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Neck RingA4402

Neck ring covered tightly with knitted, patterned red twine over a cloth core. Three sets of twine fringe are attached to and hang from ring.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA6167

Mask with circular eye holes, slightly bulging eyes, stylized cheeks, and a protruding mouth. The mask is painted white with a black and red design on the forehead, black eyebrows, black and red around the eyes, red nostrils, red and black scale symbols extending from the corners of the nose, over the cheeks to the chin, red lips and a black moustache. There are three holes at edges, one at the top centre and two on the sides.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, paint, fibre and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA6164

Humanoid mask with an orange crown of sun-like ray-shaped protrusions radiating outwards. Heavy copper eyebrows. Painted green, white, black, red and orange.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
metal, copper metal, wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: GarmentA4398 a-c

Garment (parts a-c) consisting of long shreds of cedar bark gathered together by the top end and sewn (or tied) individually to a length of twine. There are a few small sections of eagle down intertwined with the cedar.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark, fibre and eagle down feather
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Whale MaskA6316

Whale mask, or headdress, with moveable dorsal fin, pectoral fins, tail and lower jaw. At the base of the dorsal fin is an eagle with outstretched wings. The bird is attached to rigging for movement. By the blow hole there is a carved face of Bak'was. Under the lower jaw of the whale is a face, and on the pectoral fins are protruding hands in dark and light green. The tail shaft is segmented. The tail fins have a painted ovoid design underneath and a facial design on top. The body is painted black with white lines and circles. The fins are painted with designs in red, green, black and white. The face is painted black with black eyebrows outlines in white, green around the eyes with incised white lines, white below the eye sockets, black and red nostrils with white rims, and red lips with Bak'was painted in white, black, green and red. The bird is painted white and black with red legs and eyes, a white beak with red edges, and its wings are black with white stripes on the underside and white with black and red dots of paint on the top side. Some of the original painting can be found inside the side fins.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar wood, leather skin, fibre, tin metal and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Lidded Bowl3645/1 a-b

Small lathe-turned wooden bowl (part a) with a fitted lid (part b). Two rectangular panels are carved along exterior sides of bowl with formline designs that mirror one another; designs consist of ovoids with eyes and with teeth, and circles with small tapering triangles extending from the bottom edges. The ovoids with the teeth design are along the bottom edges of the panels with the circle designs above them. Small trigon and crescent cutouts along top and bottom edges of panels, toward centres. Panels and carvings done in mix of relief and raised styles. Interior of bowl is undecorated; small ledge for lid to rest on. Lid has a raised circular knob; short flange extends from bottom. Base of bowl has artist signature in pencil: "83 Cranmer".

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood
Made in
'Yalis (Alert Bay), British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Knife1934.1074

Iron fish knife with handle projection and very thin rounded blade.; Good

Culture
Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw)
Material
metal and iron metal
Made in
Alert Bay, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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