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Model CanoeA6982

Southern style model dugout canoe. Upswept bow with a protruding prow-piece. Painted black on the outside and red on the inside.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth ?
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatA3723

Dome shaped, double-woven, cedar bark hat with a design that is painted on. The hat has plaiting at the top which is outlined with double strand twining. The warps are then split and the twining becomes finer. A row of triple strand twining separates the top from the sides of the hat. The body of the hat is woven with double strand twining and features a painted design. The design is expansive; the main elements are two large eyes in black outlined in green with grey-blue under brow. The bottom rim of the hat has a row of triple strand twining. The hat liner is woven in a similar manner to the exterior hat, but not as finely. The liner does not extend to the full height of the hat, but stops just below the hat band which is twill woven (over two, under one).

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth ?
Material
cedar bark and paint
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bentwood BowlA5322

Low bentwood bowl; the last corner and bottom are pegged. The undulating rim is inlaid with operculum shells. Rim is convex and concave at ends and sides. Distributive animal design painted on four sides in black and red.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
operculum shell, cedar wood, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dance DrumA8137 a-b

Circular drum (a) with attached drumstick (b). The drum hide is stretched over a circular wooden frame and secured by nails. It still has some fur remaining on one side. On the back, leather thongs with a bone secured in centre form a handgrip. An eagle with raised wings is painted in black, white, ygrey and yellow against an abstract background of blue, red, off-white and black. The drumstick consists of a a spherical head covered in off-white skin, a cylindrical wooden shaft, and a strip of brown leather fastened around the shaft with the ends split into several thinner strips.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun'
Material
skin, metal, bone, leather skin, wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dance DrumA8138 a-b

Circular drum (a) made from deer hide stretched over circular wooden frame with seven lengths of cord meeting at back. A hand-hold is created at the back from cloth. The wooden rim is steamed, bent, and nailed. The drum is painted with two eagles and a man wearing Plains-style headdress and clothing. The matching drum stick (b) is carved and has a cloth head secured by off-white string. Some brown cord is also wrapped around the handle.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun'
Material
deer skin, metal, wood, fibre and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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StaffA5337

Wood staff painted with a sea wolf, a killer whale, a human with a wolf's head emerging from the top of his head, and a bird's head forming his tail. The black eyes of the figures are surrounded by a green area with a white face, except for the sea wolf who has a green face and body, and a red mouth. The pole in between is red and green. The bottom of the staff is black and tapering.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC502

Hollow, cylindrical, bamboo shaft with designs filled in with black pigment and some areas painted red. Has a long, narrow, lance-olate leaf-shaped blunt hardwood point that is flat along one side while rounded at angles along a ridge at the other side. Some stem ? is coiled around the upper portion of the shaft. The lower portion of the shaft has a design that consists of a horizontal band with a zig zag leaf pattern and vertical lines of triangles in between curvi-linear lines.

Culture
Eastern Melanesian
Material
wood, bamboo grass, stem ?, pigment ? and paint
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Box DrumA7279

Box drum with an eagle, a killer whale, a human face and a bear painted in white, black, orange and blue on each side with some zigzag lines in black along some of the edges. The top is open and the base and sides are roughly square.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
paint, wood and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonA7283

Spoon has painted design on handle of two seated humanoid figures, both with a red dot in the centre of their chests. Bottom figure has green hands and white dots on cheeks, top figure has white hands and is holding a red object in each hand.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wood, lacquer and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleA7293

Rounded wooden rattle composed of two complimentary parts stiched with a faint touch of red along the seam.

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
skin, wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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