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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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WhistleA4300

Dark brown wood whistle plainly carved and bound in three places with white string, two near each end and one near the middle. While the wider end is solid, there is a hollow through the smaller end where there is a taper cut rectangular hole nearby on one side.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA4298

Brown wood whistle that is rectangular in cross section and comes to a tapering end and is bound with white twine around near the middle. While the wider end is solid, there is a hollow through the tapering end where there is a taper cut semi-oval hole nearby on one side.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA4297

Brown wood whistle that is semi-oval in cross section and bound in three sections with brown twine, two near each end and one near the middle. While the wider end is solid, there is one hollow through the smaller end where there is a taper cut semi-oval hole nearby on one side. Underneath the hole, a face is lightly pencilled in with ovoid in ovoid eyes, curved oval eyebrows, and a downturned mouth.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and graphite mineral
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA6249

Yellow-brown wood whistle that is rectangular in cross section and bound in one place with brown twine near the wider end. While the wider end is solid, there is a hollow through the tapering end where there is a taper cut semi-oval hole nearby on one side.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA6248

Brown tube-shaped whistle with a rounded end and bound with green string at the open end.

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