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MaskNb11.224

Carved, wood mask with a triangular shape coming to a point at the bridge of the nose. Bear fur spans the top of the mask and extends halfway down the back opening. The slightly raised, heavy eyebrows are painted black, extending from the back edges of the mask and meet at the upper nose. The eyes, set in a shallow recess on the plane of the upper cheek, are long and drawn out with a circular centre. The nose is long and narrow, with back thrust nostrils. Lips, painted red are rounded and drawn back, slightly parted. U-form designs on the forehead are painted green, blue and red; eyes are outlined in black with a red broken-line sunlight design above them; wave-like designs on the cheek are painted green and blue.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Tla-o-qui-aht
Material
egg tempera paint, fibre, metal, bear skin and cedar wood
Made in
Echachis, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Feast DishNb3.1438

Dzunuk'wa feast dish carved from a single piece of wood in shape of reclining figure, Dzunuk'wa (Tsonoqua), with head at one end; centre is deep ovoid bowl and opposite end has drawn up knees with block-like feet. Head is deeply carved with hair outlined; nose, pursed mouth and chin in higher relief than eyes and cheeks. Cheek band is mid-height. Head cuts off sharply at chin. Bowl has hands on either side with carved ovoid shape on palm and ovoids with split u's and ovoid on shoulder area. Painted black with red details on mouth, nostrils, bowl rim and with white shoulder detail. White on palm. Adze marks in longitudinal lines. Flat on bottom.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
paint and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Whale MaskNb3.1437

Whale-shaped mask or headdress with moveable jaw, dorsal, pectoral and fluked tail fins. The moveable parts are connected by strings which work together. Black overall with red mouth, outline around eye, nostril and details on fins. Dorsal fin at centre top is in recessed channel. It is attached to headdress with wooden pegs at bottom centre of fin; ovoid hole cut in white ovoid above face, two u-shapes above. Tail flukes also formerly pegged, peg now missing; decorated with frontal face which has black and white ovoid in ovoid eyes with red split u ears and red and white mouth. Bottom, convex surface is painted with a frontal face; black outlined round eyes and grinning mouth. Red and green details on white ground. Pectoral fins, formerly hinged with nailed on leather strips which have split down centre. One side patched and also now detached. Outside of fins are fully painted with face before double split u's; inside is black and red on unpainted wood. White s-shape on each side of whale body and white ovoid at back. Holes for string attachments in all parts. Canvas head strap on bottom with remnants of blue cloth. Piece of rope strung across bottom near back. Stains, imbedded dirt and a few scrapes.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
paint, fibre, metal, leather skin and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskNb11.223

The shape of the mask is like a high triangle, two planes intersecting on the median of the face. The heavy eyebrows are painted black, but are not raised. The brow slopes and projects sharply above the nose. Each eye is set in a concave orb in the mask. The eye is made up of a painted white ring surrounding a round hole (2 cm. in diameter, 2 mm deep). The hooked nose is long and narrow and merges with the backswept cheek planes. Up-thrusted narrow nostrils are painted orange. The mouth, encircled by a concave recess, is formed by full, protruding lips, drawn back slightly separated and painted orange. Along the top edge of the mask extend strands of black hair shredded and twisted cedar bark strands, and grey-white feathers. Inside the mask is a leather frame to fit the head.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Tla-o-qui-aht
Material
yellow cedar wood, hair, cedar bark, adhesive, metal, leather skin, fibre, feather and paint
Made in
Clayoquot, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressNb22.84

Helmet-style sea lion(?) headdress, with rounded head and flattened snout. Blue head with red around blue nostrils, in open mouth, scribbled below curved eyebrow bands and in crescent shapes on each side of snout and below mouth. Copper discs in eyes, nailed at centre and outlined in relief oval-shape. Open under mouth. Head is 2 pieces nailed together. Series of holes on top of snout, each side. Five holes (for teeth) on lower portion of mouth. Numerous scrapes on top and sides of head. Chip on mouth.

Culture
Tlingit ?
Material
paint, metal, copper metal and cedar wood
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hok HokNb3.1406

Wooden, carved bird mask with a very long straight beak. Beak has rounded end and movable lower mandible. Shredded cedar bark at top of head has five feathers, three brown and two white, and down. Twisted cedar bark nailed along upper rim, sides and lower, unraveled ends on either side of elongated rounded protuberance at base of beak; long bent brow above orange eye area which is curved and pointed at base of beak, pointed eyelid lines have red optic liners, circular pupil; u forms on temples; conical protruding nostrils have circular ends and u forms along length; black beak has series of u forms above and below red lip band; lower mandible is slightly longer than upper beak. Frontal bird face at base of lower mandible with black and white circular pupils in orange eye areas, black broad nostril nose with circle at centre for tip of beak, white band around red continuous lip band, bared teeth. Lower mandible attached to base of head by leather hinges that have been glued and stapled into place; operated by cord tied and passed through 2 metal 'eyes' on interior of beak, looped around a wooden ball and attached to the centre of a short stick; nylon line looped and tied through two holes at base of head. Signed 'Hok Hok Beau Dick 80.'

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
adhesive, fibre, leather skin, metal, feather, paint, cedar bark and wood
Made in
'Yalis (Alert Bay), British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tlingit Young WolfNb11.337

Small wolf mask with a long rounded snout pointed upwards. The lips and nose are painted red while the rest of the face and throat is green. The oval black eyes are painted in a natural coloured relief. A black band curves around framing the face. The ears are red and oval. Above the black band there is a natural coloured rim and a circlet of painted black and red oblong shapes. On the reverse ‘Tlingit Young Wolf' and ' J. David 80’ are printed.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Tla-o-qui-aht
Material
cedar wood, graphite mineral, ink and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Frog FigureNb3.1306

Carved wooden frog painted green and white with its closed mouth outlined in red, and black eyes. Feet attached separately and moveable. Small hollow on underside. At throat is also a carved hollow, covered with a painted yellow and green cloth. A flat strip of metal emerges from the cavity.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar wood, metal, fibre and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskNb3.1408

Mask with top knot of folded cedar bark wrapped with a strip of red plastic near the base. The mask is painted grey and has two indented diagonal curved shapes near the top of the forehead. Curvilinear eyebrow ridges extend beyond the side edges, and beaten copper is nailed to the surface of each. The eyes have circular hollow protruding pupils made of abalone shell, and the hooked beak-like nose has wide rounded nostrils. The open red mouth has pointed recurved lips. The mask also has a pointed chin and a series of black curved lines that accent the cheeks from chin to temple. Signed by artist on reverse.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
paint, wood, plastic, cedar bark, metal, abalone shell and copper metal
Made in
Gilford Island, British Columbia, Canada and Gwa'yasdam's, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Raven-Frog PanelNb22.78

Large rectangular yellow cedar panel, with a centre circular relief carving with painted orange-red primary form lines, black secondary form lines and anatomical features; negative space in and around carving is oiled. Image: two black side bands have frontal orange-red frogs with splayed bodies on either side of head, subtle differences in depiction of each frog. Central image: combines bird and mammal features; top half is frontal mammal's head with double split u ears, heavy bent brows, square-like pupils in pointed eyelid lines, broad flat snout joined to top of continuous lip band, six wide rectangular upper teeth; pointed beak joins bottom lip band, split u nostrils, wings, angled on either side of beak, have identical frontal animalistic faces, beside each face is a three claw foot. Signed at bottom corner on right: Bob/87, the letter D is carved over the letter B. Numerous tiny holes and oil spots along bottom edge.

Culture
Tahltan and Tlingit
Material
oil, paint and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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