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Bentwood BoxA3573 a-b

Tall square bentwood box (part a) with flat lid (part b). The front and back are painted red and black in different Northwest Coast stylized distributive designs. The front figure has bird-like features with a central circle for a beak and talons along the outer edge. The back also has bird-like features with a crest made of u and split u-forms. The side panels have a faded red design of an ovoid with two u-forms attached near the bottom left corner. The box is pegged together at the side seam and on the bottom.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
cedar wood, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Totem PoleA8069

Model totem pole depicting three animal figures: the pole has a square base on which sits the head of a fish surmounted by a bear figure and finally a thunderbird figure at the top. The pole is nailed to its base.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun'
Material
wood and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA5278

A painted brown wood mask of a hawk. The green outlined cut out pupils of the eyes are surrounded by a green area. The eyebrows are black, and the forehead is red. The hook curved beak has red lips with red dashes around the lower mouth area and a black area under the chin.

Culture
Heiltsuk ?
Material
wood, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA4485

Mask composed of a humanoid face surmounted by a bird's face with a long, protruding beak. The humanoid face is painted with a black forehead, black eyebrows, black bordered by green around the large circular eye holes, black over the tip of the nose, red nostrils, black lips and chin, and black and red designs on the cheeks. The bird face has metal discs for eyes, black eyebrows, and a green face with brown cheeks. The lower portion of the bird's beak is movable, and the paint on the beak fades from green at the base to greeny-brown to reddish-brown at the tip. A strip of light brown fabric is attached to the humanoid mask on one side with four metal nails.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
metal, fibre, wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Herring RakeA4507

Long wood rake painted three-quarters green with nails driven in with the sharpened ends downward.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun'
Material
wood, paint and metal
Made in
Koksilah, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA5076

Semi-cylindrical shaped coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with attached lid. Parallel slat base and lid construction. Fully imbricated with canary grass with black cherry bark designs of two crosses on the back, a diamond shape in front, and a vertical row on either side in red cherry bark. Lid edge continues imbrication on basket. Top of lid has parallel rows beaded in canary grass, metal button on rim, and string hinges.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo
Material
canary grass, fibre, cherry bark, cedar root, metal and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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KnifeA6894

Long wooden handle hafted and nailed to a short, curved blade with an extended tang.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
leather skin, steel metal and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Box DrumA17091

Box drum composed of bent cedar and painted in black, red and white with a copper on each opposite side and an eagle on each opposite end. An indented circle is carved into each end wall on the inside of the drum.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun'
Material
cedar wood, metal and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Speaker's StaffA17151

Staff with iron arrow at base end. Staff head is sun figure face. Light blue around eyes, on bottom lip and above top lip, red-brown border around face and same colour points around head.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
iron metal, cedar wood, metal and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CopperA17156

Traditional shield-shaped whole copper with a T-shaped raised design element that divides the bottom section in half and separates the top section from the bottom.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
copper metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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