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Raven2004-123/21

The paint is black, red, and white. The string is white. The string is red. The cloth is red.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw: 'Namgis
Material
wood, paint, string, cloth, mountain goat wool, nail and abalone shell
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Cap1988-103/35
Crooked Beak Mask | Humsumhl25.0/208

The mask was said to have been made nearly one hundred years ago by a carver named Hayogwis for chief Gwalis Gyekhendzi. This chief was the grandfather of Willie Seaweed, whose work is well represented in the Burke Museum collection. (Holm, Crooked Beak of Heaven, 1972).

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, cedar bark, paint, wool, feather and string
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Button Blanket1994-18/1

The wool is blue, felt, and red. The thread is red and white. The button is mother-of-pearl. The button is abalone.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw: Kwagu'l
Material
wool, felt, thread, button, mother of pearl shell and abalone shell
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Button Blanket1989-116/1

The wool cloth is green and red. The button is white.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wool cloth and button
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Mt. Goat Wool Blanket1988-84/1

'In the Spirit of the Ancestors'-This robe is believed to be the first robe woven of mountain goat wool in Washington State in the 20th century. By the early 20th century, traditional mountain goat wool robes had been replaced by commercial trade blankets. Fran James and her son Bill have been instrumental in reviving and continuing the traditional weaving and basketry skills of the Lummi people.

Culture
Coast Salish: Lummi
Material
mountain goat wool, wool and domestic sheep
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Mt. Goat Wool Blanket1-10695
Mt. Goat Wool Blanket7997

The wool cloth is brown and blue.

Culture
Coast Salish: Swinomish
Material
mountain goat wool and wool cloth
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Sea Monster Mask1-1451

The stories of seafarers are often peopled by monsters of the deep: bringers of bad weather, capsizers, devourers of men. The Yagim is all of those. Described as a destroyer of whole tribes, a shark-like monster who lurks behind canoes, or the source of storms, his name literally means badness. (Holm, Spirit and Ancestor, 1987)

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar wood, paint, cloth, wool cloth, cedar bark and string
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Wool1-981

The wool is black.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun'
Material
wool
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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