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DrumstickA1614

Wooden drumstick with cloth covered head. Cloth is a light, ecru colour. Knob carved at end of stick.

Culture
Nisga'a
Material
wood and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA1971

Dark brown-black, tube-like wooden whistle carved with a killer whale design, vertically protruding dorsal fin.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
wood, fibre and paint ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA17152

Carved wooden, crooked beak mask. The beak has red ovoid shaped, cutout nostrils. Running from the brow is a large, protruding, central black frill that curves upwards and circles downwards to the top, tip of the beak; detailed with a wide red band with white curved incisions. Running from the bottom of the beak is a central black circular ridge that mirrors the one on top; detailed with red band and a black and white ovoid. The mouth is red, flat, wide and protruding. The bottom parts of the beak are hinged with rectangular pieces of rubber. The eyes are black, outlined in white and red on a white ovoid shaped ground; the brow is black. The inside of the mask is hollow with the exception of pieces of fibre cord with a piece of wood on the end; articulates the beak. Attached to the top is a wooden crest with red split u-forms on a white ground. The top and sides have small bundles of cedar tied with green twine. The mask is painted black, white and red with Northwest Coast stylized forms.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar wood, fibre, paint, cedar bark, synthetic rubber, metal and wood
Made in
Blunden Harbour, British Columbia, Canada ? or Ba'as, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sun MaskA17141

Sun mask with five protruding arms representing sun rays. The mask has prominent eyebrows, slightly protruding eyes, a short recurved beak, an open mouth that comes to a peak at the centre of each lip and has downturned corners, and a rim that comes to a peak at the centre top and centre bottom. The mask is painted white with designs in red, green, yellow and black. The rim is painted with yellow, black and green scallop shapes on white. The arms are painted with designs in black, white and red and have rounded corners.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
wood, metal and cotton fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Neck RingA2391

Thick, twisted cedar bark rope bound tightly around black fabric rope then wrapped again around a central stuffed core. The ring is oval shaped.

Culture
Nisga'a
Material
cedar bark and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNa1681 a-b

Coiled basket and lid with watch-spring base and lid construction. Button handle and flange on lid. Decoration is sewn on and consists of pieces of wool sewn on in tufts. Near the base is one horizontal row of red thread bordered by purple thread.

Culture
Yup'ik
Material
wool fibre, fibre and rye grass
Made in
Nushagak, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureA8050

Brown wood cockle or clam shell carving. Painted with vertical black lines along all the ridges. Made of two halves connected at the smaller end with a patch of brown cloth nailed together. The two halves can open up like a clam shell.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
fibre and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Chilkat RobeA8041

Nuxalk style robe with woven designs. The design is like a three panel distributive, without the panels. The designs are red, yellow and black on natural ground. There are three eagle representations and two thunderbird heads in the centre, a human figure(?) near the top edge and killer whale motifs on the sides. The checkered border along the bottom edge is a raven’s tail design. There is a velvet band sewn along the top edge.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wool fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA7486

Brown wood whistle that has a flat, rounded, rectangular-oval shape made of two pieces nailed together with a green-brown cloth bellows in between with a brown loop cord around it. One piece has two taper cut rectangular holes side-by-side on one side with an oval hole in a corner.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
fibre, wood, leather skin ? and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Neck RingA7482

Cover of tightly knitted red string sewn over a wrapped cloth core. Fringes are made of lengths of red-brown string twined across the top and sewn onto the ring in four places that are equally spaced. Circular 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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