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MaskA1750

Mask with elongated slightly rectangular face, pronounced brows, a short upturned nose, concave eye sockets, and a downturned mouth. The mask is dark brown natural wood painted with black hair-like designs emphasized with an orange curvilinear line, black eyebrows, a black nose tip and nostrils, black around the eye sockets, black and orange around the eye holes, black lines extending out from the sides of the nose, orange lips, and black to the sides of the mouth as well as on the chin.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, paint and stain ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA3663

Mask with an elongated face, a slightly protruding brow, a nose with a pointed tip that joines to the pointed top centre of the downturned mouth, and a cedar bark fringe around the face. The mask is painted white with black eyebrows, a green curvilinear design around the eyes with scalloped scale symbols underneath the eyes, black designs on the cheeks, a red-tipped nose, and black lips. Fibre cord at reverse.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, cedar bark, fibre, metal and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA3822

Mask with a slightly flattened face, prominent eyebrows, slightly bulging eyes, a nose with a bent bridge and pointed tip, and an upturned mouth with lips pointed at the centre. The mask is painted grey with black eyebrows, red with white lines above the eyes, black around trhe eyes and over the top of the nose, black lines across the cheeks and over the middle of the nose bridge, red nostrils with black outlines, red and white designs on the cheeks, a black moustache and chin beard, and red lips. There is also a slightly tapering cylindrical piece of wood attached at the top centre at an angle with a horizontal wooden crossbar behind it and two thinner segments of wood, each with a hole at the end, attached to the crossbar at an angle on each side. Ametal hook-like attachment is nailed to the centre of the crossbar.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, metal and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressA6157

Headdress in the form of a bird with the head and chest at the front, and two wings folded over a tail at the back. The figure is painted white with a black animal figure design on the chest, the outlines of feathers on the wings and tail in black, the eyes and eyebrows in black, and the mouth in red. Off-white fabric attached with metal nails behind chest. One of a set of four (see A6154 - A6156).

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, cotton fibre ?, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressA6154

Headdress in the form of a bird with the head and chest at the front, and two wings folded over a tail at the back. The figure is painted white with a black animal figure design on the chest, the outlines of feathers on the wings and tail in black, the eyes and eyebrows in black, and the mouth in red. Off-white fabric attached with metal nails behind chest. One of a set of four (see A6155 - A6157).

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, cotton fibre ?, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Chiefs Mask/Oil SpillNb3.1443

Chief's mask with wrinkled brow and nose, elongated eye slits, angular cheeks, and a mouth with lips open baring two rows of teeth. The mask is painted or stained grey with the edges of the eyes, the nostrils, and the lips painted red. Long strands of black hair emerge from the top edge of the mask.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, paint and hair
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA4289

Mask with a scalloped scale symbol edge at the top, slightly bulging eyes, a hooked nose with flared nostrils, and an angular, open mouth. The mask is painted with green, white and red on the scalloped top edge, white overall with heavy black brows, green around the eyes, a red and black design on the temples, green around the cheeks, red on the nostrils, a black scalloped gill symbol design around the mouth, a black moustache, red lips, and a black chin. An off-white cord is attached on the reverse through holes at the top and side edges.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
fibre, cotton fibre, wood, paint and metal
Made in
Blunden Harbour, British Columbia, Canada ? or Ba'as, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DrumEh171

Drum made from a cylindrical wooden frame. Skin is stretched over each end with strips of skin that run from end to end. The wood has alternating thin and thicker incised bands that have been painted black, and the wood is varnished. There is a red fabric strap attached through skin loops at either end.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
wood, dye, fibre, skin, lacquer and paint
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShieldK4.360

Shield with overall convex oval shape made from skin sewn with strips of skin to a bent wooden frame. The skin is painted with reddish-brown and black geometric designs and has a raised centre. An animal-like figure is painted in reddish-brown and white on the reverse. There is a length of wood attached at the reverse that is bent at the centre to form a handle. A length of fibre and a legth of skin are attached through holes at either end of the handle.

Culture
Maasai
Material
skin, wood, paint and fibre
Made in
Kenya ? or Tanzania ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShieldK4.359

Shield with overall convex oval shape made from skin sewn with strips of skin to a bent wooden frame. The skin is painted with reddish-brown, faint white, and black geometric designs and has a raised centre. An animal-like figures are painted in reddish-brown and black on the reverse. There is a length of wood attached at the reverse that is bent at the centre to form a handle and secured with skin straps.

Culture
Maasai
Material
skin, wood and paint
Made in
Kenya ? or Tanzania ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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