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Whale MaskNb3.1437

Whale-shaped mask or headdress with moveable jaw, dorsal, pectoral and fluked tail fins. The moveable parts are connected by strings which work together. Black overall with red mouth, outline around eye, nostril and details on fins. Dorsal fin at centre top is in recessed channel. It is attached to headdress with wooden pegs at bottom centre of fin; ovoid hole cut in white ovoid above face, two u-shapes above. Tail flukes also formerly pegged, peg now missing; decorated with frontal face which has black and white ovoid in ovoid eyes with red split u ears and red and white mouth. Bottom, convex surface is painted with a frontal face; black outlined round eyes and grinning mouth. Red and green details on white ground. Pectoral fins, formerly hinged with nailed on leather strips which have split down centre. One side patched and also now detached. Outside of fins are fully painted with face before double split u's; inside is black and red on unpainted wood. White s-shape on each side of whale body and white ovoid at back. Holes for string attachments in all parts. Canvas head strap on bottom with remnants of blue cloth. Piece of rope strung across bottom near back. Stains, imbedded dirt and a few scrapes.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
paint, fibre, metal, leather skin and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Baby CarrierNbz800 a-b

Coiled cedar root basketry cradle (part a) with slat foundation and sides. Cradle is rounded at the higher, wider proximal end and is tapered and narrow at the distal end. Fully beaded overcast rim. Remainder of the cradle is plain on the inside and decorated with beading and imbrication on the outside. Rim pattern has mainly canary grass with several repeats of alternating cherry bark and grass. There are seven side coiled rows. First two rows repeat a pattern of closely spaced grass chevrons alternating with wider spaced red or dark brown cherry bark chevrons. Rows three and four repeat above pattern in alternating areas. Rows five and six feature three vertical red cherry bark lines alternating with a darker diamond or x-shaped pattern. Row seven is undecorated. No foot. Plain coiled bottom. Tumpline or carrying strap (part b) with wool wefts and multiple element warps is weft-faced plain weave in a light white-brown and red zigzag pattern. On each end of the strap, there is a machine-stitched, hide backed strip of plaid material which has a shell button on the strap end and a button hole at the other. Each end is buttoned over a strip of hide which is tied on each side of the cradle just below the rim with small strips of hide. There is a small piece of cordage tied to one side.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo
Material
cedar wood, cedar bark, canary grass, skin, shell, fibre, wool fibre, cherry bark and cedar root
Made in
Harrison Lake, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fishing CreelNd579 a-b

Fishing creel compoased of coiled cedar root weaving. The basket has an irregular rectangular base, a flat back, three sides that have shoulders narrowing and slanting diagonally up to the top back over a trapezoidal lid with a trapezoidal hole at the centre. Five red and black cherry bark imbricated diamonds decorate three sides. Two hide loops sewn onto two back corners. Lid attached to back with two hide strips. Four imbricated diamond shapes decorate the lid.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, skin and dye
Made in
Merritt, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Berry BasketNd578

Rectangular, flared, coiled root basket (bifurcated stitches). Elongated watch-spring construction. Imbricated rows of alternating red and dark cherry bark and grass imbrication, however the grass is mostly broken away from the surface. Cotton string attached to rim of one corner, jute cord attached to rim of 3 other corners. Remnants of hide loops attached to long sides of basket.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, jute fibre, rawhide skin, grass and cotton fibre
Made in
Merritt, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fishing CreelNd577 a-b

Fishing creel basket (a) with lid (b). The basket is constructed of coil weaving with an irregular curved rectangular base, concave back and convex sides creating protruding shoulder in lower third of basket narrowing to rounded rectangular mouth. Decorated with a design in red and black cherry bark and off-white bear grass imbrication forming a series of diamonds. Has a hide strap attached to the two back corners. The lid is attached to the basket with two hide ties and is imbricated with a repeated triangle design fanning out from the central hole.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
cherry bark, skin, bear grass, cedar root and dye
Made in
Merritt, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskNb11.223

The shape of the mask is like a high triangle, two planes intersecting on the median of the face. The heavy eyebrows are painted black, but are not raised. The brow slopes and projects sharply above the nose. Each eye is set in a concave orb in the mask. The eye is made up of a painted white ring surrounding a round hole (2 cm. in diameter, 2 mm deep). The hooked nose is long and narrow and merges with the backswept cheek planes. Up-thrusted narrow nostrils are painted orange. The mouth, encircled by a concave recess, is formed by full, protruding lips, drawn back slightly separated and painted orange. Along the top edge of the mask extend strands of black hair shredded and twisted cedar bark strands, and grey-white feathers. Inside the mask is a leather frame to fit the head.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Tla-o-qui-aht
Material
yellow cedar wood, hair, cedar bark, adhesive, metal, leather skin, fibre, feather and paint
Made in
Clayoquot, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNbz701 a-b

Oval coiled slat basket (part a) with a lid (part b). Basket (part a) has two hide carrying straps. Geometric beading of double outward pointing arrows, creating a diamond shape, decorates the body of the basket using red and black cherry bark and grass. Lid (part b), which also has beaded designs, has a lip which fits tightly into the basket.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx: Lil'wat ?
Material
cedar root, grass, cherry bark and skin
Made in
Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BundleIe344

A bundle wrapped in beaten bark cloth, bound with bark twine, and brown in colour. Contains one grooved and three rounded pebbles with some pieces of wild ginger packed in yellow marsupial fur.

Culture
Kewa
Material
paint, ginger root, stone, marsupial skin and bark
Made in
Iapi, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNd678 a-b

Round, coiled basket with bifurcated stitching (part a). Fully imbricated with light yellow-brown grass and design in black and red cherry bark criss-crossing to form 'v' shapes. Bottom is watch-spring coiling. Hide handles. Part (b) is a fitted lid. Lid is watch-spring coiled with a 1 cm opening in centre and completely imbricated with grass and petal and cross design in red and dark cherry bark.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx: Lil'wat ?
Material
canary grass, cedar root, cherry bark and rawhide skin
Made in
Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentIe324

Objects strung on a bark cord. Objects include six pieces of animal skin with fur (including one animal leg) each approximately 12 cm. long and one carving of a head. The back of the carving is flat and the top is perforated for string. The carving is made of wood and is rubbed with red ochre. Has a hooked nose, no apparent mouth, and is incised with straight, and curved lines.

Culture
Kewa
Material
bark, ochre pigment, wood, marsupial foot and skin
Made in
Iapi, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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