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Head RingA4234

Head ring made from woven cord backed by red cloth with four large, square pieces of abalone shell attached around the outside at evenly spaced intervals. Ermine pelts line the top of the ring. Two cords crisscross the top of the ring at right angles, with a large cedar bark tassel attached at the centre.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
abalone shell, ermine skin, cotton fibre, cedar bark and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Neck RingA4233

Tightly knitted cover of red string sewn over a core of cloth. Long tassels of orange-red string knotted on the ends are sewn to the ring in four places that are relatively equally spaced. Oval in shape.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressA3633 a

Hawk with a crane's neck and head above the body of the hawk. The neck of the crane forms an extension of the hawk's neck. Wings consist of slats of wood and canvas. Both heads move together, controlled by strings that hand from the front and inside of the mask. Colours are black, green, blue, red, yellow and white.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
paint, fibre, wood and cotton fibre ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Head RingA1467

Head ring made from thin strands of twined cedar bark backed by cloth. Four vertical bands of twined bark are sewn to the outside of the head ring at even intervals. A wide, rectangular piece made from the same twined bark is sewn onto the front of the head ring. Possibly red pigment on bark?

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
pigment, cedar bark and cotton fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skull RepresentationA6344

Skull-shaped figure with recessed eye sockets and without a bottom jaw. There are five metal nails in the bottom, and one at the top of the forehead. A length of braided cotton string is attached vertically to the back of the skull with two metal staples, one at either end. A strand of cotton string is attached horizontally across the back of the skull with two metal staples, one at either end.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, cotton fibre and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Head RingA6082

Head ring consisting of a circular frame of thin strips of red cedar wrapped around a red cotton ring.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, cotton fibre, cedar bark and eagle feather
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RobeA6080

Rectangular black velvet robe with a border on three sides of diagonal checker work woven cedar bark. Eleven carved wooden skulls are tied on to the robe at intervals through small holes drilled in the top of the skulls. Clumps of shredded cedar bark are also attached.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cotton fibre, wood and cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressA6181

Wooden wolf headdress, or mask, with narrow snout, open mouth with bared teeth and fangs, protruding rounded ears, fur across the top and back of th e head bordered by twisted cloth and cedar bark. The headdress is painted black with orange around the eyes, white ears with orange and red designs on the inside, red nostrils and lips, and white lines delineating the eyebrows, edges of the eye sockets, the top lip and the nostrils.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cotton fibre, metal, fibre, skin, cedar bark, wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClothK5.102

Coarsely woven brown-orange cloth, beaded at one end with lines of red, blue, and white beads.

Culture
Xhosa ?
Material
glass, cotton fibre and ochre pigment
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClothK5.101

Brown, rectangular piece of fabric beaded in border stripes, with 52 beaded circles; blue, red, pink and white beads used. Thick brown fringe along lower edge. Hide tie at one upper corner.

Culture
Xhosa ?
Material
glass, cotton fibre and skin
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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