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Canoe PaddleA8169

Carved wood paddle with a diamond-shaped blade and a handle grip mortised and nailed to the shaft. Blade is painted in geometric sections of, from the handle, blue, white, and red with a plain natural wood handle.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun'
Material
paint and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Canoe PaddleA8170

Carved wood paddle with a diamond-shaped blade. The blade and the lower shaft are painted red while the upper shaft is painted black. Handle grip mortised and nailed onto the shaft and painted red. Black painted panel on the blade contains designs of a raccoon in grey and a curved shape in orange. These designs appear on both sides of the blade.

Culture
Coast Salish: Saanich
Material
metal, paint and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA8370

Small carved wooden mask of bird-like figure with beak and bulbous forehead. Mask is painted white with black spots, and blue features. A round wooden section with hole sits on top, and there are three holes down each side, likely to help secure mask to the face.

Culture
Nuxalk
Material
paint and alder wood
Made in
Bella Coola, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Raven RattleA8532

Raven rattle carved of hardwood. Reclining figure with bear's head on raven's back connected to a frog by protruding tongue; frog is being held in beak of a kingfisher bird. Belly emphasized by a bird's face with recurved beak. Main paint colours are black, red-brown, and green.

Culture
Nuxalk
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Bella Coola, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bentwood BoxA7960 a-b

Bentwood box of cedar wood. The front and back of box have symmetrical distributive designs in black primary form lines and red secondary form lines. Two faint faded red ovoid forms on sides. Part (b) lid is plain and cracked through center.

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
paint and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model PaddleA9174

Miniature, grey carved paddle.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PaddleA7517

Wood paddle with fine designs using eye forms painted in black on both sides of the blade. One side has an ovoid in ovoid eye form with a u form above and a split u behind with a profile bird-like head facing down toward the handle; below all of this, there is a large black split u; underneath all of this, there is a circle in circle with an s-shape to one side and a split u to the other side within a larger black split u; a solid black panel; and at the tip, there is a black triangle that has a plain tear drop shape within. The other side has an ovoid in ovoid eye form with an ovoid and a u form in front with an s-shape and a circle in circle behind; below all of this, there is large black split u; underneath all of this, there is a circle in circle with an s-shape to one side and a split u to the other side within a larger u form; a solid black panel; and at the tip, there is a black triangle that has a plain multiple leaf plant motif within.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PaddleA7518

Wood paddle with an elaborate design painted in black on both sides of the blade. One side has an elongated ovoid in ovoid in tapering oval eye with a split u in front and a u form below that has dashes within. Underneath, there is a plain split u and a black split u. The tip of the blade has a black triangle with a plain ovoid within. The other side has an elongated ovoid in tapering oval eye with a split u in front and a u form below that has dashes within. Underneath, there is plain split u and a solid black band. The tip of the blade has a black triangle with a plain ovoid within. Various circles in circles with split u forms are behind.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bentwood BoxA17072

Bentwood box in an unusual shape, with two square-shaped pieces connected by a narrow passage in the centre. The corners were bent, with the last corner, and base, pegged and sewn with cedar withe. Faded face painted at one end.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
red cedar wood and paint
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gambling Game PiecesA17075 a-d

Whale bone game pieces (parts a-d). The two "female" bones (a, d) have black lines about half an inch from each end painted on narrow bands of white paint. The "male" bones (b-c) have black lines half an inch from each end plus two red lines in the centre about half an inch apart. These painted bands are also applied to wider bands in white paint. The game pieces are cylindrical with flat ends, and are yellow-white in colour.

Culture
Coast Salish: Musqueam
Material
paint and whale bone
Made in
Musqueam, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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