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Spinning Machine | Wool1-2147

The paint is green, black, red, and white.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun'
Material
lumber, wood, nail, leather, metal, wire, cloth, paint, twine and eye screw
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Neck Ring | Pieces25.0/232

Worn by participants in the Tseyka, these neck ring ornaments in the Burke Museum collection consist of a set of three carved and painted wooden plaques, representing the tail and flippers of a whale. There may have been a fourth piece representing the whale's head in the set. They were probably sewn to a rope-like ring of dyed cedar bark, perhaps 18 cm in diameter, which could be conceived of as the body of the whale. The bifurcate tail with a humanoid face for the joint hangs down the back of the wearer, while the two similarly decorated flippers stand out to the sides of the chest. (Holm, Crooked Beak of Heaven, 1972)

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, paint, thread and lumber
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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