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HeaddressA6376

Wooden wolf headdress, or mask, with a thin, elongated snout. Muzzle has open mouth, with no teeth showing. Face has oval-shaped copper eyes, and a piece of off-white cloth across the forehead. The headdress is painted black with red and green rimmed lips and nostrils, and green around the eyes.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, copper metal and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleA1756

Two complementary copper plates with central convex areas, forming an ovate cavity. A whale design is incised on both sides. Surrounding border has incised circular designs.

Culture
Nisga'a
Material
brass metal, copper metal and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Totem PoleA8200

Small totem pole depicting (bottom to top) a beaver at the base, a bear holding a salmon, a bird holding a copper, a whale with a human face, an eagle on top, then a bear with two small human figures in front. The pole is painted in blue, black, brown, green, red, yellow and white.

Culture
Haida ?
Material
copper metal and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: CopperA7882

Fragment of a copper which has had pieces cut from both sides at the bottom and one side at the top. There is a burnished line horizontally across the centre and a vertical line that runs down the centre from the horizontal line.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
copper metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BraceletA4101

Bracelet made from a band of copper formed into an oval shape with a slight gap at the ends. One end is slightly rounded.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
copper metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA4246

Mask with a cedar bark fringe over a frame made from bent twigs, and with parts of the design in copper. The mask is painted in red, green and black with copper nailed to the centre of the forehead, the eyebrows, the eyes, the lower cheeks from the sides of the nose to the jaw, and the outer edges of the lips.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark, metal, copper metal, wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA4176

Mourner mask. Mask depicts a human face with two horizontal orange lines on forehead and one on chin. Lower part of nose and lips are orange, also an orange design from temple to temple over the eyes and across the bridge of the nose. Two copper strips, representing tears, run down from the corners of each eye. Eyebrows are black.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
copper metal, wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: CopperA4038 a-b

Copper fragments, both appearing to be from the top right-hand corner of separate coppers. Part a has a faint embossed design with an edge that is folded over. Part b is composed of two pieces that have been riveted together and has a very faint design with the edge folded over.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
copper metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bi-pointed DaggerA4033

Dagger that is double-ended and each blade double-edged. One blade is much shorter than the other. Concave blades, each with double ridges on upper surface. The handle is wrapped in leather and bound with cord.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
copper metal, leather skin, fibre and iron metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Crooked Beak MaskA3537

Carved wooden, crooked beak mask. The beak has large red, ovoid shaped nostrils outlined with a row of black and yellow u and split u forms running towards the eye. Running from the brow is a large central frill that protrudes outward and curves inward to the centre tip of the beak; detailed with black u-forms. The mouth is red, flat and protruding; bottom part of jaw is hinged with rectangular pieces of rubber. Inside of the beak is lined with a row of copper, u shaped teeth. The face is black with white detailing. The eyes are black and white, outlined in white and red on a white, ovoid shaped ground; brow is black. The underside of the beak is black with a white stylized design. The inside of the mask is hollow with the exception of twisted twine pieces through the lower beak to articulate the mask. Attached to the top is a wooden crest with red split u-forms on a white ground; small bundles of cedar line the edge of the crest. Along the bottom of the crest and side of the mask are thin twisted cedar braids. Hanging from the top and sides are long strips of cedar that would cover the wearer. Intertwined in the long pieces are a few feathers and eagle down. The mask is painted black, white, red and yellow with Northwest Coast stylized forms.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar wood, cedar bark, copper metal, down feather, feather, synthetic rubber, fibre and paint
Made in
Blunden Harbour, British Columbia, Canada ? or Ba'as, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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