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FrontletA3605

Frontlet carved with three-dimensional central figure. Figure has wings but human-like face. Another smaller face between wings. Abalone inlay used for eyes, mouth, wings and inlays around border. Paint colours are blue, red and black. Carving goes right through the wood, in the neck area.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
paint, abalone shell, wood and adhesive
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonA1711

Spoon with carved handle and shallow, curved bowl. Handle has two bear and two eagle ? representations; one bear has abalone inlaid eyes; top eagle is wearing a hat with five potlatch rings ans an eagle finial.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
abalone shell and mountain goat horn
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LadleA4459

Oval shaped ladle with thick handle that has abalone shell inlaid near the end. Rounded bottom and bowl of ladle that curves upwards.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and abalone shell
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlA2174

Dark brown, fish-shaped wooden dish with a small bowl, abalone shell inlay eyes, and white shell inlay on back.

Culture
Tlingit ?
Material
wood, operculum shell and abalone shell
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentA3665

Ornament made from a roughly rectangular piece of abalone shell with a natural hole through the shell, and a smaller drilled hole at the centre of one of the long edges.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
abalone shell
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA5282

Mask with a piece of abalone suspended from the nose. The mask is painted with black eyebrows, green around the eyes, red nostrils and lips, a black moustache, and a black scalloped design around the mouth area, suggesting gills. The forehead is painted with a black design that suggests a fish tail.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
fibre, wood, abalone shell, iron metal, copper metal and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA5279

Small mask with black painted eyebrows, moustache with upturned ends, and chin. The nostrils and geometric pattern on the cheeks are also painted in black. There is red paint between the brows, around the eyes, on the bottom of the nose, and on the lips. Human hair is attached to the top of the mask. Mouth and eyes inlaid with abalone. A thin string is threaded through holes either side of the face.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
hair, wood, abalone shell and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FrontletA6149

Pentagonal wooden frontlet depicting a hawk resting on the head of a frog. Abalone shell inlay decorates the border. Painted in red, green and black. Bored holes with string still attached visible along the edge of the hawk.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, abalone shell and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentA6148

Ornament made of abalone shell with two small perforations at opposite sides.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
abalone shell
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DaggerA2.607

Has a pointed blade with a ridge down along the middle. Metal is wrapped around the base of the blade. Handle is covered wtih skin. Handle finial is carved with an animal head design in profile. Has a circular abalone shell inlay eye with a carved split u behind it and a long mouth.

Culture
Arctic America
Material
bone, wood, copper metal, squirrel skin ? and abalone shell
Made in
Yukon River, Yukon Territory, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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