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MaskA3561

Mask with shredded cedar bark tied to top of head. The mask has round eyes, an open mouth, gill symbols around the mouth, and a black moustache. Painted in black, brown, red and white.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, cedar bark, fibre and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubA3417

Long, wooden club with an elongated, diamond shaped base and a cylindrical shaped head. The base has a continuous spiral band design burned, midway, onto the staff. The head has two, carved, back to back human faces sharing a headdress marked by deeply carved diagonal lines. The head is carved and painted in black, red and green.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
paint and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RopeA6030

Rope made from twisted cedar bark.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Neck RingA3540

Woven rope-like red cedar bark ring with three sets of long tassels made of strands of finer cedar bark twisted together and knoted at the ends.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA8102

Humanoid face mask. Oval shaped mask with wide pronounced red lips, red nostrils, circular black eyes on a green background, and black gill shapes around the mouth. The bottom half of the face has a white background as does the area above the eyebrows.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dance Screen887/1

Large white canvas screen with red and black painted designs. The screen is made from three pieces of fabric sewn together, creating long horizontal seams. There are metal gromits acroccs the top edge for hanging. The design across the lower half is a Sisiutl. On the upper half is an animal figure (bear?) with a human face in the torso, holding a copper in each hand. The coppers contain animal motifs in profile (wolf?, bear?).

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cotton fibre, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA7883

Carved, wooden, khenkho mask with a long beak and a raised triangular protrusion for a nose. The beak is hinged with metal wire on either side. The beak is painted black with a red mouth. The nose has a red painted s-shape with white around it. Attached to the head is a set of horns with a curled end. The right side eye socket is empty; the left side eye is made from an old flashlight bulb. The eye area is outlined in red on a white, ovoid shaped background; the brow is black. The inside of the mask is hollow. Beak opens slightly. The mask is painted black, red, and white with stylized designs.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wool fibre, glass, wood, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA7491

Mask with mirrored eyes in sunken sockets, pursed lips, a hooked nose, prominent brows, oval-shaped indents on the sides of the forehead, and a piece of skin with hair attached at the back of the head. The mask is painted black with white ovals inside the indents at the sides of the forehead, white lines around the eyebrows and between the eyebrows, white around the eyes, red nostrils and lips.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
fibre, skin, wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA7479

Carved wooden, crooked beak headdress, or mask. The beak has large red, triangular shaped nostrils outlined with a black and white s-form. Running from the brow is a small central black frill that protrudes outward and curves inward to the centre tip of the beak and back into itself; decorated with white semi-circles. The mouth is red, flat and protruding. The bottom parts of the beaks are hinged with rectangular pieces of leather. The face is black with white detailing. The eyes are black and large, outlined in white and red on a white ovoid shaped ground; brow is black. The underside of the beak is black. The inside of the mask is hollow with the exception of a piece of fibre twine that helped articulate the beak. Attached to the top edge is a twist rope of red and white fabric. The top has many bundles of small stripes of cedar bark. Hanging from the back and bottom edges are long strips of cedar that would cover the wearer. The mask is painted black, white and red with Northwest Coast stylized forms.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, fibre, cotton fibre, cedar bark, paint, leather skin and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DrawingNb3.1415

Felt pen and painted (?) image on a horizontal rectangular white paper covered with a plastic or Mylar sheet and mounted on an introductory, vertically rectangular, yellow cardboard, exhibit panel. Black 'Letraset' type lettering on cardboard below picture reads 'ART WORK DONE BY PACIFIC COAST / INDIAN CHILDREN AGES 8 -14, LIVING AT / ALERT BAY / RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL'. Image is of a multicoloured left facing, profile whale-bird and whale head with a bird head behind and three right facing bird heads forming the tail and hind limb or fin. Bird-like head at the front limb or fin and a head at the dorsal fin on the top. Blue shading around the image. Pencil signature at the bottom left reads 'Billy Nelson'. Signature of John Gomes is crossed out on the back.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Made in
'Yalis (Alert Bay), British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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