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Paint BrushA3641

Small paint brush with bristles inserted into the end cleft of a narrow cedar handle. The cleft is bound with black thread. The bristles are cropped on an angle.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
fibre, hair and cedar wood
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA6031 a-c

Mask (c) with a hooked nose, curved incised lines on the cheeks and chin, and two rounded ear-like protrusions at the sides of the mask. The mask is painted grey with heavy black eyebrows and black on the raised areas of the cheeks and chin. The nostrils and lips are red, and the ears are painted with concentric curved lines in black, grey and red. Horse hair and cedar bark attached at top of crown. Two separate mouthpieces: a) red lips open to expose two rows of off-white teeth; b) thick red lips, slightly open.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
fibre, wood, horse hair, cedar bark, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskK4.346

Mask with trunk-like projection extending forwards from top of the head. Mask built on a wood frame, lined with woven plant fibre. Heavily decorated with cowries and areas of beadwork on forehead and around side. Face has cowrie shell eyes outlined with beads, and a wooden nose and mouth. Bottom edged with plant fibre, which has been split into finer pieces below the face.

Culture
Chokwe
Material
hair, feather and plant fibre
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA5324

Mask depicting Bukwus with wooden face carved with a prominent brow, a recurved nose, and a pursed, open mouth. Black hair is attached over the eyebrows. leather is attached at the sides, and oil cloth covers a twig frame at the back. Feathers attached to leather strips at side of head. Traces of green, red and black paint.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, human hair, cotton fibre ?, leather skin and feather
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA6093

Fool mask. Humanoid face mask with's nose and mouth are carved at an angle. Colours used are orange, red, black, white and green. Remnants of hair are left on one side of eyebrow. Top of head has cedar bark.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark, hair, metal, wood and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA6242

Mask with a hooked nose, pronounced orange mouth and round eyes below an overhanging brow. Split-U details in large flaring ears. Black horse hair is attached to the head. Grey with black and white details, red nostrils and gold around the eyes, between the eyes and along the top of the ears. Unpainted on the top with several nails and attached cords.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
horse hair, fibre, wood, paint and metal
Made in
Blunden Harbour, British Columbia, Canada ? or Ba'as, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fool MaskA3821

Male wooden mask with a large, protruding nose, open mouth, prominent black eyebrows, and two black circles for eyes. Two small holes below eyes. Tufts of brown hair attached with nails to top of mask. Slightly raised eyes and eyebrows. Painted in red and black.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
human hair, wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA5285

Male human mask with deeply carved linear facial designs painted red and black. Grey-white hair embellishments along the top of the head, cheeks, eyebrows and upper lip. Piece of blue, woolen cloth nailed to the back of the mask. Cording at back tied to holes on sides of mask.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, fibre, wolf hair ?, wolf skin ?, metal and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA5279

Small mask with black painted eyebrows, moustache with upturned ends, and chin. The nostrils and geometric pattern on the cheeks are also painted in black. There is red paint between the brows, around the eyes, on the bottom of the nose, and on the lips. Human hair is attached to the top of the mask. Mouth and eyes inlaid with abalone. A thin string is threaded through holes either side of the face.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
hair, wood, abalone shell and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MoccasinA2.86

Single, tan-coloured moccasin with a band of embroidery in red and green horsehair on the top.

Culture
Arctic America
Material
skin, horse hair and dye
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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