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BowlA2654

Food bowl with convex sides, the two longer sides with a top edge that scoops down at the centre and the two shorter sides with top edges that arch upwards. Each side and the base is made from a different piece of wood, and the top edges are painted red and inset with off-white opercula shells. The sides of the dish are painted with designs in black and red.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
cedar wood, yellow cedar wood, paint, operculum shell and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dance PaddleNb11.359

Painted wood paddle with a protruding handle. Blade is painted with a simple black killer whale on both sides with a red tip at the point.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar wood, lacquer and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA6223 a-b

Wooden mask adorned with cedar bark fringe at back that extends down past the bottom of the mask. Face is carved forward with a strong downward slant. There are two deeply carved ridges running from nose to temples that are accentuated with black lines. There are heavy black brows at the top of the face, a scalloped design in black below the cheeks, a dark yellow hooked nose with red nostrils, pursed protruding red lips, and a slightly pointed chin with a short horse hair beard. A feather with a long shaft protrudes upwards from one side and there is a bunch of white, grey and grey-brown feathers attached to a pointed piece of wood with adhesive fabric tape (b) and inserted into a hole in the top of the mask. The edge of the mask on the sides of the face and chin is painted brown.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, fibre, paint, horse hair, cedar bark and feather
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatA6109

Spruce root hat with design painted in black and green. Brim is mixed twined work (diagonal twilled design of chevron patterns), crown is diagonal twined, top is plain twined with three diagonal twined rows near the centre. Inner hat band is plaited with spruce root weft and cedar root warp.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar root, paint and spruce root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gambling Game SticksNb11.381 a-l

Set of painted lehal sticks (11 game sticks: five are blue with black bands, five are blue with red bands, 1 has red and black bands) and leather tie which ties around the whole group of sticks. (Game sticks are a-k, leather tie is part l).

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
yellow cedar wood, paint and leather skin
Made in
Ahousat, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bentwood BoxNb3.1481 a-b

Tall square bentwood box (part a) with a slightly flared lid (part b). The front and back are painted red and black in different distributive Northwest Coast stylized designs. The sides display a large black circle with a four pointed design inside. The joined corner is held together with wooden pegs.

Culture
Tsimshian ? or Heiltsuk ?
Material
red cedar wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rattle1373/46

Wooden rattle with egg-shaped head and thick, round handle that gets narrower towards head. The end of the handle and edges of the head have a cedar bark fringe. One of the sides created by the fringe has black designs of a central double headed sea serpent, or Sisiutl, with a copper above its head and geometric shapes below it. The other side is a large face of a Sisiutl in red and black. The background of both images is white.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wood, cedar bark and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleNb3.1488

Cylindrical wooden rattle. The rattle is widest at the centre and tapers to the ends. The cedar has large incised designs painted red and black. There is an inscription, "Cranmer 81" on one end.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar wood and paint
Made in
'Yalis (Alert Bay), British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thunderbird Headdress686/4 a-c

Small (child's) thunderbird headdress with a curved beak, protruding ears, cedar bark hair, and red and black paint. Inscription on reverse.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Tla-o-qui-aht
Material
cedar wood, cedar bark and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bentwood BoxA4371

Tall square bentwood box with black and red painted Northwest Coast stylized distributive designs. The front and back have complex designs; the sides have two sets of thinly outlined black ovoids. The box is pegged together at the side seam and on the bottom. Base is split and joined with nails. There is no lid.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
paint, metal and red cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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