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Model Totem PoleA6021

Pole with a bird, a bear, a serpent, and a transforming frog from top to bottom. Pole is painted overall; base is a rectangle with rounded ends.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
wood, paint and metal
Made in
Port Simpson, British Columbia, Canada and Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlA2654

Food bowl with convex sides, the two longer sides with a top edge that scoops down at the centre and the two shorter sides with top edges that arch upwards. Each side and the base is made from a different piece of wood, and the top edges are painted red and inset with off-white opercula shells. The sides of the dish are painted with designs in black and red.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
cedar wood, yellow cedar wood, paint, operculum shell and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DrumNb7.251

Circular, handheld drum with a Northwest Coast bird design painted on the front in black and red. Light tan coloured skin stretched over a circular frame, held in place with nails. Thongs of skin attached at back to form handle.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
skin, wood, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LadleNb7.250

Wooden ladle with an elongated, shallow bowl and a lightly tapering handle with a squared-off tip.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonNb7.249

Thin wooden spoon with a flat, squared-off handle, elongated bowl, and ridge carved around the lip.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Adze BladeNb7.248

Oblong stone blade that tapers to a point; rounded notch along the top, flat bottom, rough texture, mottled brown-black colour.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
stone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonNb7.247

Dark brown-black spoon carved from horn with a short, pointed handle.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
mountain goat horn
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleNb7.246

V-shaped wooden whistle bound with brown sinew.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
wood, sinew and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleNb7.245

Hollow, tube-like wooden whistle tapering to a bifurcated end. White string is bound around the top and centre of the whistle.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
wood and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Totem Pole1432/11

Brightly painted brown, black, white, yellow, red and green model totem pole. From top to bottom, figures are: an eagle, a frog, a whale, and a bear with a human figure in front of it. The whale and bear both have eyes inlaid with abalone. Entire figure is mounted on a yellow, square piece of wood.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
wood, abalone shell and paint
Made in
Port Simpson, British Columbia, Canada and Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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