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Interior House PostA50039 d-e

Pair of thunderbird house posts from a Kwagu'l house frame. See records A50039 a, b-c and f-g for the rest of the house frame.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
paint and cedar wood
Made in
Fort Rupert, British Columbia, Canada and Tsaxis, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Interior House PostA50039 b-c

Pair of sea-lion house posts from a Kwagu'l house frame. See records A50039 a, d-e, f-g for the rest of the house frame.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
paint and cedar wood
Made in
Fort Rupert, British Columbia, Canada and Tsaxis, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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House Frontal Totem PoleA50039 a

House frontal pole with arched doorway from a Kwagu'l house frame. See records A50039 b-c, d-e and f-g for the rest of the house frame.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
paint and cedar wood
Made in
Fort Rupert, British Columbia, Canada and Tsaxis, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask2.5E1002
The Whalers' PoleNb11.262

Tall pole with carved and painted figures. Figures from top to bottom are: the harpooner, with a whale's dorsal fin in each hand; the second-ranked man in the whaling crew, who holds a harpoon; the shaman, who wears a frontlet and holds a rattle and a wand (and on his tongue is painted the head of a lightning serpent); Puk-ubs (whaler returned from drowing); and a grey whale, held up by Puk-ubs. The eyes and teeth on the shaman's face are in bronze. (The tip of the harpoon was replaced in 2024.)

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ditidaht
Material
cedar wood, paint and bronze metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Chest1952.15

A large carved and painted wooden chest with an undecorated lid.; Goodtwo iron nails in the inside of the lid sides, and a ?copper alloy staple in inside the llid base which holds a paper label and may have been added by the collector.

Culture
Nuxalk ? or Tsimshian ?
Material
wood, cedar wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Interior House PostA50009 g-h

Two sea-lion house posts (parts g-h) in storage due to poor condition. Part of interior house frame (see A50009 a-c, d-f).

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar wood and paint
Made in
Quatsino, British Columbia, Canada and Xwatis, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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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
Quamichan, 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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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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