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MaskA4324

Bird mask, or headdress, with pronounced curved beak and moveable jaw. Recessed eye sockets with slightly protruding, mirrored eyes. Painted in gray, green, black, white and red.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, silver alloy metal ?, fibre, leather skin, metal and glass
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA4322

Mask of a human face with an oversized triangular nose and prominent white teeth. Face has arched eyebrow ridges and white paint outlining the cut-out eyes. Overall colour is a dark reddish-brown. Two long thick braided pieces of fibre cording are tied to two holes at the top of the mask and two holes on the side of the mask. Four holes at the top of the mask do not have fibre cording through them. The fibre cording is coiled at the back of the mask. Several metal nails line the top of the mask.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, fibre and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA6297

Hawk mask. Round mask with hooked beak that connects to the top lip of the mouth. Mask is painted white all over and has green, black, and red accents. Eye sockets are inset and eyes are slightly raised.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
fibre and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA6290

Carved wooden, crooked beak mask. The beak has long, exaggerated, protruding nostrils with two large c-shaped openings in the front; two incised white s-shaped forms on surface of nostril. Running from the brow is a slightly protruding ridge or frill that projects upwards and curves downwards to the top of the beak. The mouth is red, flat, wide and protruding. The underside of the beak is flat and black. The eyes are black, outlined in red on a black ovoid shaped ground; the brow is black. The inside of the mask is hollow. The mask is painted black, white, red and green with Northwest Coast stylized forms.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar wood, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressA6275

Wooden headdress with two three-dimensional raven heads protruding from either side. Headdress is painted black, red, and green.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA6274

Mask with circular eyes, triangular nostrils, and open mouth. Painted green around eyes, red on nostrils and mouth, and has black eyebrows. The rest is painted greyish-white.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Neck ringA6272

Large cedar bark neck ring consisting of a framework made of twisted branches wrapped in beige, twine cloth then covered with red fabric. Covering the fabric are strips of cedar bark that bind the ring together. Keeping the cedar down are ties of string, cedar twine and strips of cloth. There are two sets of four tassels that hang down from the middle and bottom of the ring. One set consists of stripes of cedar bark, the other is twisted rope made of cotton sock-like material and red fabric. The bottom of the ring has a section of stripes of cedar bark that run horizontally.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, cedar bark and cotton fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA6271

Carved wooden mask depicting Dzunuk'wa. The humanoid face has a protruding forehead, recessed closed eyes, flattened nose and pursed lips. The mask is painted black with orange eye sockets and red nostrils and lips. The hair is reddish brown and pegged in strands at top of head.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
yellow cedar wood and human hair
Made in
Blunden Harbour, British Columbia, Canada ? or Ba'as, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Head RingA6267

Coiled cedar bark head ring with four carved wooden skulls attached to sides of headdress; skulls are painted white. Four bundles of cedar bark strips are attached to the sides in between the skulls. Brown ribbon ties attached at the bottom.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, cedar bark, paint and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA6195

Brown double reed whistle that is rectangular in cross section and bound in three sections with brown twine, two near each end and one near the middle. While the wider end is solid, there are two hollows through the smaller end where there is a taper cut double rectangular hole nearby at either side. Sealed with pine pitch.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, resin and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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