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ShuttleA9036

Flat stick of wood. Rounded point on leading end. Wide notch at the other end. Long hole cut out of the interior except for a single spike left protruding.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA9356

Animalistic painted wooden mask with a beak-like mouth. The upper beak is black with white dabs of paint along the edges. The lips are red and the lower beak is black. Inside the mask two ropes are strung to open the lower beak and move the tongue. The area surrounding the eyes is painted light brown. The eye is outlined in black, then red. The eye is made from a piece of reflective glass. On the top of the mask metal framework is attached and carries on inside and at the rear, by which the mask was held on the head. There are many fibres tangled about the metal framework at the rear. Also on top fibres are wrapped around nails.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wood, fibre, glass, silver alloy metal ? and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mat CreaserA9357

Wooden creaser with bird heads protruding on both ends. Lower edge of the tool is curved and carved lengthways on the ventral surface with a long groove. An oblong opening in the centre of the piece functions as a grip. The flat, domed shaped edge at the top of the creaser has file marks on its dorsal surface. The remains of a previous powdery paint finish, in orange-red that has been turned black in areas, cover most of the two faces of the creaser. The natural wood colour is a yellow-brown.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
paint and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mat CreaserA9358

Wooden mat creaser with polished surface. Bird-shaped with projections, or heads, at each end. The wood is a dark reddish brown colour with a few black patches. A groove is present on the vental surface. One face or side of the creaser is slightly convex, while the other is flat or slightly concave in places. The slightly convex face has several cut marks which cross each other near the proximal edge, near the midline.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA7588

Rectangular wooden whistle with an inset, protruding mouthpiece at one end; four holes; inlaid shell button; bound at mouthpiece and end with cord.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
shell, fibre and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureA7592

Wood figure of a woman with a child on her back. She has oval eyes with upraised brows above that extend downward into the thin nose. Her thin mouth is downturned. Her knees are slightly bent. She is holding the wrists of the child who is on her back with his or her arms wrapped around her neck while his or her legs are wrapped around her waist. On a rectangular base.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mat CreaserA7601

A bilaterally symmetrical, boat-shaped wooden creaser with two horn-like protrusions on each of its opposing sides. The centre of the object is a two dimensional dome-shape. Two incised lines border the top edge on both faces of the object. A groove is present in the ventral surface. The wood is brown in colour and has yellow brown wear marks. The incised lines are a darker brown colour. A paper label is affixed to one side, and written in ink is "For Grooving Mats".

Culture
Coast Salish ?
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA7604

Small, curved piece of wood with an empty shell cartridge set into upper portion; secured with twine.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
metal, fibre and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA7956

Anthropomorphic mask with an elongated nose, a human mouth, and a moustache. Upper half of the face is plain brown while the lower half of the face is painted red just across the nostrils. Has circular cut out hole eyes outlined by black and surrounded by a plain tapering oval with black brows above. Nostrils are cut out. Has a black moustache. Black fabric is nailed at either back side.

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
wood, paint, fibre and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeadrestC1

A wood cross bar secured with braided cord through a hole in the inverted "u" shaped legs with round pad feet.

Culture
Samoan
Material
wood and fibre
Made in
Upolu, Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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