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Frontlet Headdress709/1

Ermine headdress attached to a wooden frontlet. Frontlet in painted in blue, red and black with a central figure of a humanoid face with protruding, hooked nose encircled by a red-lined ring of abalone. Two faces, one humanoid and mask-like, the other round and black with red lips, sit atop and below the main face. The eyes of all three faces are inlaid with abalone. The frontlet is attached to the front of a circular white fur cap, attached to a long train (90 cm) of white ermine pelts with brown tails sewn onto a length of white fabric backing. A vertical row of brown whiskers protrude from the cap directly behind the top of the frontlet.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
yew wood, fibre, ermine skin, paint, abalone shell, eagle down feather ? and sea lion whisker ?
Made in
'Yalis (Alert Bay), British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CharmA7961 c

Charm consisting of three eagle's feet. Each is a different size, and the largest one still has down attached to the skin.

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
eagle foot
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Neck RingA7961 d

Neck ring composed of eagle wing and feathers bound to a cedar bark ring. A bow made from gold-coloured cloth with three beads is sewn onto the eagle's wing.

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
glass, fibre, feather, eagle wing, cedar bark and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Neck RingA7961 e

Neck ring composed of a cedar bark ring with a stone that has a central hole worn attached with cloth and an eagle's head bound to the ring as a pendant.

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
cedar bark, eagle head, fibre and stone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WandA7961 g-k

Five wands made of eagle wings: g) is composed of dark brown and orange-brown feathers with a small brass bell (without the clapper) attached by yarn to the quills of the wing; h) is composed of mottled brown and grey feathers; i) is composed of off-white feathers; j) is composed of grey-brown and dark brown feathers; k) is composed of off-white feathers. (Only 2 wands are on display, the rest are in storage.)

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
eagle wing, fibre and brass metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Neck OrnamentA7961 x

Ermine skin split in half forms necklace with the ermine head at the back of the neck and an eagle's foot as the pendant.

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
eagle foot and ermine skin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BundleD2.104

Feathers on thongs, six large feathers, two of which are actually pairs of down feathers. Two small red and one small purple feathers. Bits of red wool cloth and red yarn, one blue bead and a long green and a long white bead.

Culture
Blackfoot
Material
eagle feather, fibre and glass
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleD2.108

Thong dyed burnt sienna is attached with gut to a hollow bone whistle that has one hole.

Culture
Blackfoot
Material
skin and eagle bone ?
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA1806

Carved wooden, crooked beak mask. The beak has long, exaggerated, protruding red nostrils with two large circular openings in the front. Running from the brow is a large, protruding, central black, rectangular shaped frill that projects outwards then curves downwards to the top of the beak. On the top edge of the head is a smaller, rounded, black frill that tapers into the top of the head. The mouth is red, flat and protruding. The underside of the beak is black; beak is hinged with a thin piece of metal wire. The eyes are small and outlined in black and red, surrounded by a large white, sunken, ovoid-like shape; the brow is black with red vertical stripes. Back of mask is slightly cylindrical in shape; around the top, side and bottom edges are twisted pieces of cedar. The inside of the mask is hollow with the exception of pieces of fibre twine to articulate the beak; bundles of small branches with cedar strips and a piece of eagle down. The mask is painted black, white and red with Northwest Coast stylized forms.

Culture
Nuxalk
Material
red cedar wood, cedar bark, paint, fibre, metal and eagle down feather
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CapeA2313

Cape consisting of long shreds of alternating red and yellow cedar bark folded over at the top and fixed with a row of twine. Additional row of twining halfway down the length. The top has a band of deteriorated grey wool. Numerous eagle ? feathers tied on at intervals.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wool fibre, cedar bark, eagle feather ? and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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