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Frontlet3261/4

Rectangular carved frontlet with Thunderbird or other bird-being in relief; abalone inlay along both sides and across top, and used for accents on animal features. The bird has a recurved beak going into lower lip. Below the face are red human-like arms and hands with palms out, fingers upward, with abalone on each palm. The bird's mouth is open, showing a row of abalone teeth behind wooden incisors and red painted lips. The eyes are circles of abalone, under arched black brows. This supernatural being shares space with a small orca, whose dorsal fin rises upward and pectoral fins downward. Painted red, green-blue, and black. The rear of the frontlet is concave. Illegible hand writing on back surface.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
abalone shell, maple wood and paint
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Frontlet3261/59

Rectangular carved bird-like being frontlet bordered by a row of individually carved and painted human faces (representing ancestors). Central figure is a bird-like being by a long, recurved beak and human-like eyes, eyebrows, and mouth. Being has wings, sitting with claws inward. The eyes are circles of abalone under arched black brows. Two abalone inlays on each wing. The rear of the frontlet is concave. Painted red, green-blue and black, on natural wood.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
abalone shell, maple wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Chief's Chair3261/120

Chief's chair, fully carved with animal motifs on most of its components. The chair has a deeply carved seat with a figure that likely represents a sculpin, characterized by a broad, toothed mouth, a horn-like spine on either side of the head, a series of spines along each fin, and the body with tail fin. Its mouth is centred on the bowed front edge of the seat, the facial features are carved on the seat’s upper front surface, and the fins and body (portrayed as a face) are arranged over the remaining seat in a split, bilateral fashion. It is painted in black and red, with some blue-pigmented areas and diagonal parallel hatching; other areas are left unpainted. The carved upper panel on the chair’s back depicts a face with black eyebrows and broad, toothed mouth. Connecting the panel to the seat is a vertical splat carved in the form of a fish and enclosing a human figure. The chair’s curved arms represent wolves, their heads facing downward and limbs folded. Also distinctive are the front two chair legs, which are carved in the form of downward-facing, supernatural raven heads; these feature blue-pigmented eye sockets and teeth, black beaks and eyes, and red lip-line and nostrils. The rear legs and stiles are painted but not carved. The four carved stretchers between the legs are made to represent different creatures: a killer whale with dorsal and pectoral fins folded back along its body and tail flukes folded up; a bear-like figure holding a long fish with ridged body; a wolf-like figure with extremely long “fingers”; and a figure with a beaver-like head, characterized by prominent incisors.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
maple wood ?, paint and metal
Made in
Bella Bella, British Columbia, Canada and 'Qvuqvai, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Frontlet3260/68

Carved and painted wooden frontlet with abalone inlay all around the sides and as eyes in the three faces. Roughly circular in shape; main, central face is a bird with a large beak projecting outward. Above is a small three-dimensional head projecting outward; there is another small round face below the beak. Each figure's eyes are abalone disks. A flat rim surrounds the whole frontlet, inlaid with numerous abalone pieces in various shapes, primarily rectangular or rounded squares. Many of the inlays have holes drilled through both sides. Brown plastic wire is tied at the back through four of the side holes; there are six holes drilled through on each side. (There is an epoxy resin filled area at the back, from an old repair).

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
maple wood ?, abalone shell and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Raven Rattle3260/36

Raven rattle with red and black painted designs and cord lashings around handle. Raven has wings in a gliding position. On its back is a frog is connected by a tongue to a reclining human (shaman or healer?). The frog is held in the long beak of a bird (kingfisher?) that forms the raven’s tail. The stylized face carved in shallow relief on the belly of the raven. (Interior thought to hold beads?)

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
cotton fibre ?, maple wood, paint and stinging-nettle fibre ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spoon3260/44

Hardwood (maple?) spoon with carved handle in form of a human figure with 4 potlatch rings on his head, sitting atop a small bird. Some areas highlighted with dark paint.

Culture
Haida ? or Tsimshian ?
Material
maple wood ? and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rattle3260/31

Shaman or healer's globular-shaped rattle features an owl on the front, its beak pronounced and its wings and legs carved in low relief; and on the reverse, another beaked creature, with legs and two-toed claws. Pins of native copper secure the handle, and sinew ties hold the rattle closed; black and red paint accents the carved imagery. (Interior likely holds pebbles, beads or lead shot.)

Culture
Gitxsan ? or Tsimshian ?
Material
copper metal, maple wood, sinew and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Lidded Box2014-118/10

The acrylic paint is black and red.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
maple wood and acrylic paint
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Ladle2012-100/16

The wood is maple.

Culture
Tsimshian and 'Ksan
Material
wood and maple wood
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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People's Moon Mask3194/24

Moon mother mask. A large face protrudes from the centre of a convex oval of wood, with a smaller face both above the forehead and below the chin. Central face has prominent black brows and round, black, staring pupils to either side of a carved vertical ridge. Nose has flared red nostrils, above a wide red mouth with a circular labret in an extended lower lip. The smaller faces are nearly identical but with less carved detail and no labret. The bottom face is upside down. Each has several plugs of long brown hair at top of head. The surrounding oval is painted along its edge with black, red and blue-green stripes, with evenly place inset squares of abalone shell. The back of the mask is concave with chamois ties.

Culture
Tahltan and Tlingit
Material
maple wood, abalone shell, hair and acrylic paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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