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FrontletA4237

A hawk's head on top of a human head surmounted by a smaller hawk's head. Abalone shell inlay decorates the border. Painted in red, green and black.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and abalone shell
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA4236

Thunderbird mask with pronounced curved beak, orbitals are recessed with slight protrusion of eyes. Two attached horns curve from top of head. Remnants of feathers and skin above brow. Painted in green, red and black.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
metal, wood, fibre and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Head RingA4234

Head ring made from woven cord backed by red cloth with four large, square pieces of abalone shell attached around the outside at evenly spaced intervals. Ermine pelts line the top of the ring. Two cords crisscross the top of the ring at right angles, with a large cedar bark tassel attached at the centre.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
abalone shell, ermine skin, cotton fibre, cedar bark and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Neck RingA4233

Tightly knitted cover of red string sewn over a core of cloth. Long tassels of orange-red string knotted on the ends are sewn to the ring in four places that are relatively equally spaced. Oval in shape.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HornA4231

A hollow, cylindrical, brown wood cone shape piece that tapers into three sections wrapped with black tape inbetween each section (two sets of black tape). Brown string is wrapped around near the tapered end.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
fibre, adhesive and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Head RingA4228 b

Cedar bark band backed with cloth and faced with red-dyed cedar bark. Extra bundle of bark sewn on one side on the top edge - additional panel of red-dyed cedar bark sewn on the opposite side. Colour: red.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
fibre and cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SkirtA4228 a

Wide piece of twined cedar bark. Alternate strands of golden-coloured and red-dyed cedar bark folded over a wool band and twined with two rows of string. Colours: golden, red.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark, fibre and wool fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Paint BrushA3643

Small paint brush with bristles inserted into the end cleft of a narrow cedar handle. The cleft is bound with black thread. The bristles are cropped on an angle.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
fibre, hair and cedar wood
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skull RepresentationA4166 a-c

Three figures, each in the shape of a skull. Each has a cedar bark fringe at the forehead and is painted white with only the top part of the jaw. Either side of the top part of the jaw is a hole: part b has off-white string threaded through both holes, and part c has the remains of a length of off-white string attached to its right side.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA3548

Thunderbird mask. Holes at top of head (where thunderbird 'horns' used to be; demarcated by paint). Pronounced rounded beak, tip added on. Lower jaw is movable. Colours are grey, red-brown, orange, black and white.

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