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OrnamentA2221

Thin piece of copper metal formed in the shape of a Northwest Coast copper; small hole punched through the top.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
copper metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlA1737

Dark brown rectangular wooden bowl, with convex sides and an undulating rim. Three sides are lashed together (later reinforced with copper wire); the fourth corner and bottom are nailed. All sides have a distributive design. carved in shallow relief. The rim has operculum shells inlaid evenly all around.

Culture
Gitxaala
Material
operculum shell, copper metal and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowA2172

Arrow consisting of a long cylindrical wooden shaft with one notched end and a copper point at the other, secured with wrapped sinew. The metal point has three notches near its base, above the long fore-shaft. The point is set into a circular depression in the wooden shaft and secured with sinew which is wrapped around the shaft. The shaft has red-coloured pigment at its opposite end. Two strips of a grey and white feather are hafted to the same end of the arrow, also with sinew. The base end of the arrow shaft is damaged and slightly jagged in appearance.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo: Kwantlen
Material
copper metal, sinew, feather, pigment and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RingH1.66

Bronze, thin band, ring with a central, pricked, design of two dots followed by two partial swirls and a line which encompass a “v” design.

Culture
Andes ?
Material
copper metal
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Speaker's StaffA9181

Long staff with carved standing human figure joined (with wiggle nails) to the top. Six miniature coppers nailed to the staff, the uppermost nailed to the figure's chest. The lowest copper is a t-shaped scrap. A piece of abalone is glued to the front of the staff below the two central coppers, and the entire staff is painted red. The figure stands erect with his right arm outstretched, the other at his side. He wears brown-painted clothing and a red painted skull cap decorated with four pieces of abalone at front, back and sides. The face carving is highlighted with red and black paint and is heavily shellacked. Rubber cap on bottom.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
paint, wood, copper metal, abalone shell, rubber ? and lacquer
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CopperA6834

Traditional shield-shaped copper with a T-shaped raised design element that divides the bottom section in half and separates the top section from the bottom. The piece has been broken and re-rivetted. A rectangular piece is missing from one bottom corner. A larger rectangular piece has been cut off and reattached at the other corner. The upper section has edges that flare outwards towards the top, and the top edge comes to a peak at the centre. The upper section is painted black with a grey border, with an animal face in grey, as well as natural copper. The base is painted black with bands of grey and natural copper running horizontally, and a criss-cross motif in natural copper.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
copper metal and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowA8396

Arrow with a double-barbed copper point that has two other barbs that point outwards perpendicular to the shaft of the arrow tip at the base of the arrow head shaft. Plain cedar shaft with remains of feathers bound to shaft near butt end with thin dark brown fibre.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar wood, fibre, feather and copper metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: CopperA6574

Copper fragment that appears to be a piece from the upper right-hand corner and is composed of two pieces of copper joined together with metal rivets. One inch wide incised border on two sides. Copper has very faint incised designs. Hole punched through in the center.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
copper metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowA8393

Arrow with a double-barbed copper point that has two other barbs that point outwards perpendicular to the shaft of the arrow tip at the base of the arrow head shaft. The shaft is wrapped with cedar (?) at the arrow end. Plain cedar shaft with remains of feathers bound to shaft at butt end with off-white thread. Further down the shaft there is also a band of thin dark brown fibre wound around feather remains.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
copper metal, cherry bark and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sun MaskA8064

Sun mask made from two sheets of copper riveted together with the nose, made from a curved piece of rectangular copper, also riveted to the mask. The edges of the mask are scalloped with four larger scallops at the top, bottom and sides of the mask, and four smaller scallops between the larger ones at diagonal angles. There is a black painted border around the edge of the face and there are traces of red paint overall.

Culture
Wuikinuxv
Material
copper metal and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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