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Model PaddleA1543

Small wooden paddle painted red, black, and white. The front side of the blade has a creature in the mouth of another. The main creature has a black oval in white tapering oval eye surrounded by a red-outlined ovoid, an open red mouth showing ten white teeth, and a red and black dorsal ? fin behind. The creature in the main creature's mouth has a black circle in white tapering oval eye with a red crescent line behind, a black nose, and an open red mouth showing multiple white teeth. A black diamond shape is at the tip of the blade. The back has three black diagonal lines across the blade with 'Port Simpson . B.C.' written in black along the handle. The handle has a horizontal cylindrical finial.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Grave FigureA1781

Carved wooden standing figure. Represents a male with his right hand on his breast and his left hand on his abdomen. Face carved in relief, wide downturned nose, open mouth, large deep eyes and heavy brows. Remnants of skin and hair on head nailed to head. Light brown paint around eyes, nose and jaw, also traces of white paint around mouth, nose and eyes. Formerly had hair and eyebrows of bear fur. Faint red band around forehead. Also strip of hairless skin on right groin.

Culture
Coast Salish: Tla'amin
Material
skin, paint, cedar wood and metal
Made in
Powell River, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JarD4.31

Bulbous centre; narrows at neck; slightly overhanging lip. Polychrome (black and orange) on cream slip. Colours: black, orange. Chip on rim.

Culture
Tewa
Material
clay and paint
Made in
San Ildefonso, New Mexico, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlD4.32

Black and orange-brown floral design on tan-coloured slip with a large flower on each side below the handle and leaves on the ends. Handle at centre is black, and the edges of the bowl scoop down from handle, then back up on each end like spouts with a border of two black lines. Inside is painted orange-brown. Flat bottom.

Culture
Pueblo: Santa Domingo
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Santa Domingo, New Mexico, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Water JarD4.34

Polychrome jar, brown-black design with red-brown detail on white (now smudged). Rim band extends 2.5 cm inside jar, 3 mm to the outside. Second thin line just below the first, with a 5 mm break at one point. Neck decoration is abstract curvilinear and geometric (repeated once). Details include brown-black crosshatching and red-brown horizontal stripes. Body and neck are separated by 2 bands with a 4 mm break. Body design includes deer in domed, decorated sections. Floral designs separate the 2 sets of 2 deer. Deer are brown-black with white flanks, around eyes and a red-brown line extending from the muscle to the interior, ending in a knob or triangle. Floral design; scalloped circle enclosing a 4 petalled flower. Base is solid brown-black. There is a scrape on one floral rosette, upper left.

Culture
Zuni
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlD4.38

Round, squatted bowl; black designs on orange; upper half decorated, lower half undecorated. Labels and number on base.

Culture
Hopi
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Tewa Village, Arizona, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model CanoeA157

Rough carving of a male figure sitting in a steep-sided canoe. Remnants of red -brown paint on the wooden surface.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Kitselas, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Totem PoleA9319

Totem pole model. Standing figure has hands on belly and a thunderbird on head with outstretched wings. Colours used are green, orange and black.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, paint and metal
Made in
Fort Rupert, British Columbia, Canada and Tsaxis, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA7943

A painted brown wood human-like face mask with small circular eyes surrounded by a light blue area with black eyebrows above, a broad nose with orange-red nostrils, and an open thick-lipped orange-red mouth. Has a black moustache and beard. Vertical orange-red dashes decorate the cheeks. Green cord tied at sides. Adze marks visible inside.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
wood, paint, metal and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fish MaskA6215

Mask representing a salmon with arched eyebrows, slightly protruding eyes, nostril holes, and a straight mouth. Cedar bark and feathers for fringe. Painted silver with black eyebrows and pupils, white around the eyes, red nostrils and lips with white borders, and orange scalloped designs to the sides of the mouth.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, feather, fibre, cedar bark 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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