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MaskA6117

Carved wooden, crooked beak mask. The beak has large red, protruding oval shaped nostrils outlined with black u-forms. Running from the brow is a large central frill that protrudes outward and curves inward to the centre tip of the beak; detailed with black u-forms and an incised head in profile. The mouth is red, flat and protruding; bottom part of jaw is hinged with rectangular pieces of rubber. The face is black with white detailing. The eyes are black, outlined in white and red on a white, ovoid shaped ground; brow is black. The underside of the beak has another, small carved bird head in black and white. The inside of the mask is hollow with the exception of rectangular wooden handle that is tied to the back of the mask with twisted twine. The beak has twine pieces through the lower beak to articulate the mask. Attached to the top, side and bottom ridge are twisted braids of cedar rope; longer cedar strips hang from the top. The mask is painted black, white and red with Northwest Coast stylized forms.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark, metal, rubber, fibre, wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA6112

Mask with black eyebrows, forehead, beard and moustache. Temples and parts around eyes are reddish-brown, while the nose and cheeks are grey. A piece of yellow cloth and a green cord are attached at the back of the mask.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
fibre and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA6111

Mask painted with a black hairline, brown-red forehead, black eyebrows, grey eyes with black rims, grey over the nose, cheeks and sides of the jaw, and a black beard that curls up over the sides of the red mouth. Grey and off-white cord attached to reverse of mask.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, paint, fibre and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA6343

Small mask depicting a human face with circular eyes and mouth. Cedar bark fringe nailed at top of head with a tuft of off-white fibre. The mask is painted white with faint black lines on the forehead and a black shape at the centre of the forehead, black eyebrows, red linear designs on the cheeks and nose, black on the tip of the nose, black around the red mouth, black on the chin, and two black curving lines to either side of the chin. Off-white and green string attached at back of mask.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
metal, cedar bark, wood, paint, fibre and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA6342

Small mask with cedar bark fringe. The mask is painted with black hair, small black eyebrows on a white forehead, white around the eyes and on the nose, and red nostrils. The remainder of the face is painted in red, and red lines forming a part of the lower part surround the white around the eyes. The mouth is slightly open. Green cord attached at the reverse.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark, wood, paint, fibre and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA6341

Caller mask. Face mask with pursed lips and cedar bark fringe representing hair. The mask is painted white with thick black eyebrows, red nostrils, a black moustache in two parts, and a black design on the chin. There is also a red and black design across the forehead, and a red scalloped design beside the eyes. Additional piece of wood at crown which has two holes drilled, possibly for feathers. Off-white cord is attached at the back of the mask through hjoles at the sides and chin.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureA6338

Wooden carving of a killer whale with recurved tail; hole on back (for dorsal fin--missing). Painted in red, green, and black.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Splitting Dzunuk'wa MaskA6337

Dzunuk'wa mask. Made in three pieces: forehead to mid-eye, mid-eye to below the nose, below the nose to chin. The pieces are moveable using cords that run through each piece and sheets of copper are visible behind the gaps between the pieces when they are opened. Eyebrows and neck of hide. Round eyes and pursed lips. the mask is painted black with red eye rims, nostrils and lips.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
skin, wood, copper metal, fibre and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA4305

Mask depicting a human face with a very large hooked, protruding nose. Prominent, curved black eyebrows, small black circular eyes, red nostrils and lips, and a black moustache. Green and white cording at the back is attached to several holes along the edge.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, fibre, paint and metal
Made in
Blunden Harbour, British Columbia, Canada ? or Ba'as, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeltA4303

Dance belt. Belt has a rubber hose body, with a wooden head and tail. Colours are red, and black. Belt is bent in half with the ends crossed.

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