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MaskA6317 a

Large, carved, wooden, raven hamatsa mask with a long beak and ovoid shaped cutout nostrils. The beak is hinged with pieces of skin, with fur, nailed to either side. The beak is painted black with a red mouth and nose. At the back of the nose are five black U-forms with a large black s-shape; each shape is outlined in white. The eyes are white, outlined in black and red, on a white and red, ovoid shaped background; brow is black. The inside of the mask is hollow with the exception of twine used to open and close the beak. The top has short pieces of cedar creating a fringe, while the back has longer strips that hang over the wearer. The bottom is black with white edging. The mask is painted black, red and white with stylized designs. (Part b is a detached piece of cedar fringe.)

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
fibre, metal, rubber, skin, cedar bark, wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA6221 a-b

Mask (a) with cedar bark fringe attached at top that extends down past the bottom of the chin. Circular eyes, slightly protruding, pursed red lips, red nostrils, black hair with a scalloped edge, heavy black eyebrows, a black moustache with downturned ends, and a curving black scalloped design on the cheeks. The remainder of the face is painted white. A bunch of white and dark grey-brown feathers attached to a pointed piece of wood with blue string and adhesive fabric tape (b) fits into a hole in the top of the head, angled forward.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark, wood, paint, fibre, dye, adhesive and feather
Made in
Blunden Harbour, British Columbia, Canada ? or Ba'as, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA6220

Mask depicting a human face with open mouth showing teeth. Cheeks and nose are painted in red, black and white. Eyebrows, moustache and parts of face are lined in black. Cedar bark represents beard and hair.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, cedar bark, paint and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressA6219

Wooden eagle headdress carved in high relief with a large, protruding curved beak. Cedar bark fringe covers the crown. Cording attached at the back. Painted in orange, red, white and black.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark, fibre, wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA6217

Mask with prominent curved nose, shredded cedar bark fringe that extends down past the bottom of the mask, and a large white feather attached on one side. The eyes are slightly bulging, and the mask is painted with black eyebrows, a black nose and cheeks, red nostrils and lips, and orange on the chin, just below the mouth, and to the sides of the mouth. the temples are also embellished with black lines, and there are sets of two short diagonal lines above the brows. The remainder of the face is painted white.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, cedar bark, paint, cotton fibre and feather
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basketry TrayA17095

Coiled cedar root tray with handles. Simple interlocking coiled work with parallel slat base with two rows of watch-spring construction at the edge. Wide slat for the side with an extra row separating into handles. Braided edge under the handle and partial imbrication. Inside of the tray is decorated with six geometric patterns, two large diamond patterns in red and black, with a smaller black diamond inside. Exterior of basket has a series of diamonds and wide beading. .

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
cedar root, cedar wood and cherry bark
Made in
Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada and Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA9001

Square coiled basket (bifurcated stitches); watch-spring base construction. Imbricated design of double vertical panels on each side, in red cherry bark background with cat-tail grass (?) chevron patterns and triangles, and dark cherry bark background with cat-tail grass (?) in same pattern configuration. Same on all sides, except two sides have two stitches of dark cherry bark at tip of one chevron in the red cherry bark background.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
cedar wood, dye, cat-tail grass ? and cherry bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA17197 a-b

Circular basket with flaring sides (a) and wooden mold (b); mould is sold brown wood with a knob-like handle in the centre. Ten multicoloured figurative images woven into swamp grass. Crossed cedar bark in centre of bottom.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
wood, swamp grass, cedar bark and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PotK4.64

A deep cylindrical pot with horizontal leaf bands, possibly palm leaf, connected to each other with vertical bands of braided bark? The bottom of the pot is rounded with a herring-bone-like weave. The pot appears to have been plastered with a mixture of fibre or hair and reddish clay. Simple design on the three legs of two horizontal wide-grooved bands around the top.

Culture
East African
Material
bark, wood and palm leaf
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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EarspoolK4.49

Two plain brown wood cylindrical ear plugs, each with a hole drilled through the centre, and attached to one another with skin.

Culture
Kikuyu
Material
wood, bark and skin
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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