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ArrowC898

A plain shaft that is bound at the end and the base with fibre. There is a long black, red, and white geometric patterned point which is elaborately carved with a central horizontal dotted line surrounded by a disjointed zig zag line and crown-like feature at either end below and a herringbone pattern above. The tip of the point ends in an elongated cone. The end of the shaft is notched.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
fibre, stem ?, wood and paint
Made in
Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowC896

A plain shaft that is bound at the base with fibre. There is a long black, red, and white geometric patterned point which is elaborately carved with a vertically linear ? design below and a diamond-shaped design with an inverted picket-fence-like projection pattern above. The tip of the point ends in an elongated cone. The end of the shaft is notched.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
wood, fibre, stem ? and paint
Made in
Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureIe453

Carved wood figure of a human standing on a human head. While both heads have a long, flat, outward pointing nose, round red eyes, ears, and an open red mouth with a tongue in the middle, the top head has a downward pointing hair line and the bottom head has a straight horizontal hair line. The main body has a long cylindrical torso with curving arms holding something long along the middle of the chest. There is a metal hanger around the upper neck. Designs on the upper body include vertical rows of red triangles while designs on the lower body include vertical rows of red ovals. Colours are red and white on natural brown.

Culture
Asmat ?
Material
wood, metal and paint
Made in
Papua, Indonesia ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleNb624

Brown wood rattle roughly carved with the top piece in the form of a bird and the bottom piece in the shape of a rounded semi-oval. The two pieces are tied on the sides with sinew ? and bound together with white string and beige cotton cloth around the handle. Painted with a black eagle design. The black head has rounded eyes with dots on the beak. The body has a pair of black rectangles that have dots within and from which flow three s shapes down along the lower back side with dots all around. The bottom piece that is the belly of the bird has a pointed black ovoid in ovoid with curvilinear lines and dots all around. Fourth piece is missing. No noisemakers inside.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
cedar wood, sinew ?, cotton fibre and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA1961

A painted wood face mask with a sloping forehead joined to a protruding nose that has yellow nostrils that are red inside. The cut out circular eyes are black in a tapering white oval surrounded by a green area. The red lips are full and flat and are surrounded by a yellow area. The face is black with a yellow halo-like feature around the head that has five segments along the top.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth ? or Coast Salish ?
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleA5263

Brown wood rattle consisting of two rounded pieces put together, each with a semi-cylindrical handle, creating a full rounded oval rattle bound together on the handle brown string and cording. Along either sides of each piece, there is a hole to bind the two pieces together with brown string and cedar bark fringes. There is also a hole at either top side. Realistic design in green and black painted on both sides. One side has a face that has dark brown circle in circle in tapering oval eyes, a nose, and an open mouth showing twenty-four plain teeth. Above this face, at either top side, there is a pair of black u forms within a larger dark brown one that has four horizontal black dashes within and a black ovoid at top. At either side, there is a pair of dark brown u forms within a larger one. Below the face, there are eight horizontal black dashes. The other side has another face that has dark brown circle in circle eyes surrounded by a tapering black oval with dark brown brows above as well as a pair of u forms within a larger one that has four horizontal black dashes within, a nose, and a downturned open mouth showing twenty-four plain teeth. A black ovoid in ovoid with curling sides is above this face. On the same side, the initials 'EW' are carved in the handle on the upper portion.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
fibre, cedar bark, wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ceremonial SwordA6165

Ceremonial fool dancer sword. Painted on both sides with long, flat, upward and backward curving fin-like projection, a rounded angular head, and a handle that is square in cross section. The black eyes are circle in circle surrounded by a tapering oval and a green area with black brows above. The nostrils are red. The open black mouth shows ten red upper teeth. The fin-like projection has an inverted red u form that has a vertical white ovoid within and white space in between, an inverted white and red u form, a horizontal white outlined red ovoid, and a black split u with white space in between at the tip.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
paint and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA4214

Brown wood double whistle made of two single whistles of equal length bound together by brown twine. Both pieces are circular in cross section and come to a tapering end and are bound in twine in three sections, one near each end and one near the middle. While the wider knob-like end is solid on each piece, there is a hollow (two in total) through the tapering end where there is a taper cut rectangular hole (two in total) (both are identical except for the position of the air vent) painted in red nearby on one side.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, fibre and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Raven RattleA4126

Brown wood rattle with the top piece in the form of a raven that has a reclining figure on its back connected to a frog by a protruding tongue and the bottom piece in the shape of a rounded semi-oval emphasized with a whale design. Handle is bound with green. Raven has black ovoid in ovoid eyes surrounded by a tapering oval and a green area with black brows above. The beak is black with an open red mouth holding a red ball. The back has vertical black dashes with black wings that have a green ovoid in a black ovoid, a red and green split u within a black split u that has a black ovoid within, a green and red split u, and a red ovoid at the tip. The tail is in reverse with four feathers that have an inverted black split u coming from a downward pointing green triangle connected to the back that has a small bird's face with circular black eyes surrounded by a plain tapering oval and a green area, red nostrils, a red mouth, and a pair of inverted green split u's and horizontal red dashes below along with two green wrists that have five red claws. The reclining human on top has a red body and a plain face with circular black eyes surrounded by a plain tapering oval and a green area with black brows above, a red nose, and a red mouth where the red tongue of the green frog connects. The bottom piece that is the belly of the raven has a face with green eyes at the bottom with green and red split u's at along either side and red dots and dashes within and around a green shape that has red accents.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
fibre, wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Walking StickA2238

Walking stick of yellow cedar wood. Stick has three sections: 18 cm. of plain wood from the base; a central section carved in 3/4 round (as a totem pole); and an upper section (15 cm.) that is plain, expanding to a knob handle. The central section has a vertical series of sketchily-carved figures depicting a bird, an animal, a bird, a whale, and a figure (from top to bottom). The bird at the bottom has circular black eyes surrounded by a red area with black brows above, red and black ears, a red lined yellow beak, and two-feathered side wings that consist of a long black u form that has a yellow detailing with a yellow ovoid along the upper part. The upward crouching animal above has circular yellow eyes outlined by black and surrounded by a red tear drop shape, red dot ears within a black u form, a yellow dotted black face, an open red mouth showing sixteen plain teeth, and a yellow body with black limbs. The bird in the middle has circular yellow eyes outlined by black with black brows above, red and black ears, a yellow beak with a closed red mouth, and two-feathered side wings that consist of a black u form with a red and yellow dot within and a black semi-oval along the upper part. The downward facing whale has circular yellow eyes surrounded by a black oval and a green oval, red nostrils, an open red mouth showing sixteen plain teeth, a yellow dotted black back with a small dorsal fin, a red and black dotted plain body, and a face on the upward and downward curving tail. The figure at the top has circular black eyes surrounded by a green area with black brows above, black nostrils, a red mouth surrounded by a yellow area with a black chin, and a black body. The figure is holding a plain copper ? that has red and black face on the upper portion with a vertical red line at either side of the lower portion. The figure wears a two-tiered hat that has black u forms with red in between the plain split u within and a yellow dot at the top.

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