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Carving3040/1

Carving of a tree with six branches. There are a number of leaves as well as two small birds sitting on two different branches. There is a dog, or fox, with its front paws on the trunk peering up at the birds. The animal has black inset eyes. Sitting on the base is a stone bird. The base of the sculpture is made of wood.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood, stone, baleen ? and narwhal tusk
Made in
Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Painted ShellA8940

Shell with painting on inside surface. Killer whale design in black, green, red, yellow and white. The back of the shell appears varnished.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
clam shell
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskE 1885.66.7

Large human mask painted and with leather and copper applique. The eyes rotate and have black eyeballs on one side, and red with copper bands on the other. The pieces of copper sheet are applied in patterns composed of lines, diamonds and eye-shaped sections. The lips and eyebrows are also made from shaped copper, the teeth are painted white and made from wood. The hide arranged in strips down the cheeks, across the upper lip and under the chin could once have had hair, giving the mask a beard. The reverse of the mask has a crossbar for the wearer to grip in their teeth, there are several leather thongs, and a lever attached to leather lines to operate the rolling eyes.; Good

Culture
Tsimshian ?, Tlingit ? or Haida ?
Material
wood, leather, metal, copper metal and paint
Made in
Fort Simpson, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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MaskE 1886.62

Catalogue card description, Coloured mask with moveable eyes and elaborately carved stick. The mask has inlaid moveable eyes, and an articulated jaw, red lips and haliotis shell inlaid teeth. The eyebrows are prominent and painted black. The nose is fine with slightly accentuated nostrils which are painted red. Through the centre of the forehead a ridge rises to the edge of the mask. The mask has face-painting designs consisting of blue and red double U- forms across the cheeks on the chin. The catalogue card has been updated with notes on the state of the mask, the wood of the nose and lips are splitting, one eye inlay is missing, a gash on right cheek, and there is no sign of the elaborately carved stick.; Good

Culture
Tsimshian ?
Material
wood, paint and abalone shell
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Hook1922.953 A-C

Three bent wood hooks with bone barbs lashed on with bark. The hooks have the remains of sinew leaders on the lower arm. A) B) are halibut hooks, C) is a cod hook.; Good.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
hemlock wood ?, bone and bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Dish3090/2

Large stoneware dish. Dish is round, with an everted rim and thick base with foot. The well is painted with an image in blue of a woman holding a chicken. The two look each other in the eye. Surrounding the image are overlapping feather shapes in three encircling rows on the rim. Lip is painted a dark grey. Exterior is undecorated. Signature on bottom of plate.

Culture
Canadian
Material
clay, paint and glaze
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dish3090/1

Large stoneware dish. Dish is round, with a high everted rim and thick base with foot. The well is painted with a blue line drawing of a man and woman standing naked in a wooden bathtub filled with water. Colours are subdued, the water a light blue-green and the wood and hair shaded with yellow. Image is surrounded by encircling lines in dark grey and blue along edge of well and rim, as well as on the exterior. Signature on bottom of plate.

Culture
Canadian
Material
clay, paint and glaze
Made in
White Rock, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Headband3089/3

Felt headband with carved wooden frontlet of eagle. Band is made of red felt, with balsa wood carving of an eagle head at centre. Bird has two feathers atop the head, with large eyes rimmed in blue, and an open beak with slightly protruding tongue. Neck is painted with feathers in black. The head is attached to a piece of black leather that is sewn to the band with hide strips. Three shell buttons are sewn to band at both sides of the eagle head.

Culture
Nuxalk and Heiltsuk
Material
balsa wood, wool fibre, shell, duck feather, acrylic paint, fibre and metal
Made in
North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dance Apron3089/2

Small dance apron of red and black felted cloth; the outer edge has a row of large shell buttons, with a row of smaller shell buttons inside. Three horizontal rows of off-white shell buttons top three strips of leather tassels and copper bells sitting on attached leather thongs and scalloped red felt. The waistband extends into ties to secure the apron around the body.

Culture
Nuxalk and Heiltsuk
Material
wool fibre, leather skin, copper metal, shell and fibre
Made in
North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Button Blanket3089/1

Felted wool button blanket with large central design. Edges are red, scalloped on the inside border, with a narrow strip of white, also scalloped, and a black interior panel. On this panel sits the emblem of an eagle, wings spread, head to the side, atop a whale in profile, tail up. Over 2200 buttons in shell and abalone outline the crest and borders of the blanket. A half circle is cut out of the top edge to fit around the wearer’s neck. A strip of black felt sits to the side, to be fastened around the neck.

Culture
Nuxalk and Heiltsuk
Material
wool fibre, shell, abalone shell, fibre and plastic
Made in
North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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