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Dowry boardA7281

Thick wooden board with faint black eye design outlined with sea otter teeth to form a face.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, sea otter tooth and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatA7278

Long narrow mat with painted designs. There are two centered paintings in green and red within two thick black circles. One painting is of a killer whale, the other is of a thunderbird. There is a pair of dark cedar strands running around the outside border. The edge is finished using a wider strip of cedar as the outermost strand and overcasting on a core of cedar. There is a wooden dowel attached across one end.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
mud dye and cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model CanoeA8869

A narrow model wood canoe that has four seated rowers dressed in red capes with paddles that are red-tipped. The rowers have light brown-cream-coloured paper feathers in their black fibre hair. On one side of the canoe, there is a raven design in black and red.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, cotton fibre and metal
Made in
'Yalis (Alert Bay), British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA4278

Brown wood whistle that is rectangular in cross section and comes to a tapering end and is bound in three places with white twine, one near each end and one near the middle. While the wider end is solid, there is a hollow through the tapering end where there is a taper cut rectangular hole nearby on one side. Seams are sealed with pitch.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, fibre and resin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleA4276

Rattle made of four pecten scallop shells joined on wire. Wire is twirled and twisted in a figure eight formation with brown cloth along the top.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
scallop shell, metal and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleA4275

Rattle made of five pecten scallop shells of different sizes joined on wire. Wire is doubled and twisted in an angled figure eight formation with brown cloth around the top loop.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
scallop shell, fibre and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleA4274

Rattle made of four pecten scallop shells of different sizes joined on wire. Wire is doubled and twisted in a figure eight formation with brown cloth around the top loop.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
scallop shell, metal and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RobeA4273

Rectangular wool blanket with feathers attached to one side. The textile is commercially made with a pattern in stripes of green, grey and tan, with geometric shapes. There are white and brown (eagle?) feathers sewn in four horizontal rows over the entire front side.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
feather and wool fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Neck RingA4272

Oval neck ring covered tightly with knitted, patterned red twine over a cloth core. Two sets of twine fringe, consisting of numerous strings frayed on each end, are attached to and hang from ring.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SkirtA4271

Skirt made from alternating strips of red and golden-coloured cedar bark. Strips are folded over a length of heavy twine and twined with a lighter piece of string.

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