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Print, Photographic2011.P.0207
Ring3697/8

Silver ring with formline designs engraved across outer surface. Body of ring is a bird, twisting in a circle; beak crosses overtop wing tips. Band widens at head and main section of wing; ends are tapered. Artist signature, Janze, inscribed on band interior.

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
silver metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bracelet3697/9

Cuff-style silver bracelet with engraved formline designs across outer surface; ends are squared. Design is mirrored from centre of bracelet. Hatching in negative spaces throughout different motifs; background is cross-hatched. Artist initials, AT, inscribed along back of bracelet.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ditidaht
Material
silver metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bracelet3697/5

Cuff-style silver bracelet with repousse and engraved formline designs across outer surface; ends are squared. Central design extends from either side. Hatching throughout negative spaces of design itself; background made up of cross-hatching. All edges are bordered with three rows of repeating rectangles; all pressed into silver. Artist signature, mark and year made, Wilson '81, inscribed along back of bracelet.

Culture
Haisla
Material
silver metal
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mother Earthworm3690/1

Mother Earthworm figure. Small female figure holding an earthworm in each hand, with their tapering, segmented bodies extending into her mouth. The heads of the earthworms face one another, identical in form but mirrored in appearance. Below the breasts is a small round face on the abdomen, with a long tongue extending out. The figure features inlaid abalone eyes and teeth, and attached hair. Inscribed “TJ 79” on the base.

Culture
Haida
Material
whale tooth, whale shell and hair
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Headdress3703/4

Whirling wolf headdress (hinkeetsim), made of two planks with an adjoining nose piece, base, and five slats; three on top and two on bottom. Slats form a triangular frame, with headdress tapering towards front. Wolf face is carved and painted on exterior of planks, using formline design elements. High nostrils swirl above top edge of mask, with triangular cut outs. Curved line, made of U-shapes, extends from wide bared teeth and behind large eyes. Eyes are black and white, inside a red ovoid. Triangles and squares in negative space of face. Three circles, connected with a curved line, above eyes. Rows of multi-coloured semi-circles protrude from back of mask. Mask is painted white, with designs done in red, yellow, orange, black, and green. Additional pieces of wood attached to interior, to support circular decorations along top edge. Base has a circular cut out, for head, in between the two slats. Interior is undecorated.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Hesquiaht
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Box3703/10 a-b

Round birch bark box (part a) with a flat, fitted lid (part b); decorated with intricate porcupine quillwork. Top of lid has a central sun-like design inside of a circle; band between circle and edge of lid. Sun-like design made up of eight diamonds with criss-crossing quills; quills protrude upward in centre of diamonds. In space between sun and edges of circle, are triangles with quills woven in them to form additional diamonds. Band around central circle, around edge of lid, made up of alternating diamonds and hourglass-shapes; diamonds have quills criss-crossing over one another. Sides of lid and box are decorated with row of alternating diamonds and hourglass-shapes; diamonds have cross-hatching through them. All edges of box and lid are framed by bundles of fibre. Quillwork on box forms lip for lid to rest on. Interior and base are undecorated. Artist name and year made written along interior of lid, and around edge of base.

Culture
Anishinaabe
Material
birch bark, porcupine quill, fibre, plant fibre, yellow-brown and brown-red
Made in
Ontario, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Whaler's Hat3703/9

Conical basketry hat with pointed knob at crown; hat flares out to wide opening. Coloured bands throughout hat; three around knob and crown, and two frame woven scenes across body of hat. Scene on front of hat has multiple boats of whalers hunting two whales; scene on back depicts a large whale behind a boat. Bands and scenes done in dark grey. Cedar bark band sewn into interior of hat.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
plant fibre, cedar bark and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Whaler's Hat3703/8

Conical basketry hat with knob at crown; hat flares out to wide opening. Decorative checkered band woven around knob, with small dot on top centre; done in dark purple and yellow. Body of hat has design of whalers hunting a large whale, that is attacking a smaller boat; done in dark purple, yellow, and green. Cedar bark band sewn into interior of hat.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
plant fibre, dye and cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Totem Pole3703/3

Model totem pole with three carved figures; from top, figures are: human, kingfisher, kingfisher. The human is crouched on top of a kingfisher, with their fingers curled around its back. The kingfisher is bent over with its wings tilted upward, framing the human, and beak pointed down. Its head is framed on either side by the wings of the kingfisher below. Second kingfisher done in identical pose, with larger wings, and is standing on a rounded base. Base has a water creature, carved in relief, curled around itself along the bottom edge. Human is red, kingfishers are grey, and sea creature is black; formline design elements throughout in black, green, red, and yellow. Artist name and design name, Kingfishers, written on bottom.

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