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DrawingNb3.1424

Profile pencil line drawing of a stylized bird with a six-plumed tail and/or wing to the right, a head at the top facing in profile to the left side, and having a limb that stretches out to the left side at the bottom. Bird has a long neck and a slightly crooked beak with a crest on top of the head. Design elements include circles, u forms, and split u's. Cross hatched u form near the centre of the body. Scribbled pencil lines surround the image with 'CRANE' written below and 'PETER STEWART' written on the top left corner. On a horizontally rectangular, white card glued to a green card with the same orientation covered with clear plastic.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Made in
'Yalis (Alert Bay), British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DrawingNb3.1432

Profile, left facing, whale drawn in pencil and painted over in black with orange and green detail. Face on the body is also in profile in the same direction. Mouths are outlined in orange. The green crescent-shaped eye of the head is in a blank ovoid surrounded by a black tapering oval surrounded by a green arew with two parallel, sideways, black u forms behind. The sideways green u-shaped eye of the face in the body is in a blank circle outlined by a black tapering oval surrounded by a green area. Both faces have red mouths with teeth and front fangs. The head has a sideways split u in front of the eye with a sideways green split u behind the mouth. The face on the body has two sideways red u forms at the back. Cross hatched ovoid on the pointed pectoral fin. The belly has black dashes. The dorsal fin has red split u's above and below the central green oval. The back of the body has two sideways green u forms with two black ones that have horizontal red dashes within. The tail has a red oval in a green circle with a black-pointed tip. In black paint, at the bottom right, there reads 'KILLER WHALE'. The drawing is on a horizontally rectangular, white card glued to a horizontally rectangular, red cardboard. Covered with clear plastic.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Made in
'Yalis (Alert Bay), British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DrawingNb3.1433

Two separate drawings of left facing profile seals on vertically rectangular, grey-white paper pieces glued to a horizontally rectangular, yellow cardboard covered with plastic. Drawing on the left is outlined in black crayon with details in pencil and light yellow and red crayon. The circular grey eye with a yellow line around the top is outlined by a tapering oval. There is a grey w-shape behind the eye and a split u behind the open red mouth with teeth and yellow shapes above. The neck has two grey u forms that are yellow with grey vertical dashes within. There is an upside down grey split u below the neck. The back has a face with petal-like yellow protrusions all around. There is a face at the end of the tail. Pencil inscription at the bottom right reads 'Robert Ryan Seal age - 8'. Drawing on the right is drawn in pencil with pencil and bright yellow and red pencil crayon details. The arch-like grey eye is outlined by a tapering oval. There are two u forms behind the eye and a s-shape behind the open red mouth with teeth and yellow shapes above. The neck has two grey u forms that are yellow with grey vertical dashes within. There is an upside down grey split u below the neck. The back has a face with petal-like yellow protrusions all around. There is a face at the end of the tail. Pencil inscription across the bottom edge reads 'Happy holidays to the staff from Grade III for the staff age - 9 Seal(,) Charlie'.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Made in
'Yalis (Alert Bay), British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model PaddleA7818

Small wooden paddle with eye design in dark blue on both sides of paddle. The handle widens from the neck with two notches just below a cylindrical piece of wood at the top.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Head RingA7952

Head ring made from four bands of cedar bark woven in a box-like pattern; bands are sewn together, one on top of the other. Centre of the ring is wrapped with a section of dried ermine skin, holding a bundle of cedar bark strips.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark, ermine skin and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Totem PoleNb3.1452 a-d

A model totem pole (part a) depicting a frog(?), a bear with a whale in its mouth, and a thunderbird (bottom to top). The bottom figure's black eyes are surrounded by a dark green area and is painted with a red mouth open that has black lines to distinguish the teeth. The bear's black eyes are surrounded by a mint green area with a dark red brow above. The whale has is painted black and has a detachable black dorsal fin (part d) with a dark green area around the middle. The bird's black eyes are surrounded by a mint green area with black brows above. The detachable outstretched wings (parts b-c) each have five feather sections painted dark green and red outlined with black.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, paint, adhesive and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Totem PoleA6604

A model totem pole depicting a man holding whale, and an eagle (from bottom to top). The man's black eyes are surrounded by a mint green area with black brows above, a red mouth, a black moustache, and a red line on each cheek that has "spikes" along the upper side. He is painted wearing a dark red upper garment and a black lower garment. The whale that he is holding has its black eyes surrounded by a dark green area with black brows above and a red mouth. The whale's body is painted with a dark green, red, and black decoration. The bird's black eyes are surrounded by a mint green area with black brows above and a red lined beak. The upswept wings each have five feather sections painted dark green and red outlined with black. The chest has a face with its black eyes surrounded by a mint green area and a red mouth.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
paint, wood and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Totem PoleNb3.1448

A model totem pole model depicting a bear(?), frog, and bird (from bottom to top). The bear's black eyes are outlined with yellow and it has yellow upper teeth with a black tongue; its brown body is painted red, yellow, and black. The frog's yellow eyes are outlined with yellow with dark red-brown brows, and its body is painted dark green with red and yellow dots. The bird's red eyes are surrounded by a yellow and a dark green area with black above and a yellow beak. The outstretched wings each have five feather sections painted dark green, red, and black. Writing on the back says: "J. Johnson Alert Bay BC Skidigate".

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw ?
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Totem PoleA6603

Totem pole model featuring a squatting man holding seal, top has salmon and eagle with outstretched wings. Painted in colours of green, red and black. Signed: Charlie James, Alert Bay. Has piece of printed paper attached to the underside of the base. Pole is secured to the base by two nails.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, paint, metal, paper and ink
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Frontlet Headdress709/1

Ermine headdress attached to a wooden frontlet. Frontlet in painted in blue, red and black with a central figure of a humanoid face with protruding, hooked nose encircled by a red-lined ring of abalone. Two faces, one humanoid and mask-like, the other round and black with red lips, sit atop and below the main face. The eyes of all three faces are inlaid with abalone. The frontlet is attached to the front of a circular white fur cap, attached to a long train (90 cm) of white ermine pelts with brown tails sewn onto a length of white fabric backing. A vertical row of brown whiskers protrude from the cap directly behind the top of the frontlet.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
yew wood, fibre, ermine skin, paint, abalone shell, eagle down feather ? and sea lion whisker ?
Made in
'Yalis (Alert Bay), British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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