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LeggingA4253

Leggings made from alternate strips of golden coloured and red-dyed cedar bark folded double over a string and twined with two rows of string. Colour: red.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LeggingA4252

Leggings made of alternate strips of red and bleached white cedar bark. Folded double and secured with two rows of twining, one along the top and one approximately three inches below the first.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA4250

Carved wooden, crooked beak mask. The beak has large red ovoid shaped nostrils with black and orange split u forms on either side. Running from the brow is a large central black frill that protrudes outward and curves downwards to the centre of the beak; decorated with cutout black and white u-forms and two cutout s-shapes. The mouth is red, flat and protruding. The underside of the beak is black with a white u-form. The bottom parts of the beak are hinged with rectangular pieces of leather. The eyes are black, outlined in white and red on a white ovoid shaped ground; brow is black. The inside of the mask is hollow with the exception of pieces of fibre twine that articulates the beak. The inner top has small bundles of small stripes of cedar bark with two white feather intertwined. The mask is painted black, white, orange and red with Northwest Coast stylized forms.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
feather, rubber, cedar bark, wood, fibre, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA4246

Mask with a cedar bark fringe over a frame made from bent twigs, and with parts of the design in copper. The mask is painted in red, green and black with copper nailed to the centre of the forehead, the eyebrows, the eyes, the lower cheeks from the sides of the nose to the jaw, and the outer edges of the lips.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark, metal, copper metal, wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA4245

Mask with four separately attached wood appendages that are nailed to the sides and forehead. The top two horn-like pieces are nailed to the mask at an angle and have rounded edges, and the two side pieces have two lobes that face outwards and are angled slightly towards the back of the mask. The mask is painted white with heavy black eyebrows, a curved black nose with red nostrils, red and green around the black and white eyes, pursed red lips, and black and red u-shapes to the sides of the mouth with an inset green ovoid bordered in white. Long strips of cedar bark bound in two places with green string are attached to the top of the mask. An off-white cord is strung through a hole at the top of the mask and two holes on either side.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA4242

Mask with round eyes, scale symbols and gill slits. Black moustache over lip. Small ears with long cedar bark fringe on top. Green, black and red on white ground.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
metal, cedar bark, wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bentwood BowlA3563

Bentwood dish. Rim is curved convex and concave with operculum shells inlaid along upper edges. The last corner is pegged together and the bottom is pegged to the sides. Adzed fluting on the sides and ends. Wide band of vertical stripes carved along rim, with "x" on the centre of the ends.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar wood and operculum shell
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatA4098

Large rectangular mat with woven pattern. The strands are plaited diagonally to the axis of the mat. There are groups of dark cedar strands running at regular intervals through both the warp and weft, creating a geometric diamond pattern. The edges were originally hemmed by replaiting strands back into the body of the mat.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark and mud dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA4096

Carved wooden, crooked beak mask. The beak has long, exaggerated, protruding nostrils with two large u-shaped openings in the front; many incised white s-shaped forms behind it. Running from the brow is a large, protruding, central black and white circular frill that projects upwards and curves downwards to the middle of the beak. The mouth is red, flat, wide and protruding. The underside of the beak is black; hinged with rectangular pieces of rubber. The eyes are black ovoids on an ovoid shaped ground; the brow is black. The inside of the mask is hollow with the exception of pieces of fibre twine to articulate the beak. Attached to the top are many small cedar bundles with a piece of eagle down intertwined. The mask was painted black, red and white with Northwest Coast stylized forms but is mostly black due to being burnt by fire.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
fibre, cedar wood, cedar bark, paint, synthetic rubber and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dance KnifeA3800

Warrior dance knife, or baton in the form of Sisiutl. A long thin cylindrical-like shaped wood piece with a central frontal head and a profile head on either side. Cedar bark is tied around one side. Painted with long upward curving protruding red tongues at either side and four horizontal black rings around each neck.

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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