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Tsimshian CosmosNb7.342

Scaled down model house front with painted designs. The panel is rectangular with an upper centre peak. There is a lower oval opening painted black (representing the original opening). The designs feature ovoid shapes and bird motifs in black and red on a plain wooden ground. There are red borders on the sides and top.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
cedar wood and acrylic paint
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNd654

Coiled basket with bifurcated stitches; parallel to watch-spring base construction; partially imbricated. The design from the bottom to top: three rows of double zigzags in red on bullrush ground; stepped pattern in bullrush; horizontal line with discrete shapes; one stepped pattern; discrete shapes on bullrush ground; concentric squares and double diamonds connected by horizontal line. Four rawhide ties; one twine tie and one braided fibre rope on the front. Colour: tan.

Culture
Tsilhqot'in
Material
rawhide skin, cherry bark, cedar root, cedar wood, cat-tail grass ? and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dance PaddleNb11.358

Painted wood paddle with a protruding handle in green. Below the handle on one side, there is a pattern of ten red dots within the green outline of the staff while twelve dots are on the other side. From the handle to the blade, there are the following: a green-outlined circle; a green band around the circumference with ten red dots over it; four green-outlined tail flukes with twenty-nine red dots within the edges; and a black killer whale with red teeth on the blade; and at the tip, there is a red tail fluke design.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Chilkat Pattern BoardA8326

Distributive design painted in black on natural wood. The left side, from the top to the bottom, has the following: three circles in a rectangle each; an eye form in an ovoid; a circle in a rectangle with a pair of circles in a split u each; an ovoid in an ovoid with a profile face facing to the right side; and three circles in a rectangle each. The right side, from the top to the bottom, has the following: an eye form in an ovoid with a pair of circles in a rectangle each; an eye form in an ovoid with a pair of circles in a rectangle each above and a front facing face with an oval in a box in between; an eye form in an ovoid with a pair of eyes and a pair of circles in a rectangle each below; and a pair of circles in a split u form each with a front facing face.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
cedar wood and paint
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dance PaddleNb11.361

Painted and varnished wood paddle with a protruding handle. Both sides have a polka-dotted or multi-coloured striped lighting serpent and an eye design. On one side the serpent has a red head and on the other side the serpent has a green head. Tip of blade is painted in a tailfluke design with two pointed bands below it.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
lacquer, paint and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dance PaddleNb11.360

Painted and varnished wood paddle with a protruding handle. Both sides have a green polka-dotted lighting serpent and an eye design. On one side the serpent has a black head and on the other side the serpent has a green head. Tip of blade is painted in a tailfluke design with two pointed bands below it.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar wood, paint and lacquer
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FrontletA3731

Pentagonal wooden frontlet featuring a carved eagle in high relief; painted sisiutl design around the edges. Painted blue, black, red, yellow, and green. Bird and sisyuth representation.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
yellow cedar wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ancestor FigureA17154

Wooden, carved figure depicting a chief being lifted by another man, probably a slave. The top figure has a painted face and body, and is wearing a headdring; all are painted red and black with Northwest Coast designs. The position of the body is standing with his right arm raised and his palm open. The left hand is under the other figure's chin. The lower figure is in a crouched position with his left knee bent under and his right knee bent up supporting the right leg of the upper man. The lower figure is holding the other figure's left foot in his left hand and the right is wrapped around the other's leg. The second figure's face has an open mouth and is painted with red and black imagery. (Figure now has its right arm in a raised position.)

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
red cedar wood, paint and stain
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Totem PoleA3514

Model totem pole with five figures. The figures represented, from the base upwards, are a man, the face of a mythical being, a lizard, a seated man, and an eagle. The eagle's face and breast are white, his body and wings are green. The wings are also accented with red. The seated man is brown with details added in black. The lizard is green with red dots on a piece of black spotted wood. The mythical being is red with facial details in black. The man at the base of the totem pole is brown with details added in black. The base is a thick tiered square, painted brown and attached to the totem pole.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar wood and oil paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Si-Si-Ootle Serpent1666/8 a-k

Deep, rectangular sisiutl feast dish (part a)with two sisiutl heads protruding from either side (parts h and i))--long red tongues (parts f and k) protrude from these two heads. The protruding heads and the two sisiutl faces painted on opposite sides of the dish all have curved red and black fin-like ears--two apiece for the faces on the dish (parts b-e) and one each for the protruding heads(parts g and j). Dish is painted using red, black, green and white paint.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar wood, paint and ink
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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