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MaskA7992

Carved wooden, double headed Hamatsa mask consisting of crooked beak and raven mask joined at the back of each. Both have red, ovoid shaped cutout nostrils with red and white detailing around it. Both have a red mouth; one is long, narrow and protruding the other is flat, square shaped and protruding. On underside of crooked beak's lower jaw is a small carved thunderbird ? face with a beak that curves back into the open mouth; small bundles of cedar decorate the top edge of face. The eyes are black ovoids, outlined in white and red on a green ovoid shaped ground; the brow is black. The inside is hollow with the exception of twine which articulates the mask. Both masks have twisted cedar rope around the crown; crooked beak has cedar rope along the edge of the frill. Cedar bark and feathers decorate the top of both heads; tufts of eagle down intertwined. Attached to the top of the crooked beak are two black wooden horns that curl at the top; detailed with a red circle. The mask is painted black, red and white with Northwest Coast stylized forms.

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