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MaskA4245

Mask with four separately attached wood appendages that are nailed to the sides and forehead. The top two horn-like pieces are nailed to the mask at an angle and have rounded edges, and the two side pieces have two lobes that face outwards and are angled slightly towards the back of the mask. The mask is painted white with heavy black eyebrows, a curved black nose with red nostrils, red and green around the black and white eyes, pursed red lips, and black and red u-shapes to the sides of the mouth with an inset green ovoid bordered in white. Long strips of cedar bark bound in two places with green string are attached to the top of the mask. An off-white cord is strung through a hole at the top of the mask and two holes on either side.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA4242

Mask with round eyes, scale symbols and gill slits. Black moustache over lip. Small ears with long cedar bark fringe on top. Green, black and red on white ground.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
metal, cedar bark, wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatA4098

Large rectangular mat with woven pattern. The strands are plaited diagonally to the axis of the mat. There are groups of dark cedar strands running at regular intervals through both the warp and weft, creating a geometric diamond pattern. The edges were originally hemmed by replaiting strands back into the body of the mat.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark and mud dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA4096

Carved wooden, crooked beak mask. The beak has long, exaggerated, protruding nostrils with two large u-shaped openings in the front; many incised white s-shaped forms behind it. Running from the brow is a large, protruding, central black and white circular frill that projects upwards and curves downwards to the middle of the beak. The mouth is red, flat, wide and protruding. The underside of the beak is black; hinged with rectangular pieces of rubber. The eyes are black ovoids on an ovoid shaped ground; the brow is black. The inside of the mask is hollow with the exception of pieces of fibre twine to articulate the beak. Attached to the top are many small cedar bundles with a piece of eagle down intertwined. The mask was painted black, red and white with Northwest Coast stylized forms but is mostly black due to being burnt by fire.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
fibre, cedar wood, cedar bark, paint, synthetic rubber and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dance KnifeA3800

Warrior dance knife, or baton in the form of Sisiutl. A long thin cylindrical-like shaped wood piece with a central frontal head and a profile head on either side. Cedar bark is tied around one side. Painted with long upward curving protruding red tongues at either side and four horizontal black rings around each neck.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark, wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Paint BrushNb3.1325

Paint brush composed of black bristles inserted in a cleft in the end of a long cedar handle. Cleft is then bound with cedar bark. Bristles cropped at an angle on the end.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
hair, cedar bark and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Paint BrushNb3.1326

Paint brush compused of black bristles inserted in a cleft in the end of a long narrow cedar handle, which is then bound with cedar bark. Bristles cropped at an angle on the end.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar wood, cedar bark, hair and adhesive
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Head RingA4522

Head band of strips of cedar bark wrapped with string and sewn together in horizontal rows; extra bundles of red-dyed cedar bark bound with string and tied to the main band on three sides. Large rectangular piece of red-dyed cedar bark backed with cloth sewn to one side.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SkirtA4520

Wide sash portion of twined cedar bark with long warps making a fringe which hangs below. Two braided ties - one fixed to either side.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeltK5.143

Belt made of plaited grass strips sewn together, with wide beaded panel sewn on. The panel has several bright colours outlined in black in a interlocking diamond pattern on a white background. Braided black fibre ties and white beaded ties with clusters of white beads hang from the underside.

Culture
Zulu
Material
glass, grass and fibre
Made in
Durban, Natal, South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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