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Figure3260/37

Wooden sculpture of a human figure with a carved dish, or bowl, on the back of a slave. The main figure is kneeling and holding a bulging bentwood-style dish, balanced on the back of another smaller figure, who is crouched down on all fours and looking out from the front of the base.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
yellow cedar wood
Made in
Quatsino, British Columbia, Canada ? or Xwatis, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Frogs3260/100 a-b

Small bentwood box with lid (part b). Box has rounded corners with carving of frogs on exterior painted in black. The lid and base are painted black. Interior is unpainted. Artist's initials and date on base.

Culture
Haida
Material
cedar wood and acrylic paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Raven3260/97 a-b

Small carved bentwood box with lid (part b). Box has soft rounded corners with an abstract raven design carved around the sides, painted in red. The sides of the base and the lid are also painted red. There's a circular carved design with a central red detail on top. Artist inscription on base.

Culture
Haida
Material
cedar wood and acrylic paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Odyssey3260/84 a-b

Small art box sits slightly angled on a black square base. A male figure holding a paddle (part b) is carved kneeling inside the box. Designs in black and red are painted on box exterior, with blue edges on all sides. The paddle is also painted with a blue design. Artist inscription on base and inside.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
red cedar wood, yellow cedar wood and acrylic paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bentwood Bowl3260/38

Square, kerfed, steamed bentwood bowl: hardwood sides, red-cedar base, sinew stitching. Rim inset with operculum shells, originally four to each side (one missing). Outer surface carved with animal imagery.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
wood, red cedar wood, operculum shell and sinew
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Frog Moon3260/121

Thick square wooden carving with soft rounded corners and flat edge. Carving depicts the moon, and a frog with black almond-shaped eyes. Brass rod at centre of base for installation. Artist inscription and date on base.

Culture
Tahltan and Tlingit
Material
yellow cedar wood, acrylic paint and brass metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Raven and the Box of Daylight3260/118 a-b

Small rectangular bentwood box with lid (part b). Box has soft rounded corners and thin blue circles on the short sides. Wider sides have carvings in a square, at centre, painted in red. Three-dimensional carving on lid depicts a raven with protruding beak at one end, an animal head and front legs at the opposite end, and a face between them. Their eyes are all painted black; the animal's tongue is red. Artist's inscription on base and underside of lid.

Culture
Tahltan and Tlingit
Material
red cedar wood, yellow cedar wood and acrylic paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask3204/3

Small unpainted, wooden, Dzunuk'wa style mask, without eye or mouth holes. The fine wood grain is prominent, creating circles at eyes and forehead, and emphasizing the overhanging top lip of the protruding mouth. Back is flat, with "Ellen Neel" carved above centre.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask3204/4

Small unpainted, wooden, Dzunuk'wa style mask, without eye or mouth holes. Wood grain is prominent, creating circles at eyes and forehead, and emphasizing the round protruding mouth. Back is flat, with "Ellen Neel" carved below centre.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bentwood Bowl3260/46

Large bentwood bowl, or dish. Wrapped around the four sides are painted images of killer whales, their heads meeting at the front, their tails at the back. Human-like faces appear in the whales’ blowholes and above the heads; a face with an upturned mouth and two ears looks out above the tail flukes, its clawed hands/paws on either side, and slender legs extending around to either side of the bowl. Dark red border around upper edge. Yellow cedar sides, red cedar base.

Culture
Haida
Material
yellow cedar wood, red cedar wood and paint
Made in
Skidegate, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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