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WhistleA4219

Yellow-brown wood whistle that is circular in cross section and is bound in two places with brown string, one near the wide end and one 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 at one side. Wedge shaped piece, carved to accommodate two other whistles which are missing.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
yellow cedar wood and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA3619

Brown wood double whistle made of two single whistles with one shorter than the other bound together by brown twine. The shorter piece is circular while the longer piece is oval in cross section. Both pieces come to a tapering end and are bound in four places with brown twine, one near each of the ends and two near the middle. While the wider end is solid on each piece, there is a hollow (two in total) through the tapering end where there is a taper cut semi-oval hole (two in total) nearby on one side.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
alder wood and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA4397

Flat, bottle-shaped, red-brown wood double whistle bound with brown twine in three places, one near each end and one near the middle. Green-brown cloth is glued on the sides in between the holes. While the wider end is solid, there are two hollows through the tapering end where there is a taper cut rectangular hole nearby at either side.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
alder wood and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA4199

Light brown wood triple whistle made of three single whistles of equal length bound together by brown string. All three pieces are octagonal in cross section. All three pieces come to a tapering end and are bound in three places with brown string, one near each of the ends and one near the middle (bound across all three around the middle and the tapering ends). While the wider end is solid on each piece, there is a hollow (three in total) through the tapering end where there is a taper cut rectangular hole (three in total) nearby on one side. Lower portions are painted navy blue as is the string binding at that end.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
fibre, yellow cedar wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA4198

Two brown wood whistles of different shapes bound together with brown twine overall. One piece is oval in cross section while the other is circular in cross section. Both pieces come to a tapering end. While the wider ends are solid, there is a hollow (two in total) through the tapering ends where there is a taper cut round cornered rectangular hole (two in total) nearby on one side. Pitch is used to join the seams.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
alder wood, resin and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Seal BowlA407 a-b

Wooden lidded bowl. Seal figure with a cavity in the top of its back (a) and a lid (b) in a convex oval shape with an eagle figure, its wings extended, perched at the top centre of the lid. The seal figure is painted with black and pink on the body, black and pink flippers, pink lips and tongue, a black nose, pink nostrils, and blue around the eyes. The eagle figure has a painted black body and wings.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
yellow cedar wood, paint and adhesive
Made in
Bella Bella, British Columbia, Canada and 'Qvuqvai, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DishA7451

Leaf-shaped wooden dish with flat underside and vein design in relief on underside.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
alder wood
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thunder Mask3547/1

Thunder mask. Wooden humanoid mask, with bulbous forehead and pronounced brows. Deep-set eyes, with edges carved in relief, are over a large hooked nose, with wide oval-shaped nostrils. Nose extends over open mouth with two rows of bared teeth; rounded chin juts out below mouth. Trigons are carved into cheeks; ovoids done in relief overtop of brows. Forehead and chin are painted black; brows, nose and cheeks are painted dark blue. Ovoids, trigons and nostrils are done in red; teeth are done in silver. Brows, nose and eyes are highlighted with silver. Additional silver decoration painted along bottom corners of mouth, extending down chin. Both dark blue and silver paint have a metallic sheen. Holes drilled into sides and along top edge of mask, for attachments. Back of mask is hollowed out. Holes in mask for eyes, nostrils and mouth.

Culture
Nuxalk
Material
alder wood and paint
Made in
Bella Coola, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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pot hook1927.1734 . 176384

« Two pot hooks of alder twigs are bent at one end to form a loop and lashed with spruce root. At the other end a hook is formed by a small branch (fig. 5c). » Vanstone, James W. "The Speck Collection of Montagnais Material Culture from the Lower St. Lawrence Drainage, Quebec." Fieldiana. Anthropology. New Series, No. 5 (October 29, 1982), p.9, fig 5c (p.33).

Culture
Ilnu, Montagnais and Innu
Material
alder bark
Made in
Pekuakami, Lac Saint-Jean, Lake St. John, Labrador, Canada
Holding Institution
The Field Museum
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MaskA1784

Carved wooden Tanis mask painted black with two smaller heads on top of a larger one. The lower head has deep-set eyes, a nose with rounded red protrusions on each side of a central semi-circle, a protruding red mouth and a large brow. The smaller heads are angled at about 45 degrees to the side with deep-set circular eyes, protruding noses and recessed red mouths. The eyes are all detailed in yellow. There is cedar bark around the neck of the top head on the left.

Culture
Haisla
Material
cedar bark, cinnabar mineral, alder wood ? and graphite mineral
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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