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MaskA3787

Human mask. Small slit eyes with recessed eye sockets, hooked nose and protruding lips. Colours used are red, grey, white and black. Sides have nail holes indicating the possibility of attached hair.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA4236

Thunderbird mask with pronounced curved beak, orbitals are recessed with slight protrusion of eyes. Two attached horns curve from top of head. Remnants of feathers and skin above brow. Painted in green, red and black.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
metal, wood, fibre and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA3548

Thunderbird mask. Holes at top of head (where thunderbird 'horns' used to be; demarcated by paint). Pronounced rounded beak, tip added on. Lower jaw is movable. Colours are grey, red-brown, orange, black and white.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA3545

Bee mask. Red, black and white insect mask with large eye-sockets, round, bulging eyes and a protruding snout.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
paint and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Crooked Beak MaskA3537

Carved wooden, crooked beak mask. The beak has large red, ovoid shaped nostrils outlined with a row of black and yellow u and split u forms running towards the eye. Running from the brow is a large central frill that protrudes outward and curves inward to the centre tip of the beak; detailed with black u-forms. The mouth is red, flat and protruding; bottom part of jaw is hinged with rectangular pieces of rubber. Inside of the beak is lined with a row of copper, u shaped teeth. The face is black with white detailing. The eyes are black and white, outlined in white and red on a white, ovoid shaped ground; brow is black. The underside of the beak is black with a white stylized design. The inside of the mask is hollow with the exception of twisted twine pieces through the lower beak to articulate the mask. Attached to the top is a wooden crest with red split u-forms on a white ground; small bundles of cedar line the edge of the crest. Along the bottom of the crest and side of the mask are thin twisted cedar braids. Hanging from the top and sides are long strips of cedar that would cover the wearer. Intertwined in the long pieces are a few feathers and eagle down. The mask is painted black, white, red and yellow with Northwest Coast stylized forms.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar wood, cedar bark, copper metal, down feather, feather, synthetic rubber, fibre 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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MaskA3483

Mask with prominent black eyebrow ridges, inside grey coloured eye sockets, small cut-out black and white eyes, and a black, red, black, and white nose and mouth. Carved orange crescent shaped designs are on either side of the eyes. There are two split "u" designs sketched in pencil on one ear. Cord tied to several holes in back.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, fibre and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureA3436 a-d

Part a: head of a bird with a long, pointed beak that tapers at the end. Parts b to d: three separate cylindrical neck(?) pieces. There are small nail holes on the top and bottom of the neck of part a, and on each end of parts b to d. Colours on part a are faded black and red.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA3416

Bird mask with large beak and hinged lower jaw. Beak is painted light green, with red mouth; dark green around eyes; eyes themselves are painted black and white. Cord inside attached to jaw; stapled to top.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, paint, plant fibre and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Feast DishA1786

Carved wooden, oval shaped dish with a triangular shaped end and a central concavity. Made from a single piece of wood, the bowl is shaped like a killer whale’s body with a tail fin carved in shallow relief with two thin red ovoids for detail. Above the tail is a small, rectangular shaped protrusion, possibly representing a dorsal fin. The opposite end has a red circle in circle design with a triangular shaped image radiating from two sides. The painting design is of an eagle. The sides have faded black and red lines.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
paint, cedar wood and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA3786

Mask of a head with a long nose and tongue. Wings with four feathers jut out to the sides, from the top of hte head; wings are attached to the mask with moveable leather hinges. Painted red, black, green, and white.

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