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HarpoonA7475

Long, wooden, carved harpoon with a V-shaped, killer whale tail painted black with white and red edging on top. The cylindrical shaped base is painted red with a black bottom and a large metal spike protruding out.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, metal and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Speaker's StaffA7473

Long wooden staff, cylindrical in shape with a short metal piece attached at the end. Carved into the body are many totemic figures intertwined: Tsonokwa, octopus ?, killer whale, sculpin and others. Staff has traces of red pigment.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
paint, metal, fir wood and lacquer
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeltA7472

Woodem dance belt in the shape of a Sisiutl consisting of three sections joined by leather thongs. Has a central frontal head and a profile head on either side, one of which has an upward and backward curling horn-like appendage at the top. Painted black, red, green, and blue.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, leather skin and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basketry TrayA2361

Round, light brown basketry tray of simple coiled work with bifurcated stitches and watch-spring base construction. Slat sides and overcast, splint rim. Tray has coiled handles and is decorated with partial imbrication and beading. Two rows of discrete designs of v shapes in red/white/black separated by a line of red beading, three around the inner row and six around the outer row. One row of black beading near the centre. Stepped design in red beading on the outside edge.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, grass, cedar wood and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FrontletA8874

Circular wooden frontlet; carved eagle's face surrounded by thirteen pieces of inlaid abalone shell. Painted red, green, and black. Wooden handle with a strip of cloth tied to it on reverse.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
abalone shell, wood, fibre and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressA6552

Wooden wolf headdress, or mask. Carved and painted; has wooden, cutout teeth and circular, mirror eyes. The muzzle is hinged with a piece of twisted, fibre twine on either side, to a lower jaw. There is twine on the inside of the mask that connects to the jaw allowing it to open and close. Wooden ears are attached to the top, back of the head. The mask is painted black, red, green and yellow.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, fibre, paint, glass and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA6544

Mourner mask. Carved wooden mask with three painted horizontal orange lines on forehead, one on chin, simple orange design on lower cheek. Nose and lips also orange. Blue design around eyes and across bridge of the nose. Two copper strips, representing tears, run down the upper cheeks from the corners of each eye.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, fibre, copper metal and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Totem PoleA6543

Small carved wooden pole depicting figures from top to bottom: hawk, human, eagle, whale, wolf and killer whale. Painted black, green and red with Northwest Coast designs. Underside is slightly rounded.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
cedar wood, paint and lacquer
Made in
Bella Bella, British Columbia, Canada and 'Qvuqvai, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowA6530

Bow painted with Sisiutl design in red, black, and green paint on forward side. Simple repeated design in black and red paint on underside. Rope strung from one end to the other around the Sisiutle tongues.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA3714

Female human face mask. The mask is yellow with a protruding nose and the features painted on in various colours. The tiny pointed teeth are white. The lips, nostrils, chin and a band over the forehead are painted red. The eyebrows and outlining of the nostrils and lips are blue. The cheek area has a blue curl and a white area outlined in red. Beside the eye there is a white hourglass shape with two red triangles. The eyes are white, outlined in red with round black obsidian centres. The flat top of the mask is unpainted. (Similar to A3713).

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
wood, paint and obsidian stone
Made in
Bamfield, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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