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Dance ScreenA4327

White cotton dance screen with black design. The design is a raven motif in profile with wings and legs extended. There is a bear-like figure in the torso. The motifs are painted in black with an oil spread into the fabric beyond the black outlines. The design is cut off on both sides. The top and bottom edges are hemmed. There are holes along the top edge for hanging.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cotton fibre, charcoal pigment and oil
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dance ScreenA4363

Large, ceremonial dance screen. Painted with a circular design in black on ecru-coloured cotton. Split image of a sisiutl encircling a central human figure. Cord for hanging attached along the upper edge.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
oil, charcoal pigment and cotton fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Folding FanN3.56

A closing fan made of twenty-eight smooth flat ribs of split bamboo narrowing where they are attached to the fan of yellow brown oiled paper. A curvilinear design is burned on the base of each side of each rib. End pieces of the fan are strips of bamboo with the nodes prominent and a design burned on of dots and curvilinear motifs. Handle of the fan is of black wood fastened by a metal rivet with a small ring on one side.

Culture
Korean
Material
paper, bamboo grass, metal, bean oil and paste adhesive
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskK2.206

Mask with a ridged brow, eyes oriented downwards, a curved and simplified nose that comes to a point at the tip, and a protruding mouth with lips open to reveal two rows of teeth. The mask portrays the tranquility of motherhood.

Culture
Dan
Material
oil and wood
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Petroglyph Rubbing2.5E567

Petroglyph rubbing done in oil on canvas (white), oils: black, green,brown;attached to two wooden dowels, painted black, with leather thong tied onto top dowel for hanging. Cardboard tube case. Design is circular face with triangle ears; semicircle "cap"; insect shaped body with four "legs"Associated item documentation: Three pages of sample rubbings in accession file.

Material
canvas and oil
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Ritual PlatterA17201

Ritual spell or curse on a platter. Food platter is white with silver decoration around rim. Covering the dish is a drawing of a human figure made of a mixture of red ochre and oil.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun'
Material
clay, silver alloy metal, oil ?, ochre mineral and glaze
Made in
Koksilah, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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