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MaskA8365

Mostly unpainted carved wooden mask. Large rabbit-like ears. Black paint on mouth and on raised edging around eyes. Two drilled holes at sides. Mask originally had cracked rabbit skin glued to head and ears (see Condition section).

Culture
Nuxalk
Material
alder wood and paint
Made in
Bella Coola, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonA7633

A brown wood spoon with a shallow, circular bowl and a short handle that tapers upward with a cylindrical knob that rolls inward.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PaddleA7870

Large shovel-shaped spoon with a long handle. The bowl of the spoon is flat on the end and has a two inch diameter hole in the centre. One end of the bowl narrows into a long pole-like handle.

Culture
Nisga'a
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Baby CarrierA7949

Wood cradle with bottom composed of five separate slats of wood. Skin handles at the ends of the cradle. Straps in the interior of the cradle are of leather. Eight-sided with the foot side a separate piece of wood.

Culture
Nisga'a
Material
leather skin and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShuttleA7954

Shuttle composed of a narrow piece of wood with two protruding arms at the sides of each end. Decorated with a series of small notches and incised lines on either side. A strip of leather with a short segment of branch attached is wrapped around the shuttle.

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