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Kachina Doll2010.6.1

Hunter (Ahote) Kachina. Artist Orin Poley. This Kachina appears in the mixed dances and is probably derived from Plains Native Tribes influence. The figure is carved from one piece of cottonwood root. He raises his PR leg and arm. He holds a painted wooden snake in that hand and the snake wraps around to the left side of his head. His PL arm is lowered and holds a bow from which dangle a white feather on each end. The PL leg has a string tie with metal bells tied onto it. He wears a long trailer style war bonnet of feathers carved from wood and panted white with black tips. His entire body is painted blue with black four point stars on his shoulders and chest and the front of his mask. His mask style is rounded with a short snout, teeth showing. His face has black and red triangular designs, goggle eyes and large red ears with narrow feathers thrust through the ears horizontally. He wears a carved wooden simulated hide skirt with a belt with a pouch and a traditional style Hopi sash (carved). He wears carved red and blue boots with red tops. Across his chest is a string bandolier with shells and turquoise beads.

Culture
Pueblo and Hopi
Material
cottonwood root, acrylic pigment, hide, feather, shell, fur, turquioise and metal
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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Kachina Doll2010.6.10

Eagle Dancer (Kwahu) Kachina Doll. Figure is carved from one piece of cottonwood root. He stands with PR arm raised and PL arm lower with both outstretched with pair of 'eagle' wings on arms and back. Chest is ½ yellow and ½ blue over pink painted body. Arms from elbow to wrist have the opposite colors from the chest. Legs are painted to match the chest. He wears a carved white kilt. He wears a blue and white beaded necklace. The helmet style mask has large, disk-like red ears with cotton stuffed near his head where they are attached and turquoise bead loop earrings. He has a feathered headdress in back on his head. His PR foot is raised. Both feet hare barefoot. His beak is open and you can see his red tongue. Wears a fur ruff around his neck. The eagle dance is a prayer for good crops, rain, and plentiful eagle feathers as their feathers are important in many ceremonies because the bird is thought to be sacred. This Kachina usually appears in a group of several forming a dance troop, squawking and imitating eagle behavior while the Koyemshi (mudhead clowns) sing to them. The sponsoring kiva must fast, abstain from sex, and no eating of salty or fatty foods before the dance.

Culture
Pueblo and Hopi
Material
cottonwood root, acrylic pigment, feather, hide, fur, bead, yarn and cotton
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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Drum1988-117/4A
Bentwood Bowl2004-2/418

The acrylic paint is red, black, and green.

Culture
Gitxsan and Tsimshian
Material
cedar wood and acrylic paint
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Model Paddle2004-92/134

The acrylic paint is black, red, and white.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
yellow cedar wood and acrylic paint
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Feast Bowl2004-2/130

The acrylic paint is black, red, and green.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
alder wood and acrylic paint
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Feast Bowl2004-2/117

The acrylic paint is red, gray, and white.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
red cedar wood, paint, operculum, acrylic paint and pistachio shell
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Mask1994.96

A shaman mask, carved by Coast Salish artist George Pennier, in alder, painted with acrylic paint and with black human hair. The mask has upward turned eyes rimmed with red, heavy black eyebrows, and an open mouth with protruding tongue. Signed on the reverse of the mask and dated 1990. The mask was carved by a Coast Salish artist, George Pennier, a resident of Chilliwack, B.C. The style of the mask is Northern rather than Coast Salish, attributed to the fact some artists carve in styles that are not necessarily their own tribal group. The upturned eyes and protruding tongue represent a shaman in a trance, part of shamanic ritual during spirit quests and curing ceremonies. Shamanism, and its representation in art forms, is udergoing a hidden revival on the Northwest Coast indigenous community. This mask was made for sale and was purchased at Hill' s Indian Arts and Crafts Shop in Vancouver. Excellent

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wood, alder wood, human hair, paint and acrylic
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Dance Apron2747/1

"Tofua" dance apron . Basketry top panel is of light grass, with a zigzag pattern woven into it, around which is inter-woven an acrylic blue wool border and a twisted green and yellow wool band. The hanging grass strands below the panel have been unraveled in spots and shredded into long thin fibres in others.

Culture
Rotuman
Material
grass, acrylic fibre and synthetic dye
Made in
Rotuma, Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Corpus Christi Band2738/67

Tungurahua-style Corpus Christi band made of an embroidered yellow silk panel sewn onto a burlap backing and then lined with orange cotton cloth that wraps around to form a framing edge. Embroidered motifs are in red, blue, brown, orange, maroon, pink, black, beige and green wool and include flowers, birds, deer, llamas, men hunting, musicians playing the harp, trumpet and drums, and a couple dancing. Small translucent and silver discs of plastic have been sewn into the middle of the design and a border of wide strips of gold foil paper is attached to the sides, with long yellow stitches on three sides and machine stitching on the fourth.

Culture
Ecuadorian
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre, acrylic fibre, paper and plastic
Made in
Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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