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Model Totem Pole3360/1

Model pole fully carved on the front and sides, and hollowed in a V-shape on the back. Likely carved of alder, with a separate base of painted fir. Figures represented from bottom to top include: a bear holding a killer-whale in its mouth; a human with its hands over the bear's eyebrows; a bear holding a downward-facing raven in its mouth; a salmon in the raven's mouth; a killer-whale in split view; an eagle. The pole is highlighted with some elements painted green-blue, black, red and white. Other areas are unpainted. The base is painted black and nailed on.

Culture
Haida
Material
alder wood ?, paint, fir wood and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Paddles, Canoe, Painted19/1266 A
Model Totem Pole3325/2

Model wooden totem pole. Carved figures from bottom to top: frog, beaver, killer whale(?), eagle, [unknown figure], frog, [bear/wolf/sea lion], eagle with an eaglet in front. The back of the pole is plain with a single metal tack.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ditidaht
Material
alder wood ?, paint and metal
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Woman with Labret3260/111

Portrait mask. Mask is painted blue with large black eyebrows and black eye outlines. The eyes are carved out as circles; the nostrils are painted red; the mouth is slightly open and carved through with a rectangular opening, the lips are painted red. Below the lower lip is an inlay of abalone as the labret. On the back are four holes with a hide strap attached at each side. Artist’s inscription on back: RD 75.

Culture
Haida
Material
alder wood, acrylic paint, abalone shell and rawhide skin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask3260/110

Portrait mask with short white feathers along the top edge, along with four longer dark feathers. The face has large black eyebrows, black eye outlines, carved out eyeholes, and red nostrils. The mouth is slightly open, with red lips and carved teeth. There are four holes on each side on the back for hanging, with a hide thong. Artist inscription on back.

Culture
Haida
Material
alder wood, feather, acrylic paint and rawhide skin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pestle16/8651

THE SHUSWAP. TEIT, JAMES MEMOIRS, 4, 1909

Material
alder wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
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Spring Emerging3260/132

Small basketry rattle with a ball shaped head, made of woven basketry, with a wooden handle. Flicker feathers added for decoration, along with a round abalone inlay on the handle.

Culture
Haida
Material
spruce root, yellow cedar wood, abalone shell, feather, fibre and adhesive
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bear Mother3260/122

Yellow cedar sculpture depicting a female with two cubs on top and a bear at the bottom. There are fourteen operculum shell teeth set into the bear. There is a face carved on the underside of the sculpture. The back is hollow. Inscription on back, artist name, date, title.

Culture
Tahltan and Tlingit
Material
yellow cedar wood, operculum shell and acrylic paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Halibut Hook3259/34

Large wooden halibut hook. Two pieces of wood, lashed together by cotton sailor's binding, to form a V-shape. Iron spike is lashed at an acute angle to shorter arm. The hollowed-out arm is carved with an animal body, with exposed ribs, a hole in the chest, and vertebrae and a tail extending over the head of a bird.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
alder wood, cotton fibre and iron metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Odyssey III: With A Vengeance3261/133 a-d

Small bentwood box, slightly angled on the square base with sloping top (a). A carved man stands inside the box, holding a broken paddle (b). The box is surrounded by five octopus arms. Artist's inscription on base.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
red cedar wood, yellow cedar wood and acrylic paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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