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Ancestor FigureA1800

Carved wooden figure sitting with knees drawn up. The head is oval shaped with large ovoid eyes, protruding nose and open mouth. The upper lip and chin are painted black; a red band is painted across the face, the bridge of the nose and around the lips. Arms that hang down to the sides are attached separately to the body.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, paint and metal
Made in
'Yalis (Alert Bay), British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA6369

Humanoid mask with an angular face, small slanted eyes, large recessed eye sockets, hooked nose and protruding lips. Locks of brown hair attached to head.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, hair and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PaddleA130

Wooden, long paddle with a wide, flat, pointed blade and a cylindrical shaped handle. Painted black except where use has worn the paint off (e.g. hand grips).

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Frontlet HeaddressA5295 a-b

Headdress with a frontlet carved with a bear design, top and bottom figures. Inlaid with abalone shell pieces. Eyes of top figure are two pieces of mirror. Top of headdress is checker work cedar bark weaving. Cloth covered with white down. Feather at inside back dyed bright red. Red painted paws holding a face. Sea lion whiskers at top of headdress. Buttons at side and back of headdress. A cape (part b) is attached to these buttons. It is made of off-white ermine pelts with a cloth backing. Buttons used to attach next level of cloth with skins. Coloured wool(?), red, green and yellow, attached to some skins.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark, glass, silver alloy metal ?, abalone shell, plastic, fibre, feather, eagle down feather, sea lion whisker, wood and ermine skin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressA6090

Thunderbird headdress, carved and joined in four sections around a cloth-covered inner band. The bird face has a protruding, curved beak and two upright ears at the top. There are two wings on the sides, and a pentagonal tail piece covering the back. Colours are white, orange, black, red, green and brown.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
fibre, metal, wood and paint
Made in
Blunden Harbour, British Columbia, Canada ? or Ba'as, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA6087

Wooden animal mask with a long snout. The muzzle has prominent teeth and consists of a separate piece of wood that moves (would have been combined with the lower jaw, which is missing). Head of the mask has been covered with a piece of hide which has been painted black around the edges, white in the centre and green ovoids around the eyes. The eyes consist of black glass inlaid in the wood. Underneath the hide face is a fibrous material. The mask is painted black, green, red and white with stylized designs.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
clay ?, wood, glass, skin, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BraceletA6201

Bracelet made of brass formed into a c shape and engraved with parallel grooves near the ends.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
brass metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA6199

Wooden eagle mask with a curved yellow beak, red mouth and nostrils, a green band around the eyes, and heavy black eyebrows. The remnants of two bird wings are nailed to the top edges of the masks.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
bird wing, fibre, wood, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Net FloatA6198

Carving of a water bird with details painted in black on the bird's back. Has a tail feather attached to body with cedar bark stitches and two black leather pieces resembling feet. Head tapers to a pointed beak and is attached to the neck with a wooden dowel.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
paint, wood, metal, skin and cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearK5.128

Spear with metal spearhead that has a short cylindrical shaft, rounded edges, and a pointed tip. The spearhead is bound with a leather strip to the wooden shaft. The shaft flares from a thin cylindrical shape to a much thicker cylindrical shape at the butt end. The shaft is decorated with three slightly raised bands where it begins to flare outwards.

Culture
Ndebele
Material
wood, leather skin and steel metal
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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