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SkirtA4271

Skirt made from alternating strips of red and golden-coloured cedar bark. Strips are folded over a length of heavy twine and twined with a lighter piece of string.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeltA4263

Dance belt. Carved wooden belt in three sections representing Sisiutl; main head and sides are connected by painted strips of cotton cloth. Colours are red, green, black, and white.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cotton fibre and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA4261

Mask with painted black hair, eyebrows, moustache, and a line on either side of the face that extends across the cheek and curls over the red nostril. The lips are also red, and there are curved lines that extend from the sides of the face to beside and over the eyes. There is also a curved red line on the forehead. Green cord is strung through holes in the sides and top of the mask at the back.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, paint, fibre and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA3679

Mask with prominant nose and a mouth with slightly downturned corners. The mask is painted white with heavy black eyebrows accentuated with black lines above them, red nostrils bordered in black, red lips and chin, a heavy black moustache with curled ends, and black under the mouth as well as around the chin. There is also a black curvilinear design on the mask's right cheek.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA3675

Carved wooden, crooked beak mask. The beak has red circular shaped nostrils with a red and white s-shape followed by a series of black and white s-shapes. Running from the brow is a large central black frill, outlined in white, that protrudes outward, curves downwards, then in upon itself. The mouth is red, flat and protruding. The underside of the beak is black. The bottom parts of the beak are hinged with rectangular pieces of rubber. The eyes are black, outlined in white and red on a white ovoid shaped ground; brow is black. The inside of the mask is hollow with the exception of pieces of fibre twine that articulates the beak. The back has a rectangular piece of wood. The top has small bundles of small stripes of cedar bark; top and side edges are lined with a twisted cedar braid. Hanging from the back are long strips of bark; along the bottom edge are pieces of twine that hold remnants of cedar strips. The mask is painted black, white and red with Northwest Coast stylized forms.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
metal, cedar bark, wood, paint, fibre and synthetic rubber
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA7973

Tapering cylindrical four-reeded brown wood framed ivory(?) whistle that has a knob at the wider end. Bound with brown cord around the middle and around the knob itself. The end opposite to that of the knob end has four hollows through it connected by an x-formation and four taper cut semi-oval holes nearby around the sides. Sealed with resin gum.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
ivory ?, fibre, wood and resin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DishA7953

Canoe-shaped, dark brown-red, carved wooden vessel with adzed design on sides. Faint black scalloped design painted around the upper rim.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2334 a-b

Small cylindrical basket (a) with flat, fitted lid (b); lid is held in place by a cedar flange attached around the upper rim of the basket. Fine wrapped twined work. Base:central circle of pink/purple/yellow/purple (wave pattern) surrounded by a green, wavey line. Sides: discrete bands of orange rectangles on purple ground bordered by a green jagged line. Lid: pink/yellow/brown rim; same discrete bands as on sides joined by a brown line; inner circle is red/yellow/brown.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Kyuquot
Material
aniline dye, swamp grass and cedar bark
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2335 a-b

Cylindrical basket (a) with a flat, fitted lid (b); lid is held in place by a cedar flange attached around the upper rim of the basket. Basket and lid are covered with encircling/concentric bands of multicoloured geometric and linear patterning. Colours: red, green, orange, yellow, black, and purple.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark, swamp grass and aniline dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SkirtA2336

Light golden coloured cedar bark strands folded over a wool strip waist band and twined with stiffer bark. Twined in regularly spaced horizontal rows for half the length of the skirt.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
cedar bark and wool fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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