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Mask | Humanoid | Replica2.5E655E
Model Totem Pole2.5E1057

Cat: Model totem pole of red cedar on wooden base in Tlingit or Tsmshian style. Upper figure is bird (eagle?) clutching a human in it talons . Formline designs decorate the wings; the predominant color is blue which is badly faded. The beak has broken off and has been mended. The human figure lies horizontally, facing outward, being clutched by its left side. The next figure is a bear face with ears and forepaws depicted. Again the predominant color is blue (faded) with red in the eye sockets. Below the bear is another animal face (seal?) with the same coloring as the bear. This face is on a cylindrical shape which is part of the pole. The pole has been nailed to a square wooden base 2 cm. high x 12.2 cm. wide x 10 cm deep. The pole is not stable and the paint is badly faced. Made for sale in the early 20th century. The pole is carved from a half cylinder form, with the back being partially hollowed out.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
cedar wood and paint
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Headdress | Frontlet1-1448

The feather is flicker. The whisker is sea lion.

Culture
Haida
Material
wood, pelt, feather, flicker, whisker, sea lion, paint and cotton cloth
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Bow2.5E885

The paint is black.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
wood and paint
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Whaling Float | Seal Skin Float221A

The rope is sinew and cedar root?. The paint is red and black.

Culture
Makah
Material
seal skin, rope, sinew, cedar root ?, wood and paint
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Whaling Float | Seal Skin Float222B

Wood, stomachs, bladders, and skins were used by Northwest Coast fishermen and sea hunters to make floats of many sizes. The largest and most impressive were whaling floats made of the skins or hair, of harbor seals. Painted designs on most whaling floats are similar to these. Concentric circles in various combinations of red and black, with simple geometric elaboration, make up the patterns. (Holm, Spirit and Ancestor, 1987)

Culture
Makah
Material
seal skin, wood, sinew, cloth, cedar bark and paint
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Raven Rattle952

The paint is black, red, and green.

Culture
Tlingit: Stikine
Material
wood and paint
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Fish Club2004-2/308

Culture
“Unknown” ?
Material
wood, paint and gold
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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River Monster2794/3

Carved figure representing the legendary river monster "Waisana". Upper half of fish-shaped carving narrows from centre out towards both ends. The figure is painted black and has hooked motifs and six circular hollows carved out along its length. Lower portion is unpainted and has a drilled hole in the centre that fits on peg of rectangular wooden stand.

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