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Chief's Chair3261/120

Chief's chair, fully carved with animal motifs on most of its components. The chair has a deeply carved seat with a figure that likely represents a sculpin, characterized by a broad, toothed mouth, a horn-like spine on either side of the head, a series of spines along each fin, and the body with tail fin. Its mouth is centred on the bowed front edge of the seat, the facial features are carved on the seat’s upper front surface, and the fins and body (portrayed as a face) are arranged over the remaining seat in a split, bilateral fashion. It is painted in black and red, with some blue-pigmented areas and diagonal parallel hatching; other areas are left unpainted. The carved upper panel on the chair’s back depicts a face with black eyebrows and broad, toothed mouth. Connecting the panel to the seat is a vertical splat carved in the form of a fish and enclosing a human figure. The chair’s curved arms represent wolves, their heads facing downward and limbs folded. Also distinctive are the front two chair legs, which are carved in the form of downward-facing, supernatural raven heads; these feature blue-pigmented eye sockets and teeth, black beaks and eyes, and red lip-line and nostrils. The rear legs and stiles are painted but not carved. The four carved stretchers between the legs are made to represent different creatures: a killer whale with dorsal and pectoral fins folded back along its body and tail flukes folded up; a bear-like figure holding a long fish with ridged body; a wolf-like figure with extremely long “fingers”; and a figure with a beaver-like head, characterized by prominent incisors.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
maple wood ?, paint and metal
Made in
Bella Bella, British Columbia, Canada and 'Qvuqvai, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Frontlet3260/58

Carved and painted hardwood frontlet with abalone inlays around the sides and top. Main image is a raven with a large bird beak projecting outward. A small, three-dimensional whale sits at the top of the frontlet. Three small faces are carved along the bottom: a grizzly bear or wolf head is in the centre, with human-like faces at each side.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
wood, abalone shell and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bentwood Box2779/1 a-b

Bentwood cedar box (a) with lid (b) has painted sides nailed to base and nails along seam corner. Each side has a design of staggered black eyes, some with red and white details, and a thick greenish blue border. The undecorated lid is made of two pieces of planked wood and has 4 strips of wood nailed to the underside.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
cedar wood, paint and metal
Made in
Bella Bella, British Columbia, Canada and 'Qvuqvai, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Masmasa'lano2768/1

Portrait mask. Red, blue and black facial features and tattoo are painted onto the natural wood background. Abalone shell discs and a thin band are glued to the eyes and mouth and a thick coil of red bark rope is attached along the chin line. Long twists of dark hair and tied bundles of painted red bark strips with blue ends drape across the forehead and down the sides.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
cedar wood, cedar bark, human hair, paint, abalone shell, metal and epoxy adhesive
Made in
Bella Bella, British Columbia, Canada and 'Qvuqvai, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowA6540

Wooden arrow with feathers at distal end of arrow shaft and a triangular shaped, rock, point at the other. The feathers attached to the shaft by grooves cut into the sides. The arrow head is hafted by using wire and pitch.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
wood, chalcedony mineral, feather and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubA1481

Long, wooden club with a oval shaped end that tapers into a thin, cylindrical shaped handle with a flat, circular knob on the end. The handle is sectioned into three by two sets of carved lines. The head of the club is carved, in relief, with a human facial design.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
wood and stain
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bird FigureA1145

A wood bird figure. Has a small distinct forehead, eyes, nostrils, and a long red beak line. The wings are slightly curved, creating a inverted U-shape in cross section with the tail. The black body is painted with turquoise to accentuate the feather outlines. Bottom has hole piercing through.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TrayA1134

Divided tray, or box. Square as viewed from above, with sides that angle outwards towards the top edge and upright walls that divide the box into four sections. Both upright walls have curved edges, but one is much more pronounced and higher than the other. Distributive design in black and red, overall. The top edges are painted black and the outside edges of the base are painted red.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
lacquer, metal, paint, cedar wood and yellow cedar wood
Made in
Bella Bella, British Columbia, Canada and 'Qvuqvai, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlA405 a-b

Dish in the form of a frog (a) with another small frog grasping onto a slightly domed round lid (b) that fits into the back of the large frog. The large frog is painted black with red lips, and the small frog is painted with a thin coat of black all over except for the whites of the eyes and the feet.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model CanoeA401 a-b

A painted brown wood model canoe (part a) with a human figure (part b). The interior of the canoe (part a) has an inner red rim and three horizontal rectangular bench seats, each of which has a hole drilled through the middle. The vertically grooved blue bow has an animal figure carving with big bulging black eyes, upraised three-lobed black eyebrows, an open mouth tha has red lips, and plain teeth, a red nose, and a blue body. The plain blue stern has a painted abstract motif consisting of a central circular blue eye that has teeth toward the middle of the boat and red extensions following the contours of the boat end. A human figure (part b) with a hat is sitting on a bench. The figure (part b) is sitting in a crouching, and curling position with its knees bent, and its elbows bent directly above with three curling figures for each hand. The figure's black eyes are surrounded by a dark blue area with black eyebrows above and a red mouth with a red body. The red and blue hat is cylindrical at the top and flares downward and outward at the bottom.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
paint and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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