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Tsimshian CosmosNb7.342

Scaled down model house front with painted designs. The panel is rectangular with an upper centre peak. There is a lower oval opening painted black (representing the original opening). The designs feature ovoid shapes and bird motifs in black and red on a plain wooden ground. There are red borders on the sides and top.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
cedar wood and acrylic paint
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA3561

Mask with shredded cedar bark tied to top of head. The mask has round eyes, an open mouth, gill symbols around the mouth, and a black moustache. Painted in black, brown, red and white.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, cedar bark, fibre and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubA3417

Long, wooden club with an elongated, diamond shaped base and a cylindrical shaped head. The base has a continuous spiral band design burned, midway, onto the staff. The head has two, carved, back to back human faces sharing a headdress marked by deeply carved diagonal lines. The head is carved and painted in black, red and green.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
paint and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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StaffA5338

Red and black staff decorated with an upward pointing snake at the bottom and five human figures above. The snake has black-outlined recessed eyes and cross hatch incising on top of the head. Above the snake, there are two faces one on top of the other with a feather on top; a round-bodied human with a feather on top; two humans that have their rib lines drawn with recessed eyes and a mouth and a feather on top; a cedar bark ring; and another human with black eyes and a feather on top.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
cedar bark, feather, wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PaddleA1540

Wood paddle painted in yellow, red, green, and black. Design consists of a black ovoid in tapering oval eye in yellow ovoid with a yellow split u at either side; one black and one red u form below with red filled in and a pair of black u forms underneath; a three-digit black, green, and black claw-like feature with a black ovoid in ovoid behind; and a black split u at the tip.

Culture
Nisga'a
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PaddleA2500

Wood paddle with a marquise-shaped blade with the widest point near the tip and which narrows to a shaft which is round in cross section. Butt is rectangular in cross section with an indentation cut near the top which is carved as a transverse cylinder. Blade has a painted design in black that consists of an ovoid in tapering oval eye with a pair of u forms below that have diagonal lines within and an elongated black u form below; a black panel at the base of the blade; and a black tip.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PaddleA1550

Wood paddle with an expansive design in black and yellow on both sides of the blade. Design consists of a black ovoid in ovoid in tapering oval eye in ovoid with a split u at either side; a pair of red and a pair of black u forms below; a three digit claw-like feature with an ovoid in ovoid behind; and a black split u at the tip of the blade. Spaces are mostly filled in with yellow.

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PaddleA1558

Wood paddle that has a fine design carved in relief on the blade and painted in red and black on both sides. Design consists of an ovoid in tapering oval eye in an ovoid with a split u in front; a pair of red and a pair of black u forms below; a split u behind with a four digit claw-like feature with a central ovoid in ovoid below; a u form at either side; a black split u at the base of the blade; and a red split u at the tip of the blade.

Culture
Tsimshian ? or Nisga'a ?
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA8102

Humanoid face mask. Oval shaped mask with wide pronounced red lips, red nostrils, circular black eyes on a green background, and black gill shapes around the mouth. The bottom half of the face has a white background as does the area above the eyebrows.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dance PaddleNb11.358

Painted wood paddle with a protruding handle in green. Below the handle on one side, there is a pattern of ten red dots within the green outline of the staff while twelve dots are on the other side. From the handle to the blade, there are the following: a green-outlined circle; a green band around the circumference with ten red dots over it; four green-outlined tail flukes with twenty-nine red dots within the edges; and a black killer whale with red teeth on the blade; and at the tip, there is a red tail fluke design.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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