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Fragment: CopperA7882

Fragment of a copper which has had pieces cut from both sides at the bottom and one side at the top. There is a burnished line horizontally across the centre and a vertical line that runs down the centre from the horizontal line.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
copper metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Copper-breaking FigureA7878

Copper-breaking stand, or figure, in the form of a bear. The bear is carved in a crouched position, holding a human face mask in its front paws, with bared teeth. There is an iron platform on top of its head. Painted red, green, white, black and brown. All the teeth and claws are painted white, including the teeth of the mask.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
iron metal and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cradle PuppetA7877 a

Rectangular cradle with a high back. Puppet lies inside, and is painted with black and red paint on its face, chest and hands; fabric arms. Crest-painted cloth underneath puppet. Figure sits up as strings are pulled. Post sticks up at front (said to hold a revolving toy). Head of the figure turns from side to side. Sides and top painted with designs in black, red and green. (Part b is a piece of the cloth that has separated.)

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
fibre, cedar bark and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fish MaskA6215

Mask representing a salmon with arched eyebrows, slightly protruding eyes, nostril holes, and a straight mouth. Cedar bark and feathers for fringe. Painted silver with black eyebrows and pupils, white around the eyes, red nostrils and lips with white borders, and orange scalloped designs to the sides of the mouth.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, feather, fibre, cedar bark and paint
Made in
Blunden Harbour, British Columbia, Canada ? or Ba'as, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA6214

Sneezer mask. Wooden mask with a hooked nose, slightly protruding eyes and eyebrows, and a mouth with a movable lower jaw. The mask is painted with black eyebrows, red nostrils and lips, and red lines emphasizing the cheekbones. There is brown around the eyes and a scalloped brown design to the sides of the mouth. The chin is also brown, and the remainder of the face is painted white. A cedar bark fringe hangs from the top of the head, short on the sides, and extends below the bottom of the mask.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
metal, cedar bark, wood, paint, fibre and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA6213

Mask with long, red, pointed stinger that protrudes from red mouth, pointed nose with red nostrils, and bulging eyes. Painted with a black moustache, red crosshatch pattern on cheeks, and black eyebrows. Long cedar bark fringe attached at top of head.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark, metal, fibre, wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA4195

Brown triple reed whistle that is circular in cross section and comes to a tapering end and is bound in three sections with brown string, two near each end and one near the middle. While the wider end is solid, there are three hollows equally around the smaller end where there is a taper cut elongated semi-oval hole nearby around the sides. 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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WhistleA4193

Brown wood whistle that is oval in cross section and comes to a tapering end and is bound in three sections with brown twine, one near each end and one near the middle. While the wider end is solid, there is a hollow through the smaller end. Near the wider end toward the middle, there is an oval hole and a crescent hole on one side.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
alder wood and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA4190

Brown wood whistle that is circular in cross section and comes to a tapering end at both ends, but with one end slightly bulging at its base, and is bound in two sections with brown twine, two near the middle. While the smaller end is solid, there is also a semi-oval hole nearby on one side while there is a hollow through the end which is slightly bulging at its base.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA4189

Brown double reed whistle that is rectangular in cross section and comes to a tapering end and is bound in two sections with brown twine, one near each end. While the wider end is solid, there are two hollows through the smaller end where there is a taper cut round cornered rectangular hole nearby at either side.

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