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Shaking the Crown BoneNb7.346 a-b

Sculptural installation in the form of two very large lahal sticks. Each is installed vertically, and rotates on a central axis. The 'male' stick (part a) has a wide copper band around its centre, with the Royal Proclamation of 1763 acid-etched into it. The 'female' stick (part b) has 5 copper inlay hands, each with a year acid-etched into it. Both have carved hands protruding from the main post - one pair of hands extend palm-up in the lower area; 8 fisted hands extend out, around the post, above the central area; one hand points downward from the upper area. Both sticks also have two colour-stained, wood veneer bands at each end, with inlaid abalone figures between them. The 'male' stick has 2 crown and 2 jester hat shapes between the top bands, and 2 trees and fish between the bottom bands. The 'female' stick has 2 trees and fish between its top bands, and 3 pairs of sticks between the bottom bands.

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
yellow cedar wood, yew wood, abalone shell, steel metal ?, mahogany wood, maple wood, copper metal, stain, lacquer, wax and adhesive
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask1611/1

Q'umukwa (Chief of the Undersea World) mask. Deeply carved and painted mask with a large bulbous nose, sweeping brows, prominent cheeks, deeply layered planes, a receding forehead and jaw, and an open, projecting mouth with a fin-like fold on either side. Bear-like ears and small round cutout eyes. Black is overpainted on ultramarine blue with white, red and blue details. Nails on top with fibre remnants and cords attached to back.

Culture
Nuxalk
Material
alder wood, paint, fibre and iron metal
Made in
Bella Coola, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Seal BowlNb22.93

Seal-shaped bowl, with head and tail at ends of the oval bowl. Flippers on sides and columns of painted dots alternating in red and black on the figure's sides behind the flippers.

Culture
Tlingit ?
Material
alder wood and paint
Made in
Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wolf Headdress1529/1

Carved alder wood headdress with attached wolf skin. Wood is stained and details on ears and mouth are painted red and black. Nose is blue and red; eyes, brows, and other details are in black. The skin is attached to forehead and goes down approximately 1 metre.

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
alder wood, wolf skin ? and leather skin
Made in
Kispiox, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fishing NetA3832

Fishing net attached to two poles that are tied together at one end, opposite ends are pointed. Cross bar attached near tied end. Woven net is funnel shaped with two black bands of colour. A third pole is slightly curved and has a cross bar at one end. A string is wrapped around all three poles.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, fibre and alder wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Totem PoleNb3.1441 a-c

Model totem pole with two figures: bear at bottom, thunderbird at top. Thunderbird has large, outstretched wings (parts b-c), each screwed into the back of the pole. Painted black, green, orange, brown, yellow and white.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
yellow cedar wood, paint, lacquer, wood and metal
Made in
'Yalis (Alert Bay), British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlA2654

Food bowl with convex sides, the two longer sides with a top edge that scoops down at the centre and the two shorter sides with top edges that arch upwards. Each side and the base is made from a different piece of wood, and the top edges are painted red and inset with off-white opercula shells. The sides of the dish are painted with designs in black and red.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
cedar wood, yellow cedar wood, paint, operculum shell and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gambling Game SticksNb11.381 a-l

Set of painted lehal sticks (11 game sticks: five are blue with black bands, five are blue with red bands, 1 has red and black bands) and leather tie which ties around the whole group of sticks. (Game sticks are a-k, leather tie is part l).

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
yellow cedar wood, paint and leather skin
Made in
Ahousat, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb7.314

Tall, rectangular based basket with gently flaring and sagging walls. Walls are decorated with an overlay of black bark consisting of four sections of checker work and four sections of "l" shaped diagonal pattern. Rim is reinforced with a bundle and wrapped. Below the rim, there is a band of unwoven twisted warps 1 cm. high. At the base, there is a single row of black stitching that separates the base from the walls.

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
cedar bark and yellow cedar bark ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Doctor MaskNb11.225

The shape of this mask is triangular with two planes intersecting on the median of the face. The forehead is high and smooth. The forehead is overpainted by a thunderbird design in black and green with the bird's head on the mask's left side. The thunderbird has oval black eyes surrounded by a plain tapering oval and a green area, a cross shape in the ovoid nostril, and four green split u feathers. The black eyebrows of the mask are raised and extend from the nose to the back edge of the mask. The eyes are placed on the upper cheek plane, with no orb, under a projecting and sloping under-brow. The eye is shallowly engraved and its centre is a round hole. A black band is painted across the eyes with some unpainted patches showing through. The nose, from which the cheek planes slope, has black drawn-back hollow nostrils. Black and green split u thunderbird feather designs extend down the cheeks. Narrow black lips are pulled back and down showing twelve plain teeth. A ridge around the bottom of the mask, painted black in the middle, is the chin.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Tla-o-qui-aht
Material
alder wood and paint
Made in
Clayoquot, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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