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RattleA7316

Light yellow/red-brown wood rattle consisting of two rounded pieces put together, creating a full rounded tapering oval rattle bound at both tapered ends with cedar bark fringes tied on with white and brown string. Design is consisting of a killer whale carved on both sides. Circle eyes surrounded by a diagonal tapering oval with a connective brow above. Open mouth shows ten teeth at either side. Side fin is a sideways split u. Tail is an ovoid with an inverted split u angled upward.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, cedar bark and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleA7315

Light yellow/red-brown wood rattle consisting of two rounded pieces put together, creating a full rounded tapering oval rattle bound at both tapered ends with cedar bark fringes tied on with white and brown string. Design is consisting of a killer whale carved on both sides. Circular eyes surrounded by a diagonal tapering oval with a connective brow above. Open mouth shows ten teeth at either side. Side fin is a sideways split u. Tail is an ovoid with an inverted split u angled upward. There are two side-by-side circles above on top of the body.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark, wood and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShieldIe466

Shield made from one piece of rectangular wood with rounded corners. The shield has a carved x-shaped design with a flat centre, arms that have a raised square pattern, and one extra arm that is flat and widens towards the end. A bark fibre (?) strap is attached at the back with the ends fed through two holes at the sides of the shield and knotted in the front.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, bark fibre and stain ?
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressA6128

Headdress representing a wolf with rounded ears angled outwards on the top of the head, an elongated snout, and prominent nostrils. Painted black with black eyebrows, green around the eyes, red and green inside the ears, red nostrils, and red lips, all sections except the ears bordered in white. Remnants of cedar bark at the back. Off-white cloth attached to the reverse with metal nails.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
metal, fibre, wood, paint and cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TrapC894 a-b

Trap made from shafts of bamboo split into multiple strips and held together with bark strand lashings to form a cavity at the centre with two pieces of wood lashed across the bottom where there is an opening. A wooden float with tapered ends is attached to one side to act as a float. A second float (part b) is detached from the object.

Culture
Tahitian
Material
wood, bark and bamboo grass
Made in
“Society Islands: Tahiti” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressA4336

Wooden wolf headdress, or mask. The face is painted black with red bordered in white around the eyes, red and black nostrils delineated with a white line, and white teeth with red edges. Skin with brown and black hair attached over the top of the head. Inside is a wooden frame. A long cedar bark tuft is attached to the cedar frame at the back.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, cedar bark, metal, skin and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA3663

Mask with an elongated face, a slightly protruding brow, a nose with a pointed tip that joines to the pointed top centre of the downturned mouth, and a cedar bark fringe around the face. The mask is painted white with black eyebrows, a green curvilinear design around the eyes with scalloped scale symbols underneath the eyes, black designs on the cheeks, a red-tipped nose, and black lips. Fibre cord at reverse.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, cedar bark, fibre, metal and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressA6130

Wolf headdress with elongated snout, prominent nostrils, an open mouth with bared teeth and fangs, and rounded ears that protrude from the top. The headdress is painted with black over the top of the head and snout, black eyebrows, black ears with green and orange designs on the inside, green around the eyes, red nostrils and lips, white teeth, and a white line over the top of the snout. Fragments of cloth attached to top and sides of headdress, and a band of thick canvas is attached on the inside. Strips of bent branch (?) are also attached to the top of the headdress and extend down behind it.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
bark, wood and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA6168

Mask with movable lower jaw, curved lines representing gills on the cheeks, and a rounded beak-like nose. The mask has a cedar bark fringe at the top, back and bottom. The mask is painted black with white delineating the eyebrows, nostrils, lips and eye sockets, white gill lines, green around the eyes, red nostrils and lips, and a white curvilinear line that extends from the corner of the mouth to between the eye socket and nostril on both sides.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, cedar bark, fibre and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fish MaskA6222

Mask in the shape of a fish's head with incised curved gill-like lines on the cheeks, a pointed face, a movable jaw, and two copper thunderbird-like ears with curled tips on top of the head. A cedar bark fringe with a twisted cedar bark border and off-white feathers are attached at the top of the mask and extend down the back. The mask is painted a metallic grey with black eyebrows, white gill-like incisions, red nostrils and lips outlined in white, silver around the eyes with two dotted lines at the bottom of the eye sockets, and black and red designs on the ears.

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