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Eagle Amhalait1791/1 a-f

Round, gold pendant (part a) on a gold chain (part b). The pendant has a three-dimensional design of an eagle face with blue abalone eyes, and is framed by flat pieces of abalone shell all the way around the outside of the face. The pendant came in a rectangular hand-made wooden box (part c) with a lid (d). The top of the lid has silver clasps for lifting, while the underside has silver hooks for displaying the pendant. There is also a purple velvet pillow (part e) inside the box for storing the pendant and a purple velvet bag (part f) that fits over the outside of the box.

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
gold metal, silver metal, cotton fibre, abalone shell, paua abalone shell and yew wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bentwood BoxNb3.1489 a-b

Bentwood box (parts a-b) painted and carved with human/frog transformation. The box (part a) has a lid (part b ) with cedar rope lashings and yew wood toggle. The front edge of the lid is tall while the rest is flat. Three sides of the box are carved to have round fluting, the front has a circular transformation design framed in a blue painted rectangle; corners and top edge of sides are painted red-brown. Corners have been steamed, kerfed, and bent. Pegs at bottom are wooden. Rope lashings toggle together over lid.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar wood, adhesive, mineral oil, yew wood, cedar bark and paint
Made in
Saltspring Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bow1768/66

Wooden bow with flat back and curving towards inside. Ends taper into carved pointed protrusions..

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
yew wood ?
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Libation WandEd9.6

Libation-offering wand, known as ikupasuy in Ainu. Long, thin wooden piece that tapers to a squared-off point at one end and has rounded corners at the other. There is one oval-shaped sections near the end of the piece with cross-hatching designs inside. It is outlined with scroll-like designs that continue the length of the piece. There are three carved lines at each end.

Culture
Ainu
Material
yew wood
Made in
Hokkaido, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Soup BowlEd9.2

A carved, rectangular, light brown bowl with upper pointed ends, one of which is bigger and more ornately carved.

Culture
Ainu
Material
yew wood ?
Made in
Hokkaido, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PaddleNb11.379

Long black wooden paddle with a tapering, pointed tip. Narrows between the blade and handle. Rounded rectangular handle at top.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
yew wood and stain ?
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask1383/5

A brown wooden mask with bulbous cheeks and tufts of hair along the top of the head. The eyebrows are painted red, the blue eyes have a hole in their pupils, with another hole below each eye. The red nostrils are cut out, the red mouth is slightly parted and the ears are carved.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
yew wood ?, paint and hair
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowNb646

Red-brown wood bow, semi-circular in cross-section with constrictions at the ends and the centre. From the narrow middle, the bow bulges outward and then tapers at the ends. Relatively flat surface has central ridged channel, slightly convex to each side. The other side is rounded. Triple notched on one end while the opposite end is broken on an angle.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
yew wood ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Halibut HookNb626

Two piece U-shaped fish hook with bent shank and bone barb. Lashed with cedar root on either end. End without barb also wound with fibre and has a loop attached.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
fibre, bone, cedar root and yew wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear ThrowerA7021

Intricately carved wooden spear thrower, or atlatl, with two finger holes at proximal end. A portion of the distal end is missing. The dorsal surface is incised with lines that function as a spear groove. Central form is a feather-crested lightning snake on a human figure, on the ventral surface as a weight. The figures have white inlaid eyes. The eye material appears to be bone, covered with a resin coating? The carved figure culminates in an unusual bifurcated tail. Inlaid eye is missing from right side of the human face.

Culture
Coast Salish: Swinomish ?
Material
bone ? and yew wood
Made in
Washington, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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