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MaskA8242

Circular mask with hooked nose, mouth and hidden eyes. Cedar bark fringe around head. Cloth hangs from back with fibre cording. Colours are red, yellow, green, white and black. Nose has holes in the wood.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, fibre, cedar bark and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA8241

Small circular bumblebee mask with large bulbous eyes. Nose protrudes and is turned upwards. Strips of cedar bark are attached to one side of the mask. Cloth hood and cording is attached to the back of the mask. Colours used are yellow, red, green, white and black.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, fibre, cedar bark, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA8240

Mask with large bulbous eyes, squared nose with holes around it, a painted mouth, and cedar bark fringe. Linear designs on face are in black, yellow, red, and white. Cloth is attached to the back of the mask and hangs down. Is secured with fibre cording and nails.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark, fibre, wood, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA8238

Small circular bumblebee mask with large bulbous eyes. Nose protrudes and is turned upwards; nine holes on its end. Cedar bark fringe around the face. Cloth hood and cording is attached to the back of the mask. Colours used are yellow, red, green, white and black.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, cedar bark, fibre, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basketry HatA1465

Basketry hat with primarily plain twined weave with some diagonal twined sections on the brim. Above the crown of the hat are a series of four cylindrical protrusions of plain twined weave around the sides of each, and twined and wicker weave on the underside of each with a hole in the topmost protrusion. Two bands of black on the brim and on the cylindrical protrusion below the topmost protrusion.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
cedar bark, spruce root ? and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Chief's ChairA7876

Chief's wooden seat with rounded back and two side panels with decorative edges. Three wood slats on bottom at ends and middle. One on top edge. Painted back panel of figure (?), side panels painted on both sides with u-forms, ovoids and split-u forms. Bark used to tie back side bar, on left side, to back and side panel. Colours: blue, black, and red.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, metal, paint and cedar bark ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA1806

Carved wooden, crooked beak mask. The beak has long, exaggerated, protruding red nostrils with two large circular openings in the front. Running from the brow is a large, protruding, central black, rectangular shaped frill that projects outwards then curves downwards to the top of the beak. On the top edge of the head is a smaller, rounded, black frill that tapers into the top of the head. The mouth is red, flat and protruding. The underside of the beak is black; beak is hinged with a thin piece of metal wire. The eyes are small and outlined in black and red, surrounded by a large white, sunken, ovoid-like shape; the brow is black with red vertical stripes. Back of mask is slightly cylindrical in shape; around the top, side and bottom edges are twisted pieces of cedar. The inside of the mask is hollow with the exception of pieces of fibre twine to articulate the beak; bundles of small branches with cedar strips and a piece of eagle down. The mask is painted black, white and red with Northwest Coast stylized forms.

Culture
Nuxalk
Material
red cedar wood, cedar bark, paint, fibre, metal and eagle down feather
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PaddleA1555

Wood paddle that is heavily shellacked. Blade is deeply carved in relief and painted with yellow, red, black, and green in the design of a frog ? on both sides. Has black ovoid in yellow tapering oval eyes, red nostrils, an open mouth with a red tongue and yellow teeth, hunched legs, green sides, and a different creature at either side. Double handle grip.

Culture
Nisga'a
Material
cedar wood and paint
Made in
Aiyansh, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PaddleA1556

Wood paddle that is heavily shellacked. Blade is deeply carved in relief and painted with yellow, red, black, and green in the design of a beaver on both sides. Has black ovoid in yellow tapering oval eyes with black brows above, red nostrils, an open mouth with yellow in the middle surrounded by red, hunched legs, and red-brown cross hatched tail parts showing at either side with green at the ends. Large double handle grip.

Culture
Nisga'a
Material
cedar wood and paint
Made in
Aiyansh, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressA8103

Carved wooden, crooked beak headdress. The face has red flared nostrils with a central frill detailed with white s-forms that curves down into the middle of the mouth. The mouth is unpainted, flat and protruding; bottom part of jaw is missing. The face is black with white detailing. The eyes are white outlined in black on a white, ovoid shaped ground; brow is black. The inside is hollow with the exception of a cloth wrapped crown to secure it to the head. Attached to the top are short, bundled cedar strips that hang down. Painted in black, white and red.

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