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Composite Artifact BagEXU22A001H800

Styrofoam, plastic, paint and wax. All of these post-1900 materials are stored in one bag. EXU22A001H800b, c and d (styrofoam, plastic and wax) were combined into this bag, and those record were deleted to avoid having bags with potentially confusing and unnecessary letters at the end of their catalog numbers. A. Thickpenny 11/3/2009

Material
paint
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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House FrameA50039 f-g

Pair of sisiutl cross-beams from a Kwagu'l house frame. See records A50039 a, b-c and d-e for the rest of the house frame.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
paint and cedar wood
Made in
Fort Rupert, British Columbia, Canada and Tsaxis, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Interior House PostA50039 d-e

Pair of thunderbird house posts from a Kwagu'l house frame. See records A50039 a, b-c and f-g for the rest of the house frame.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
paint and cedar wood
Made in
Fort Rupert, British Columbia, Canada and Tsaxis, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Interior House PostA50039 b-c

Pair of sea-lion house posts from a Kwagu'l house frame. See records A50039 a, d-e, f-g for the rest of the house frame.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
paint and cedar wood
Made in
Fort Rupert, British Columbia, Canada and Tsaxis, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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House Frontal Totem PoleA50039 a

House frontal pole with arched doorway from a Kwagu'l house frame. See records A50039 b-c, d-e and f-g for the rest of the house frame.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
paint and cedar wood
Made in
Fort Rupert, British Columbia, Canada and Tsaxis, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask2.5E1002
The Whalers' PoleNb11.262

Tall pole with carved and painted figures. Figures from top to bottom are: the harpooner, with a whale's dorsal fin in each hand; the second-ranked man in the whaling crew, who holds a harpoon; the shaman, who wears a frontlet and holds a rattle and a wand (and on his tongue is painted the head of a lightning serpent); Puk-ubs (whaler returned from drowing); and a grey whale, held up by Puk-ubs. The eyes and teeth on the shaman's face are in bronze. (The tip of the harpoon was replaced in 2024.)

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ditidaht
Material
cedar wood, paint and bronze metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Totem PoleE 1907.328

The catalogue card states A totem post bearing on the face, four deeply carved emblems picked out in red green and black paints. At the base a human figure with uplifted hands, above it a fish (?whale) head downwards, a human mask and a frog. In a letter from Glaisher to von Hugel he notes the figures are the woman, a whale, a chief, and a frog (CUMAA Archive 1, Letters Box 1907). The pole is very roughly and crudely carved.; Good

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Totem Pole1927.250 B

A) Carved and painted wooden totem pole depicting an eagle, a killer whale and a frog. The pole is painted in red, green, yellow, and black. While the format of the pole is characteristic the style is not typical of the Northwest coast. However the bottom creature is reminiscent of Westcoast style masks (G.Crowther). B) Robust carved and painted wooden totem pole. The pole bears a killer whale and a bird, painted in black, red, green, blue and white. The style of carving is reminiscent of the Westcoast or Nootka (G.Crowther).; Good

Culture
Makah ? or Nuu-chah-nulth ?
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Totem Pole1922.1069

Carved and painted wooden totem pole, with a raven, a human, an eagle and a killerwhale. The pole is painted in blue, green, black and red. The animals are represented more realistically than in the typical Northwest coast style. On the reverse of pole the price has been penciled, originally $2.50 the price was reduced to $2.00.; Good

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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