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MaskA1806

Carved wooden, crooked beak mask. The beak has long, exaggerated, protruding red nostrils with two large circular openings in the front. Running from the brow is a large, protruding, central black, rectangular shaped frill that projects outwards then curves downwards to the top of the beak. On the top edge of the head is a smaller, rounded, black frill that tapers into the top of the head. The mouth is red, flat and protruding. The underside of the beak is black; beak is hinged with a thin piece of metal wire. The eyes are small and outlined in black and red, surrounded by a large white, sunken, ovoid-like shape; the brow is black with red vertical stripes. Back of mask is slightly cylindrical in shape; around the top, side and bottom edges are twisted pieces of cedar. The inside of the mask is hollow with the exception of pieces of fibre twine to articulate the beak; bundles of small branches with cedar strips and a piece of eagle down. The mask is painted black, white and red with Northwest Coast stylized forms.

Culture
Nuxalk
Material
red cedar wood, cedar bark, paint, fibre, metal and eagle down feather
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model CanoeD3.193

Model version of an Eastern woodlands style canoe. Canoe is made from birch bark lashed to a wooden frame with root lacings. Upper edge of the canoe is rimed with a slender branch that is overcast with strips of root. Black, resinous pitch is used to patch seams and holes in the birch bark.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
birch bark, wood, resin and root
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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KnifeA160

Rusted dagger-like blade inserted and bound between two pieces of wood to form handle.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
cedar wood, metal and bark ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressA8103

Carved wooden, crooked beak headdress. The face has red flared nostrils with a central frill detailed with white s-forms that curves down into the middle of the mouth. The mouth is unpainted, flat and protruding; bottom part of jaw is missing. The face is black with white detailing. The eyes are white outlined in black on a white, ovoid shaped ground; brow is black. The inside is hollow with the exception of a cloth wrapped crown to secure it to the head. Attached to the top are short, bundled cedar strips that hang down. Painted in black, white and red.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark, wood, metal, paint and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowA8393

Arrow with a double-barbed copper point that has two other barbs that point outwards perpendicular to the shaft of the arrow tip at the base of the arrow head shaft. The shaft is wrapped with cedar (?) at the arrow end. Plain cedar shaft with remains of feathers bound to shaft at butt end with off-white thread. Further down the shaft there is also a band of thin dark brown fibre wound around feather remains.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
copper metal, cherry bark and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Head Ring FrontletA8391

Cedar bark head ring with a carved frontlet of a sun figure in high relief. Frontlet has a broad white face, heavy black eyebrows, a green band painted across the eyes, and is encircled by a green ring; alternating squares of abalone shell and mirror are set into the green ring around the face. Cedar bark head ring is lined with cloth and features three large squares of abalone shell fastened to the outside at evenly spaced intervals.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
paint, wood, cedar bark, silver alloy metal ?, glass, cotton fibre, abalone shell and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bentwood BoxA8390 a-b

Bentwood box (part a) and lid (part b) with one side pf lid raised. Box has abstract Northwest Coast design elements painted on all sides, in red and black. Cedar bark rope is tied around the box. Killer whale and sisiutl-like designs in black on the top of lid and the raised portion.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark, wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Head RingA8332

Ring-shaped frame of thin branches tied with strips of cloth. This frame is wrapped or bound with strips of red-dyed cedar bark.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, fibre, cedar bark and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basketry TrayA2273

Round, brown tray of simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches) with watch-spring construction. Partial imbrication. The sides are three splint rows with a wrapped border. Interior of the basket has three concentric divisions and an inner row of grass and then two rows of alternating black cherry bark and grass repeated. Between these, there are nine diagonal lines in red, then nine shapes in red, then twenty "X" shapes in red with grass inside.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, cedar wood and grass
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA17152

Carved wooden, crooked beak mask. The beak has red ovoid shaped, cutout nostrils. Running from the brow is a large, protruding, central black frill that curves upwards and circles downwards to the top, tip of the beak; detailed with a wide red band with white curved incisions. Running from the bottom of the beak is a central black circular ridge that mirrors the one on top; detailed with red band and a black and white ovoid. The mouth is red, flat, wide and protruding. The bottom parts of the beak are hinged with rectangular pieces of rubber. The eyes are black, outlined in white and red on a white ovoid shaped ground; the brow is black. The inside of the mask is hollow with the exception of pieces of fibre cord with a piece of wood on the end; articulates the beak. Attached to the top is a wooden crest with red split u-forms on a white ground. The top and sides have small bundles of cedar tied with green twine. The mask is painted black, white and red with Northwest Coast stylized forms.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar wood, fibre, paint, cedar bark, synthetic rubber, metal and wood
Made in
Blunden Harbour, British Columbia, Canada ? or Ba'as, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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