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Pipe1891.91

Elaborately carved stone pipe. Although the catalogue card states, representing human and animal figures , there are no such figures. Rather the representations appear to be of pulleys, rope, and blocks and tackle from a ship' s rigging (G.Crowther); Good

Culture
Haida
Material
argillite
Made in
Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii), British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Bag1949.206 A; 1949.206 B

A) Skin bag with a central strip of red and white quill decoration. The bag has a long cord attached made from plaited gut, with a blue, white and red woven end decoration. B) Similar bag to A) inside which it is kept. It has a central fringe of red cotton but no quill work.; Good. Additional description: A) Flattened, creased and slightly warped. Very fragile and brittle. A number of small holes over surface and a small circular repair on one side. Red edging at mouth of bag. Toggle at end of cord. B) Flattened, creased and slightly warped. Very fragile and brittle. Paler in colour than A. Red edging along top and sides. (J.Tanner, April 1998).

Culture
Northwest Coast ?, Eskimo ? or Aleut ?
Material
skin
Made in
Alaska, USA and British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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SpoonE 1902.368

Tongue-like spoon, with small boss on short handle. Glossy surface.; Good

Culture
Northwest Coast ?
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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SpoonE 1902.367

Spoon with long narrow decorated handle. Surface glossy.; Good

Culture
Northwest Coast ?
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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SpoonE 1902.366

Small spoon with very rounded and deep bowl, and long stepped handle. Spoon has glossy surface.; Good

Culture
Northwest Coast ?
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Mask1924.758

The catalogue card contains information presumably acquired by McIlwraith at the time of collection in Bella Coola. Painted wooden mask with dyed bark hair (red) representing a combination of eagle, the hooked beak and ravens. The mask has two raven heads on the temples and their beaks stretch across the forehead to a bundle of cedar bark. The eyebrows are thin and taper almost to the jawline. The eyes are pierced and the nose very prominently hooked, painted blue and has flared red nostrils. The mouth is closed and painted red, but is accentuated by a white border. The chin is large and painted, together with the cheeks, with green, red and white U-forms.; Good

Culture
Nuxalk
Material
wood, bark, cedar wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Mask1949.207

Carved wooden ceremonial mask with hands on either side of the head as flaps. The mask has painted eyebrows on a prominent forehead, round eyes, a prominent nose and chin. The mouth is down turned and pierced. A black design has been painted around the eyes, cheeks and chin. The wooden hands have interlocking fingers which conceal the face, and open by a system of strings. The palms of the hands have a stripped design painted in black.; Good

Culture
Nuxalk ? or Kwakwaka'wakw ?
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Mask1885.66.8

Large heavy almost conical mask painted and carved in the form of a bear or an otter with hinged jaw and inset teeth. The creature has round eyes circled by green, brown and white. The rounded snout has a red nose with curling nostrils, surrounded by a ring of holes that possibly once held whiskers. The lips are painted red, and the lower jaw is attached with a piece of leather. The lower jaw can be moved by a piece of leather running through a groove on the inside top surface of the mask. The bear or otter has very small ears pressed back against its head, giving the creature a very ferocious appearance.; Good

Culture
Tlingit ?
Material
wood, leather, paint, tooth and bear
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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MaskE 1911.26

A human mask carved in wood with an open prognathic mouth set with operculum shell teeth. The mask has prominent black eyebrows, large black eyes, a small slightly flared nose and an open oval mouth with four teeth. The mask has a face-painting design on its surface which is composed of a band of intersecting diamonds across the nose and under the eyes, the eyes and chin are surrounded by pale blue. The ears are stylised and painted red. The inside of the mask is also painted with a red band of linked triangles at the upper edge.; Good

Culture
Tlingit: Auk ?
Material
wood, shell and paint
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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MaskE 1911.25

A very fine mask of a woman carved in wood with inlaid haliotis shell eyes and teeth with a labret in the lower lip. The mask has prominent black eyebrows, a shapely nose with incised nostrils, the eyes are inlaid with discs of haliotis. The maskhas stylised ears which are painted red, and the open mouth has one remaining piece of haliotis, and the lips are also painted red. The mask has elaborate asymmetrical face-painting designs in black and pale blue. Part of the face-painting appears tobe fin-like and stretches across the nose and one cheek, having a cross-hatched portion and an eye. The upper edge of the mask is slightly damaged.; Good

Culture
Tlingit: Auk ?
Material
wood, abalone shell and paint
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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