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Sxwayxwey MaskA9329

Ghost-face mask with two small birds protruding from top. The face of the mask is dominated by a larger face with two circular, protruding eyes and an upturned beak. Details are enhanced with red, black, and white paint.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun'
Material
cedar wood and paint
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sxwayxwey RattleA9331

Circular rattle with scallop shell attachments. Handle is made from double cedar root hoops, which are concealed by a red print cloth. The thirteen pectin shells are pierced near their bases for attachment.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun'
Material
fibre, cedar root and scallop shell
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sxwayxwey MaskA6812

Ghost-face mask with protruding cylindrical eyes. Owl figures on the top. Unpainted.

Culture
Coast Salish: Musqueam
Material
cedar wood
Made in
Musqueam, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sxwayxwey WhistleA2251

Whistle made of two pieces of red cedar bound together with strips of cherry bark, also has a diaphragm or reed of cherry bark.

Culture
Coast Salish: Musqueam
Material
cedar wood and cherry bark
Made in
Musqueam, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleA8051

Five scallop shells--three small and two large--hanging from a wire loop covered with cedar bark.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
scallop shell, cedar bark, fibre and metal
Made in
Port Renfrew, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA1784

Carved wooden Tanis mask painted black with two smaller heads on top of a larger one. The lower head has deep-set eyes, a nose with rounded red protrusions on each side of a central semi-circle, a protruding red mouth and a large brow. The smaller heads are angled at about 45 degrees to the side with deep-set circular eyes, protruding noses and recessed red mouths. The eyes are all detailed in yellow. There is cedar bark around the neck of the top head on the left.

Culture
Haisla
Material
cedar bark, cinnabar mineral, alder wood ? and graphite mineral
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA1783

Carved wooden Tanis mask painted black and composed of two heads, one on top of the other. The bottom head is smaller, without a jaw; jagged natural wood coloured teeth are edged in red. The nose curves up to form the brows above bulging eyes in deep red orbits detailed in red. The upper head has a large hooked nose, faced in nailed on metal; bared teeth, detailed in red with remnants of white. The deep-set ovoid eyes have central holes rimmed in red then white. The left eye has a house-shaped pane of glass and the right eye has a series of holes above.

Culture
Haisla
Material
metal, cinnabar mineral, graphite mineral, glass and yellow cedar wood ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA1782

Carved wooden Tanis mask painted black with a small bear's head above the main head. The face has bulging eyes in deeply recessed orbitals and a nose with rounded red protrusions on each side of a central semi-circle. Wide, natural wood coloured mouth outlined in red with bared teeth outlined in black. The eyes on both faces are detailed in brown on the right side and white on the left; holes under eyes.

Culture
Haisla
Material
cotton fibre, cinnabar mineral, graphite mineral, yellow cedar wood ?, metal and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA1130

Whistle composed of two pieces of wood bound together with red skin strips at the top and near the bottom to form a hollow tubular shape. The whistle bulges outwards slightly above the leather binding near the bottom and tapers slightly towards the tip which is finished with a flared mouthpiece.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
cedar wood, skin and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wolf HeaddressA9184

Wolf headdress with bared teeth, and carved snout. Curvilinear design around back upper edge. Carved with great detail but the surface is now rough and weathered. Traces of red and black paint.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ahousaht
Material
paint and cedar wood
Made in
Ahousat, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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