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MaskA6216

Mask with protruding cylindrical eyes that are moveable. The mask is painted with heavy black eyebrows, red nostrils and lips, a black moustache, and the cheeks are emphasized with red painted designs. The remainder of the face is painted white. Cedar bark fringe extends down back past the bottom of the mask.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, fibre, rubber ?, cedar bark and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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House Screen BoardNb7.242 g

A long rectangular cedar plank with faded Northwest Coast designs imprinted in the surface of the wood; black and red designs cover the entire surface. Cedar bark stitching or the accompanying holes at both ends of the board. Underside has uniform chisel marks, longitudinal cracks, and two rectangular indentations at either end.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
cedar wood, paint and cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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House Screen BoardNb7.242 c

A long rectangular cedar plank with faded red and black painted Northwest Coast designs imprinted in the surface of the wood. Circular hole on bottom half of plank. Two rectangular notches are horizontally carved to one side of the plank near on side of the centre of the plank and have cedar bark stitching. Two rectangular notches are vertically carved on the bottom and the top end of the plank near the other edge of the plank.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
cedar bark, cedar wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace2623/20

Bush banana tips strung on corded bark fibre. A single shell and three smaller strings of circular red plastic disks hang from centre.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
nutshell ?, shell, plastic and bark fibre
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt2623/19

Narrow woven grass fibre belt. Twined bark fibre is woven down the centre of the belt, connecting white beads and a single yellow bead. Belt is a continuous circle.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
grass fibre, bark fibre and glass
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Feather Money2604/1

Red feather money wound in two concentric circles around a bark band. Feathers overlap like shingles, attached to the bark-like fibre which is wound around the band of money. Strands of small shells hang from one of the circles.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
feather, fibre, turtle shell and bark
Made in
Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cradle Blanket2319/1 a-j

Cradle accessories. Part a is a baby blanket of woven cedar bark; part b is a pillow of folded and tied cedar strips; part c is an upper cover for the blanket made of woven bark; part d is a woven head band which loops through parts f and g and holds part e over the baby's forehead; part e is a triangular shaped woven bark sun-shade; parts f-i are cedar cords that attach to the cradle sides; part j is a long cord that wraps around parts h and i.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth2623/53

The cloth is natural in colour with designs painted in black and brown. There are eight bands and each band is separated by a border. The designs in seven of the bands are interlocking triangles on either a black, brown or natural background. One band has mirror-image rectangles missing one side. The cloth has a thick fringe cut into one side and two long ties on the opposite side. The cloth is painted on one side but the paint has bled through to the backside.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
paper mulberry bark and paint
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth2623/52

The cloth is natural coloured, narrow with a linear motif and one tasseled end. The repeated motif is made up of brownish-red lines outlined in black forming a Greek key-like design, decorated with black dots. At both ends of the cloth a diamond motif has been added in purple ink. One end has long fabric tassels, coloured with purple ink and the end of each tassel dyed red-brown.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
paint and paper mulberry bark
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth2623/51

The cloth is natural coloured, rectangular and decorated with four panels. The repeated motif in each of the four panels is made up of brownish-red lines outlined in black forming six figures. Two of the figures resemble squares with two opposing sides pulled in; two figures are diamonds with a bar across the middle; and two figures resemble the number '3' . The figures vary in size and position from panel to panel. The cloth is very thin and painted on one side.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
paper mulberry bark and paint
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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