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HeaddressIh221

Headdress that tapers to a spiked segment with a tuft of off-white and brown feathers at the top and has four faces around the base with two protruding, tapering and curved arms opposite each other just below the spiked segment. Tufts of plant fibre attached through holes along the bottom edge. Painted with white, black, orange-brown, and yellow details and geometric designs.

Culture
Ni-Vanuatu
Material
wood, clay, feather, paint, shell ? and plant fibre
Made in
Vanuatu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressIh225

Headdress on four posts with overall conical shape, a spiked rim and four evenly spaced bands of spikes made with leaves running up the bottom tier, four arms with double sarrated edges at the top of the bottom tear each protruding out at an angle with dangling elongated shapes at the tips, and the tip is ornamented with fibre that splays outwards just below a guft of short brown and white feathers and two long, curved black feathers. The posts are covered with fibres attached around each post just below the rim of the headdress. The headdress is clay painted with off-white, reddish-brown and black geometric designs.

Culture
Ni-Vanuatu
Material
wood, fibre, clay, paint and leaf
Made in
Vanuatu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA3553

Mask with a scalloped edge, slightly raised eyes, a bird's beak as a nose, a mouth with slightly downturned corners, and two long, slightly tapering ears with rounded ends that protrude up from the top sides of the head. Above the head are a series of triangular pieces of wood arranged in a semicircle and attached together at the outside edge with a strip of leather. The wood pieces are controlled by strings at the outside corners that can be used to pull the triangles down to form rays around the outside edge of the mask. The mask is painted white with black details on the scalloped edge, red and black designs on the forehead, black eyebrows, green around the eyes and on the nose, red nostrils, black dashed lines, scallops, and a curvilinear line on each cheek, a black scalloped moustache and chin beard, and red lips. The triangles above the head are painted white with designs in red and black that form a uniform design when the triangles are closed to form their overall crescent shape.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, leather skin, fibre, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA3782

Mask with circular eye holes, upturned nostrils, pronounced cheeks, a downturned mouth, and an oval protrusion representing a crescent moon that sits above the head attached by metal wire. The disc is painted with black and the remaining natural wood surface forms a crescent shape with a humanoid figure painted in orange. The mask is painted with three black scallops at the top of the forehead, black eyebrows, dark green around the eyes, dark green on the nose with orange nostrils, orange, dark green and black designs on the cheeks, a black moustache, orange lips, and a black chin beard. Green cord is attached at the reverse.

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