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MaskA5299

Carved wooden crooked beak headdress, or mask. The beak has large red circular shaped nostrils with a red band outlining it. Running from the brow is a large central black frill that protrudes outward and curves downwards to the centre of the beak; decorated with white detailing, black and white cutout u-forms and s-shape. The mouth is red, flat and protruding. The underside of the beak is black. The bottom parts of the beak are hinged with rectangular pieces of leather. The eyes are black, outlined in white and red on a white ovoid shaped ground; brow is black. The inside of the mask is hollow with the exception of pieces of fibre twine that articulates the beak. The top has small bundles of small stripes of cedar bark. Hanging from the back are long strips of bark. The mask is painted black, white and red with Northwest Coast stylized forms.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark, wood, fibre, paint, leather skin and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Whale MaskA6316

Whale mask, or headdress, with moveable dorsal fin, pectoral fins, tail and lower jaw. At the base of the dorsal fin is an eagle with outstretched wings. The bird is attached to rigging for movement. By the blow hole there is a carved face of Bak'was. Under the lower jaw of the whale is a face, and on the pectoral fins are protruding hands in dark and light green. The tail shaft is segmented. The tail fins have a painted ovoid design underneath and a facial design on top. The body is painted black with white lines and circles. The fins are painted with designs in red, green, black and white. The face is painted black with black eyebrows outlines in white, green around the eyes with incised white lines, white below the eye sockets, black and red nostrils with white rims, and red lips with Bak'was painted in white, black, green and red. The bird is painted white and black with red legs and eyes, a white beak with red edges, and its wings are black with white stripes on the underside and white with black and red dots of paint on the top side. Some of the original painting can be found inside the side fins.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar wood, leather skin, fibre, tin metal and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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KnifeK4.32 a-b

Leather case (part a) has stitching down the middle and is pointed at the tip. Long metal blade (part b) that is sharpened on both sides, is fitted into a wooden handle, and held into place by two metal pins.

Culture
Central African ?
Material
iron metal, wood and leather skin
Made in
Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Storage BasketA17097

Natural and black coiled storage basket with leather handles looped over with a metal button at each end. Simple coiled work with bifurcated stitches over slat foundation. Parallel slat base construction. Raised rim on fitted lid and totally beaded surface. Beading on lid in red cherry bark and sides in alternate rows of cherry bark and grass. Lid is attached to the basket by skin straps.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
leather skin, cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ? and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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QuiverK4.225 a-e

Woven rectangular quiver (part a) with four arrows (parts b-e). Arrows each have a different metal point, incised designs on the shaft and leather fletchings.

Culture
East African
Material
plant fibre, leather skin, rattan ? and steel metal
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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QuiverK4.224 a-m

Dark brown leather quiver with a fitted cap (parts a and b) and eleven arrows (parts c-m). Case molded of wet leather. Arrows consist of iron arrowheads of various shapes and sizes bound to bamboo shafts with feather fletchings at the end.

Culture
Maasai
Material
leather skin, feather, iron metal and reed grass
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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QuiverK4.212 a-r

Long dark brown coloured tubular lidded quiver (parts a-b). Both wooden and bamboo arrows (parts c-q) are feathered, and secured with skin and fibre. Quiver (part b) has been lightly tooled with curved line patterns. Arrowhead (part r) goes with arrow (part p).

Culture
Maasai ?
Material
wood, feather, bamboo grass, iron metal and leather skin
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhipK5.40

Leather whip with overall cylindrical shape that tapers to a point. Hole at butt end. Dark brown in colour.

Culture
Zulu
Material
leather skin
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bow DrillA2.190 a-b

Plain bow drill. The bow (part a) is a long curved bone piece with a band of skin stretched across and going through a hole at each end of the curved piece and knotted. The antler drill (part b) has a cylindrical handle which has a section cut out at an angle near the bottom end and a rectangular metal point at the opposite end which has a hole through its end that is near the handle.

Culture
Inuit: Netsilingmiut
Material
bone, leather skin, steel metal and antler
Made in
Gjoa Haven, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SwordK4.5 a-b

Long leather case (part a) of wood covered with leather, with a belt band that is five rows thick at one end, and one row thick at the other end. Thinner band fits into hole located at the end of the thick band. Long metal blade (part b) with central ridge and brown rounded handle.

Culture
Maasai
Material
leather skin, wood and steel metal
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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