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Model PaddleA2133

Short wooden paddle with a cylindrical, horizontal handle and a leaf-shaped blade. Thunderbird, canoe and abstract design painted on one side, with "winged" canoe on the other; painted in black, green, and red. Signed "Frederick Alexcee."

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Port Simpson, British Columbia, Canada and Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureA2212

Miniaturized depiction of a Thunder dancer, standing upright on a rounded base. The dancer is wearing a mask, with a prominent forehead and beak-like nose, and a dance cape, which covers their back. Painted in black, red and yellow.

Culture
Nuxalk
Material
wood, paint and lacquer
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Kachina FigureD4.116

Standing Kachina figure painted in green, black, white, red. Feathers attached to top and back of head with light green face, and red mouth? and torso. Black painted sash over shoulder and across chest; white skirt with black geometric design; black legs with light green feet.

Culture
Pueblo
Material
wood, fibre, feather and paint
Made in
New Mexico, USA and Arizona, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Kachina FigureD4.117

Standing Kachina figure with geometric mountain, and irrigation ditch symbols in black on white skirt. Pink and black head with blue face, red nose, black eyes; green ring around neck; red torso with painted necklace; white forearms and hands; black and red boots. Loop of string tied around neck of figure.

Culture
Pueblo
Material
wood, feather, fibre and paint
Made in
New Mexico, USA and Arizona, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Kachina FigureD4.118

Standing Kachina figure painted in yellow, blue, green, orange, red, black, white. Feathers attached at top of figure's head and at back of head. Cloud, rain, lightning, abstract geometric designs on face; mountain symbols on skirt. Loop of string tied around neck of figure.

Culture
Hopi
Material
cottonwood wood, feather, fibre and paint
Made in
Arizona, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskE135

Human face mask with skin painted pink, and hair and beard painted black. Hair and beard are accentuated with vertical grooves. Black side burns painted on. Black line for each eyebrow. Eyelashes painted black. Has two holes at the top of the nose. Ears have a sideways w-shape.

Culture
Guatemalan
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskE136

Human face mask painted white with red nose and cheeks. Bushy eyebrows are carved curly and painted black. Moustache and goatee are painted black. Eyes and mouth with red lips are cut out.

Culture
Guatemalan
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LoomE324 b-d

Parts (b-d) of a loom. Part b: brown leather, rectangular shaped backstrap, decorated with a stamped pattern consisting of two rectangles edged with repeated lines of triangles with three flower-like images in the middle. In the centre is a circle with a landscape motif inside. Both edges are looped and have braided fibre twine attached. Part c: twisted fibre robe in blue, purple and white with tufts on either ends. One end breaks into two strands with loops on each. Part c: carved wood pick consisting of a green bird with a red stomach and long tail feathers at the top; the end tapers into a point.

Culture
Maya
Material
sisal fibre, leather skin, cotton fibre, wood and paint
Made in
San Antonio De Aguas Calientes, Sacatepequez, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureC228

Butterfly with base and tab for tying.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
wood and paint
Made in
New Georgia, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC305

The tip is coiled with yellow-brown plant fibre, below which, there are the following: five sets of four small barbs; three sets of four increasingly longer barbs; and five sets of four small barbs. The point is decorated with a red and yellow grass sleeve with a horizontal zig zag pattern, a carved band that is emphasized with white and that consists of two figures (each of which has circular eyes and a thin nose), and a fibre tuft. Below, there is another red and yellow grass sleeve with a yellow diagonal line pattern on a red background. Bright red and yellow plant fibre coiling are at either ends of the grass sleeve. The dark brown wood shaft is plain and tapers at the end.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
bone, fibre, grass, wood, paint and pigment ?
Made in
Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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