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Dress (Reproduction)1981.49.38 A,B

Culture
Mi'kmaq
Material
deer skin and acrylic paint
Holding Institution
Nova Scotia Museum
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Story Pole2004-103/1

Culture
“Coast Salish Style” ?
Material
red cedar wood and acrylic paint
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Kachina Doll2010.6.2

Crow Mother (Angwusnasomtake) Kachina Doll. Female figure carved from one piece of cottonwood root she leans slightly forward and holds both arms out carrying a bundle of sticks. Her headdress is large and dramatic with rayed feathers on either side of a bright blue helmet style mask with slender blue horns. The front of the mask has a large upside down, black triangle with a smaller one under it. Across the top and down the sides of the mask is a braided yellow and red yarn. There is a fur ruff around her neck. She wears a long dress made from cotton and trimmed with red and green yarn with a white braided yarn sash. She has a white, canvas mantle around her back and wears carved white boots. Crow Mother performs many roles and functions. She participates in the initiation blessings of children 10 - 15 years old, guides the whipper (punishment) Kachinas who are considered to be her children. Aggressive in temperament she is very active insuring that she will get attention and that her messages about the importance of the Kachina culture will be heard by the initiates. She appears during the Powamuya- purification ceremonies in February. Note the Kachina is portrayed by a man.

Culture
Pueblo and Hopi
Material
cottonwood root, acrylic paint, feather, stick, yarn, canvas, cotton and fur
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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Kachina Doll2010.6.12

Flute (Lenang) Kachina. Associated with bringing water to the springs he appears during the Powamuya ceremony in February. He had the PR arm raised and holds a blue gourd rattle and the wrist has a yarn tie. The PL arm is down holding a flute with feathers dangling from it while the wrist has a carved armband simulating metal with turquoise in the center. His PR leg is raised and painted blue. PL leg is down and painted yellow. Both legs have short blue boots, his knees are striped yellow and blue and both have a band of bells tied to them. The bare chest is painted flesh colored with yellow on the PL breast and blue on the PR. He wears a carved Hopi kilt. On his back he wears a multicolored yellow, blue and red backpack trimmed with red fringed yarn, topped with feathers and lower edged with cotton. Underneath this peeps out a carved wood fox tail. He has a blue face painted with diagonal yellow and black stripes in triangles on the cheeks, slit eyes and triangular mouth. He wears feathers on the back of his long black hair.

Culture
Pueblo and Hopi
Material
cottonwood root, acrylic paint, yarn, metal bell, feather, leather and cotton
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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Kachina Doll2010.6.11

Unknown type of Kachina Doll (possibly a Whippers Uncle (Tungwup) Taahaamo). This Kachina stands on both feet with PR arm slightly rose holding a white cane with a feather dangling from it. His PL arm is lower and carries a painted pouch and decorated flat "wand" which has feathers dangling from it. His entire shirt is wood, white and long sleeved with with black yarn ties at his wrists. He has a braided black yarn bandolier across chest from right to left. Wears the traditional Hopi skirt and sash with a carved fox tail in the back. He crouches a bit but both feet are down on base. His mask is helmet style, black with goggle eyes and a fierce open shark-like mouth showing red with white teeth. He has two straight horns, blue with feathers on the tips. Around his face is a white cotton ruff across the top and a fur ruff along the bottom. In the back of his head he has brown striped feathers.

Culture
Pueblo and Hopi
Material
cottonwood root, acrylic paint, yarn, feather, fur, leather and cotton
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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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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Tsimshian CosmosNb7.342

Scaled down model house front with painted designs. The panel is rectangular with an upper centre peak. There is a lower oval opening painted black (representing the original opening). The designs feature ovoid shapes and bird motifs in black and red on a plain wooden ground. There are red borders on the sides and top.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
cedar wood and acrylic paint
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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