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MaskA7318

Black, white and red Hamatsa raven mask featuring an elongated beak with a hinged lower jaw. Red nostrils in the centre of the beak are flared, open, and surrounded by a simple design. A thick, twined cedar bark cord is nailed along the upper rim of the mask, augmented by a loose cedar bark fringe at the back.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, fibre, cedar bark, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dance ScreenA7234

Dance screen made from a length of rough burlap with a vertical seam at the centre. Folded over and sewn at the top with a fringe along the bottom. Painted with a totem pole shown in profile in black, red and green at the lower center. The topmost figure on the totem pole has a long beak.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
hemp fibre ? and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dance ScreenA7233

Large brown, loosely woven dance screen with painted designs. The screen is made from pieces of fabric sewn together, creating vertical seams. Across the top is a painting of a sisiutl in black, red, and green. Below and against each side, are totem poles, facing one another. The poles have a red raven on top and a green bear-raven transformation ? on the bottom. The top edge of the screen is doubled over, to be hung from a wooden rod. The bottom edge has a twisted fringe.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
hemp fibre ? and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dance ScreenA7232

Woven brown dance screen with painted design. The dance screen has an open weave and is made of several pieces sewn together with vertical seams. The top edge has been folded over and sewn, to be mounted on a wooden pole. The central design is a totem pole in black, red and green. The pole has two raven motifs; the raven in red holds his head up, the raven in green is looking down. There is a twisted fibre fringe on the lower edge.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
stinging nettle fibre ?, paint and bird feather
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model CanoeA8869

A narrow model wood canoe that has four seated rowers dressed in red capes with paddles that are red-tipped. The rowers have light brown-cream-coloured paper feathers in their black fibre hair. On one side of the canoe, there is a raven design in black and red.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, cotton fibre and metal
Made in
'Yalis (Alert Bay), British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA4278

Brown wood whistle that is rectangular in cross section and comes to a tapering end and is bound in three places with white twine, one near each end and one near the middle. While the wider end is solid, there is a hollow through the tapering end where there is a taper cut rectangular hole nearby on one side. Seams are sealed with pitch.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, fibre and resin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleA4276

Rattle made of four pecten scallop shells joined on wire. Wire is twirled and twisted in a figure eight formation with brown cloth along the top.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
scallop shell, metal and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleA4275

Rattle made of five pecten scallop shells of different sizes joined on wire. Wire is doubled and twisted in an angled figure eight formation with brown cloth around the top loop.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
scallop shell, fibre and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleA4274

Rattle made of four pecten scallop shells of different sizes joined on wire. Wire is doubled and twisted in a figure eight formation with brown cloth around the top loop.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
scallop shell, metal and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RobeA4273

Rectangular wool blanket with feathers attached to one side. The textile is commercially made with a pattern in stripes of green, grey and tan, with geometric shapes. There are white and brown (eagle?) feathers sewn in four horizontal rows over the entire front side.

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