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RattleA1756

Two complementary copper plates with central convex areas, forming an ovate cavity. A whale design is incised on both sides. Surrounding border has incised circular designs.

Culture
Nisga'a
Material
brass metal, copper metal and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Speaker's StaffA1762

Dark brown polished wooden staff. The carved figures are: a bird with a large beak across the top, a human figure below the beak and in front of the bird's body; then another human figure, tall and wearing a ringed hat, with an upsidedown bird head projecting upward from his front, near the centre; the bottom section is plain and round.

Culture
Tsimshian: Gitxaala
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Frog BowlA1763

Dish in the form of a frog with four protruding feet and a protruding mouth. Dish area is held of surface by the feet.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
wood
Made in
Metlakatla, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Grave FigureA1780

Carved wooden standing figure. Represents a female, with her face carved in deep relief. Heavy brows which formerly had hair and eyebrows of bear fur. Some white paint left on chin and cheeks. Large deep eyes, wide downturned nose, opened mouth, and pronounced breasts. Remnants of strips of skin (hair lost) attached to forehead. Arms alongside body and hands on hips. Wide legs. Skin remnants also near groin.

Culture
Coast Salish: Tla'amin
Material
paint, cat-tail grass, skin, cedar wood and metal
Made in
Powell River, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Canoe PaddleA129

Paddle painted black except for one side of the blade on which a scene is painted in oils. It shows a plank house with a totem pole in front. In the foreground, there stands a woman who is bare to the waist and wrapped in a red blanket. A background of sky, mountains, and trees and a foreground of vegetation completes the scene. The Chinook words 'Klahoya Tillicum' [hello friends] are painted on the blade.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw: Laich-kwil-tach
Material
paint and wood
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonA133

Large wooden spoon with an elongated bowl and flat, squared-off handle. Bowl painted in distributive, black Northwest Coast design. Stylized smiling human face painted black on underside of bowl. Hole in side of bowl and on handle.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureA152

Naturalistic carving of a salmon. Two small holes drilled through dorsal fin. Small hole in the belly with wooden plug inserted.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
wood and stain
Made in
Kitselas, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureA153

Naturalistic carving of a salmon. Three small holes drilled through dorsal area. Small hole in the belly with wooden plug inserted.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
wood and stain
Made in
Kitselas, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA6375

Wooden, carved, khenkho mask with a long beak that curves downward at the tip. The beak is hinged with pieces of metal wire on either side of a lower mouth. The nostrils are raised and have ovoid shaped cutouts. The beak and nostrils are painted green with white and red edging. The eye is outlined in black on a white background; eyebrow is black. The head of the bird is flat. The inside of the mask is hollow.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, paint, cotton fibre and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA6374

Mask with protruding forehead, recessed slit eyes, hooked nose, concave cheeks, temples and pursed lips. Ears are depicted realistically. Colours are black and red.

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