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PlateA1573

Undecorated, oval-shaped wooden plate. Rims flare slightly upwards. Bottom is rounded.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
alder wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA5267

Male human mask with articulated ears, a large, protruding nose, sunken eyes, and fake fur attached as mustache and eyebrows. Cord ties at back. Canvas-like material nailed along the top to create a hood.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
alder wood, synthetic fibre, fibre and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DishA6187

Carved wooden dish shaped like a canoe.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
alder wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA3619

Brown wood double whistle made of two single whistles with one shorter than the other bound together by brown twine. The shorter piece is circular while the longer piece is oval in cross section. Both pieces come to a tapering end and are bound in four places with brown twine, one near each of the ends and two near the middle. While the wider end is solid on each piece, there is a hollow (two in total) through the tapering end where there is a taper cut semi-oval hole (two in total) nearby on one side.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
alder wood and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA4397

Flat, bottle-shaped, red-brown wood double whistle bound with brown twine in three places, one near each end and one near the middle. Green-brown cloth is glued on the sides in between the holes. While the wider end is solid, there are two hollows through the tapering end where there is a taper cut rectangular hole nearby at either side.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
alder wood and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA4198

Two brown wood whistles of different shapes bound together with brown twine overall. One piece is oval in cross section while the other is circular in cross section. Both pieces come to a tapering end. While the wider ends are solid, there is a hollow (two in total) through the tapering ends where there is a taper cut round cornered rectangular hole (two in total) nearby on one side. Pitch is used to join the seams.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
alder wood, resin and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DishA7451

Leaf-shaped wooden dish with flat underside and vein design in relief on underside.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
alder wood
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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pot hook1927.1734 . 176384

« Two pot hooks of alder twigs are bent at one end to form a loop and lashed with spruce root. At the other end a hook is formed by a small branch (fig. 5c). » Vanstone, James W. "The Speck Collection of Montagnais Material Culture from the Lower St. Lawrence Drainage, Quebec." Fieldiana. Anthropology. New Series, No. 5 (October 29, 1982), p.9, fig 5c (p.33).

Culture
Ilnu, Montagnais and Innu
Material
alder bark
Made in
Pekuakami, Lac Saint-Jean, Lake St. John, Labrador, Canada
Holding Institution
The Field Museum
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MaskA1784

Carved wooden Tanis mask painted black with two smaller heads on top of a larger one. The lower head has deep-set eyes, a nose with rounded red protrusions on each side of a central semi-circle, a protruding red mouth and a large brow. The smaller heads are angled at about 45 degrees to the side with deep-set circular eyes, protruding noses and recessed red mouths. The eyes are all detailed in yellow. There is cedar bark around the neck of the top head on the left.

Culture
Haisla
Material
cedar bark, cinnabar mineral, alder wood ? and graphite mineral
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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