section and comes to a tapering end and is bound in two sections with brown twine, one near the wider end and one near the middle. While the wider end is solid, there is a hollow through the smaller end where there are two taper cut rectangular holes side-by-side nearby on one side.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Head RingA3600

Plaited cedar bark headband with twined coils of bark around the upper rim. Bundles of cedar bark strips are attached horizontally on either side of the headband. Band is lined with white and red checkered cotton cloth. Traces of red colouring in the cedar bark.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
dye, cedar bark, cotton fibre and pigment ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA3588 a

Mask with a broad face that has a hooked nose and protruding cheeks. The mask is surmounted by a bird figure with a long beak, flexible wood and fabric wings, and a movable neck covered in fabric. The wings and neck are manipulated with strings that extend down behind the mask. The mask is painted with heavy black eyebrows, an animal figure design on the forehead in black, blue and red, a green nose with a blue tip and red nostrils, an orange finger-like design beside the eyes, a black moustache, red lips, and another animal design on the cheeks in blue, black and red. The bird figure has a canvas back, wings and neck, all painted with blue-green and black, and the remainder of the body is off-white. The bird's head is medium and dark grey with white spots, and dark green with a border of exposed natural wood around the mirrored glass eyes. The beak is light green with orange at the edges.

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