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PaddleC678

Carved wooden paddle club with a long, straight handle and a leaf-shaped blade that tapers to a sharp point. A rib runs down the centre of one side of the blade; the other side has a human figure carved in relief and painted in red, black and traces of white. The pointed tip is painted red.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Buka Island, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Box DrumA17091

Box drum composed of bent cedar and painted in black, red and white with a copper on each opposite side and an eagle on each opposite end. An indented circle is carved into each end wall on the inside of the drum.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun'
Material
cedar wood, metal and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Speaker's StaffA17151

Staff with iron arrow at base end. Staff head is sun figure face. Light blue around eyes, on bottom lip and above top lip, red-brown border around face and same colour points around head.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
iron metal, cedar wood, metal and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model CanoeA6982

Southern style model dugout canoe. Upswept bow with a protruding prow-piece. Painted black on the outside and red on the inside.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth ?
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bentwood BowlA5322

Low bentwood bowl; the last corner and bottom are pegged. The undulating rim is inlaid with operculum shells. Rim is convex and concave at ends and sides. Distributive animal design painted on four sides in black and red.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
operculum shell, cedar wood, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dance DrumA8137 a-b

Circular drum (a) with attached drumstick (b). The drum hide is stretched over a circular wooden frame and secured by nails. It still has some fur remaining on one side. On the back, leather thongs with a bone secured in centre form a handgrip. An eagle with raised wings is painted in black, white, ygrey and yellow against an abstract background of blue, red, off-white and black. The drumstick consists of a a spherical head covered in off-white skin, a cylindrical wooden shaft, and a strip of brown leather fastened around the shaft with the ends split into several thinner strips.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun'
Material
skin, metal, bone, leather skin, wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dance DrumA8138 a-b

Circular drum (a) made from deer hide stretched over circular wooden frame with seven lengths of cord meeting at back. A hand-hold is created at the back from cloth. The wooden rim is steamed, bent, and nailed. The drum is painted with two eagles and a man wearing Plains-style headdress and clothing. The matching drum stick (b) is carved and has a cloth head secured by off-white string. Some brown cord is also wrapped around the handle.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun'
Material
deer skin, metal, wood, fibre and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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StaffA5337

Wood staff painted with a sea wolf, a killer whale, a human with a wolf's head emerging from the top of his head, and a bird's head forming his tail. The black eyes of the figures are surrounded by a green area with a white face, except for the sea wolf who has a green face and body, and a red mouth. The pole in between is red and green. The bottom of the staff is black and tapering.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC502

Hollow, cylindrical, bamboo shaft with designs filled in with black pigment and some areas painted red. Has a long, narrow, lance-olate leaf-shaped blunt hardwood point that is flat along one side while rounded at angles along a ridge at the other side. Some stem ? is coiled around the upper portion of the shaft. The lower portion of the shaft has a design that consists of a horizontal band with a zig zag leaf pattern and vertical lines of triangles in between curvi-linear lines.

Culture
Eastern Melanesian
Material
wood, bamboo grass, stem ?, pigment ? and paint
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Box DrumA7279

Box drum with an eagle, a killer whale, a human face and a bear painted in white, black, orange and blue on each side with some zigzag lines in black along some of the edges. The top is open and the base and sides are roughly square.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
paint, wood and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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