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Feast DishA2524

Carved wooden dish shaped like a canoe, with two carved and painted human figures crouched inside, facing one another. The canoe is painted black with a wide white band that has a repeating pattern of red u-forms in between green and white ovoids; ends of the canoe have a green tail-like design. Both of the figures are painted black with white faces, a green band across the eyes, red nostril and black facial hair. On top of their heads are three strips of beaver(?) fur. Inside of the canoe is painted red.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
paint, beaver skin ?, metal and cedar wood
Made in
Gilford Island, British Columbia, Canada and Gwa'yasdam's, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PendantNa1315

Wide hand opposed with flipper, relatively flat in cross-section and strung on a leather thong which is tied in two places. The thong passes through a hole drilled, side to side, at constriction between hand and flipper. Hand has channels delineating fingers and flattened fingernails. Flipper is angled along edge and has five channels covering the surface. A series of characters and '2-20432' are inscribed on bottom.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone and leather skin
Made in
Kuujjuaraapik, Quebec, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA2485

Carved mask of a human face. The green-brown face has semi-circular cut out hole eyes outlined by black and surrounded by a white tapering oval and an area around the eyes in suggestion of an ovoid shape with wide black brows above. The large protruding nose has the nostrils cut out. The open red mouth is showing ten white bared upper teeth. The moustache and the goatee are skin pieces. Wrinkles are carved in the forehead and in the cheeks. Skin and leather tongs are attached.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
wood, paint and leather skin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HandleA2.442

Curved bone handle with a length of rawhide attached at both ends; handle has scalloped edge to fit against fingers.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
bone and rawhide skin
Made in
Bathurst Inlet, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNbz693

Oval basket with hide straps. Coiled, slat foundation carrying basket. Rim is braided and has two long hide handles. Red cherry bark beading in horizontal bands around the basket. Imbrication drops in black cherry bark decorate the foot of the basket.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
rawhide skin, cherry bark, cedar root and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CarvingNa1295

Hunter is leaning back, almost reclining with his legs braced against a wedge-shaped stone (ice?). There is a walrus lying on its side on the other side of the rock. The hunter is holding a thin hide line which passes through holes in his hands, the top ridge of the rock and attaches to the walrus's body. The walrus's back flippers are crossed and there are four vertical lines along its underbelly and several curved lines at its neck. The hunter has a broad face, rimmed oval eyes and rimmed straight mouth. His hair forms a cap on his head. Large indentation on top side of rock. Hair and walrus have been polished.

Culture
Inuit
Material
skin and stone
Made in
Inukjuak, Quebec, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Berry BasketNd581

Coiled burden basket in a traditional trapezoidal shape. Beaded cherry bark in bands decorate the basket. One side of the basket has two hide loops to which a denim fabric tumpline style carrying strap has been attached.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
cedar root, rawhide skin, cotton fibre and cherry bark
Made in
Merritt, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Baby CarrierNa697

Elliptically shaped cradle made of white-yellow hide stretched over a frame constructed from split branches; branch frame is bound together with cotton gauze. Hide is stitched around the top rim of the cradle with black thread.

Culture
Dene ?
Material
fibre, cotton fibre, rawhide skin and wood
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNa696

Brown birch bark basket with an oval-shaped top and a rectangular bottom--bark is bent and laced together with birch root (?). Hoop-branch to strengthen rim is lashed down with thin strips of root (?). Two skin ties are looped through the top of the basket on one side.

Culture
Dene
Material
birch bark, birch root ? and skin
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskNb11.224

Carved, wood mask with a triangular shape coming to a point at the bridge of the nose. Bear fur spans the top of the mask and extends halfway down the back opening. The slightly raised, heavy eyebrows are painted black, extending from the back edges of the mask and meet at the upper nose. The eyes, set in a shallow recess on the plane of the upper cheek, are long and drawn out with a circular centre. The nose is long and narrow, with back thrust nostrils. Lips, painted red are rounded and drawn back, slightly parted. U-form designs on the forehead are painted green, blue and red; eyes are outlined in black with a red broken-line sunlight design above them; wave-like designs on the cheek are painted green and blue.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Tla-o-qui-aht
Material
egg tempera paint, fibre, metal, bear skin and cedar wood
Made in
Echachis, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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