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Adze HandleA2255

D-adze handle or haft. Angularly carved head and snout (with protruding tongue) of a zoomorphic figure on handle butt. Lower handle arm has hole drilled through for hafting blade.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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AdzeA2258

Narrow, dark, coarse stone blade that is wedge-shaped. Grooved along the top face toward the butt end to hold the hafting securely. Was originally lashed with hide strips (now wired) to a carved wood hafting platform with an acutely-angled branch providing a handle. Hide strips are looped and attached around the handle.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
skin, stone and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA1986 a-b

Short cylindrical basket (a) with a flat, fitted lid (b); lid is held in place by a cedar flange that rings the rim of the basket. Stylized zoomorphic figure repeated around sides and lid in black. Compound bands of black and yellow stripes around sides and lid; black circle in centre of lid. Base: checker work with plain twined or wicker weave. Sides and lid: wrapped twined weave.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark, aniline dye and swamp grass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Burden BasketA1990

Coiled cedar root basket with parallel slat base construction, rawhide thongs, and decorated with partial imbrication. Vertical checkerboard stripes in red/white and black/white reaching half way down the basket, four per side and three per end. Colour: brown.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Burden BasketA1992

Simple coiled work basket with bifurcated stitches. Every fourth row is decorated with horizontal beading in a white coloured grass. Elongated watch-spring base construction. Cross-stitch edging on rim, which is partially beaded. Holes remain where handles were once attached.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
cat-tail grass ? and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceA1450

Russian-type faceted round blue trade beads on closed string. Several are mottled with black. One light blue bead.

Culture
Nuxalk
Material
glass and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceA1451

Spherical beads in blue, green, and white strung in pairs in between dentalium shells. Strung in a circular necklace.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
dentalium shell, glass and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceA1452

Necklace of paired dentalium shells alternating with white, green, dark blue and light blue trade beads; strung on a light cord. Abalone shell pendant.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
dentalium shell, abalone shell, glass and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basketry HatA1465

Basketry hat with primarily plain twined weave with some diagonal twined sections on the brim. Above the crown of the hat are a series of four cylindrical protrusions of plain twined weave around the sides of each, and twined and wicker weave on the underside of each with a hole in the topmost protrusion. Two bands of black on the brim and on the cylindrical protrusion below the topmost protrusion.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
cedar bark, spruce root ? and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA8431 a-b

Mask (a) made from two pieces of wood joined down the centre of the mask at an angle and supported by a triangular piece of wood at the top. The mask is painted white with heavy black eyebrows, light blue around the circular eyes with a red and blue design element at the temples, red nostrils, a black scalloped design that arches over the cheeks from the nostrils to the chin, a black moustache, red lips, and a black line under the lower lip. A tuft of off-white and brown feathers, some of which are painted blue at the tips, are attached to a wooden stick with blue string and adhesive fabric tape that has been painted blue (b), and the tuft fits into a hole in the top of the mask.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, paint, feather, fibre, adhesive and dye
Made in
Blunden Harbour, British Columbia, Canada ? or Ba'as, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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