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SherdSa370

Grey clay with a cream slip, triangular in shape, ceramic rim sherd. The underside has a red line pattern and fine black crosshatching design. The surface is concaved in shape and has red and black line design with two black circles. Both sides share a red rim.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Costa Rica
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FrontletA2465

Carved wooden frontlet. Central figure is the face of an eagle, over a whale. The dorsal fin of the whale is represented by a small face with upright crest on the top edge of the frontlet. Flat margin around the main figures is inlaid with rectangular and circular pieces of abalone as are the eyes and various other parts of the main figures.

Culture
Nuxalk
Material
wood, abalone shell and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA2601

Carved, wooden mask depicting Dzunuk’wa. The humanoid face with pursed red lips, high cheekbones, raised eyebrows and deeply set eyes, with a series of parallel horizontal lines incised next to them. There are two metal eyehooks attached to the back rim of the mask with a metal wire tied to them.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, paint, lacquer and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Totem PoleA2540 a-c

Model totem pole figures (part a) portraying a raven(?) and a Sisiutl which has panels (parts b and c) that are inserted into the base of the pole and project from each side. Overall, painted with the colours black, red, and green. Figures are secured to a rounded base with nails.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Feast Dish LidA2522

Dzunuk'wa (or Tsonoqua) figure with pursed lips and heavy eyebrows. The feast dish lid is painted black with white outlining the eyebrows, brown around the red-rimmed eye holes, white bordering the eye sockets, red nostrils bordered around the top with white, brown bordered with white under the cheeks and down the sides of the jaw, red at the temples, and red on the lips.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
red cedar wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dance KnifeA2511

Warrior dance knife, or baton in the form of Sisiutl. A flat downward curved wood piece with a central frontal head and a profile head on either side. The two side profile heads have long upward curving protruding tongues. Painted red, black, and green. There is a metal hook on top of both side heads.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dance KnifeA2509

Warrior dance knife, or baton in the form of Sisiutl. A flat wooden piece that has a central frontal head and a profile head on either side. The central head has two upward and outward curling horn-like appendages at the top. Each profile head has a neck with multi-coloured scales, rectangular teeth, and a wavy protruding tongue.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA2505

Dzunuk'wa mask. Humanoid face with pursed lips and teardrop-shaped eyes; black with gold facial features and red lips, nostrils, and eyes.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA2504

Mask representing a supernatural halibut with curled ears, a protruding brow that comes to a rounded point between the eyebrows, a recurved nose, slightly protruding eyes and cheeks, and an upturned mouth with lips that come to a rounded peak at the centre and meet on either side of the centre midway from centre and sides. The mask is painted light grey with ears that have a black and red design on natural wood, black eyebrows, a black border that extends from below the eyebrows and over the chin, red nostrils and inner lips bordered in black with a read and black line above the upper lip, black scrolling designs around the mouth, and a black scalloped design representing gills on the cheeks. Pieces of off-white cotton fabric are attached to forehead. Wire attached to back with screw eyes.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, paint, cotton fibre and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rod PuppetIb389 a-c

Three-dimensional male humanoid figure (part a); large head (part b) and jointed arms attached to controlling rods. There is a single controling rod that is pointed (part c). Cream coloured face positioned downwards with straight pointed nose, closed red lips. Hair, eyebrows, facial features, and eyes outlined in black. Red crown (mahkota) headdress with four-tiered diadem in gold, green, white, and black. Decorated with karawista, sumping, small Garuda Mungkur with siyung jawi and dawala in same colours. Long black hair falls in seven curls with gold highlights. Gold neck and torso; arms have green, white and red ornaments at wrists and biceps. Hands are held flat and bent back at wrist. Black chest covering and apron with white wavy trim, sequins, beads, and wound wire in cross shaped patterns. Apron has black waistband, long yellow fringe at bottom. Batik skirt: beige with brown and lavender. Hand controlling rods are painted black.

Culture
Sundanese
Material
cotton fibre, paint, fibre and wood
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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