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StaffC661

Dark, black-brown wooden staff with a roughly cylindrical shaft. The top of the staff is decorated with the figure of a man with a bird on his head, all covered by spiral and geometric motifs carved in relief and rubbed with white pigment. Below the figure are three flanges extending downwards with pieces of leaf threaded through a series of holes.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
pigment ? and wood
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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D-AdzeA7365

D-adze with a blade has been made from a file. Leading end flared to a slightly curved sharp edge. Bound onto wooden handle with leather thong fastened through a hole in the handle. Handle is well polished wood carved with a bird's head and beak on the back end.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
steel metal, leather skin and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA7367

Small flat face with raised cheek bones. The plain light brown wood face has circular cut out hole eyes outlined by black and surrounded by a tapering oval and a green area with black brows above. The nose has dark cut out nostrils. The open red mouth has a large lower lip and is showing sixteen red teeth. There is a black hairline outlined by red. Has slim ears, at the bottom and top of which, on either side, there is a hole.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bentwood BoxA7450 a-b

Tall square bentwood box (part a) with a slightly flared lid (part b). The front and back are painted red and black in different Northwest Coast stylized distributive designs. The front and back have complex designs. The side panels are painted with a black ovoid with a red line attached at the top right and bottom left corners. Box is adzed, kerfed, steamed, bent, last corner pegged, bottom pegged and nailed. The lid has traces of black paint and made of a single piece of wood.

Culture
Tsimshian ?
Material
red cedar wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Canoe BailerA7453

Scoop-shaped bailer with a looped wooden handle carved at the back.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LadleA7454

A shovel-shaped, brown wood ladle with a bird head handle. The bird has rounded eyes and a continuous downward pointing triangle at either side of the top middle of the closed beak to create a folded diamond shape over the top.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
alder wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonA7456

Light brown wooden spoon with a deep, oblong bowl and a handle carved into a bird's head.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonA7457

Wooden spoon with an elongated bowl and a flat handle. Painted designs and the letters "f" and "a" on handle in black and red.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonA7458

Wooden spoon with an elongated bowl and Northwest Coast designs painted on the handle in black and orange.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model PaddleA7460

Stylized design in black, green, and red on one side of a small wood paddle. Has a black oval in red-outline tapering eye surrounded by a thick green-outlined ovoid. A black split u within a larger green u form are at either end. An oblong black shape is along the upper back. There is a black three digit claw. A green semi-oval surrounded by a red u form is at the lower end. In front of the claw, there are two black shapes within a red u form. The tip has a red split u. The handle has a red, green, and black three digit claw at the end. The handle has a horizontal cylindrical finial.

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