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Model PaddleA2132

Wooden paddle with a leaf-shaped blade tapering to a point. Curvilinear lines carved in relief on handle on both sides. Painting on blade: Thunderbird motif on blade one side of paddle, Northwest Coast design on other side of blade.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Port Simpson, British Columbia, Canada and Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model PaddleA2133

Short wooden paddle with a cylindrical, horizontal handle and a leaf-shaped blade. Thunderbird, canoe and abstract design painted on one side, with "winged" canoe on the other; painted in black, green, and red. Signed "Frederick Alexcee."

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Port Simpson, British Columbia, Canada and Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Water JugD4.111

Pitch covered water jar undecorated. It has three handles on the sides. Twined elements of willow covered with a thick layer of pitch. Base has a piece of cotton glued on. One rawhide thong remains for carrying. Diagonal twined work (over two warp strands) covered with pitch to made it water proof.

Culture
Apache
Material
willow wood, resin, cotton fibre and rawhide skin
Made in
Arizona, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD4.112

Variation of "sun symbol" design, black on natural with two coiled rows of black on base and black braided border. Splint(?) foundation of grass with coiled elements of cottonwood or willow. Black elements are martynia.

Culture
Tohono O'odham
Material
cat-tail grass and willow wood ?
Made in
Arizona, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Totem PoleA2209

Model totem pole carved of wood depicting two animal figures. The lower figure is an animal head with large round eyes, a two-triangle nose and triangular teeth. The details are emphasized through use of block engraving. The second animal figure sits on top of the first. It has a prominent forehead, round eyes and a protruding snout filled with triangle teeth. The figure is holding his arms up to his chin, his feet in front.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun'
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureA2212

Miniaturized depiction of a Thunder dancer, standing upright on a rounded base. The dancer is wearing a mask, with a prominent forehead and beak-like nose, and a dance cape, which covers their back. Painted in black, red and yellow.

Culture
Nuxalk
Material
wood, paint and lacquer
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Harpoon HeadA2214 a-b

Barbed wooden shaft (b) with a tapering point at one end and a ground slate point (a) set into the other.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wood, fibre and slate stone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tool ?A2223

Pole with a ferruled butt. Trade mark reads: 'W.D.' Shank of point is inlaid into the shaft. Spiked with a three-sided point.

Culture
Northwest Coast ?
Material
iron metal and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pipe BowlD2.176

Very simple bowl of a hollow wood stick with a hole on one side and the bark left on.

Culture
Plains
Material
wood
Made in
USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Musical InstrumentAf326

Raft-like group of cane sections with fourteen split cane strings wrapped with split cane and resin. The back has a woven panel of eleven bands.

Culture
Igbo
Material
palm leaf, wood and stem ?
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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