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Loon HeaddressA6102

Loon headdress. Loon is positioned as if in a swimming/seated position, and has a red and yellow beak, light green around its eyes, a grey body and black, red and light green ovoid designs on each wing. There is a hole carved through the central upper back area. The underside is carved out to fit on top of a person's head.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Whale MaskA6316

Whale mask, or headdress, with moveable dorsal fin, pectoral fins, tail and lower jaw. At the base of the dorsal fin is an eagle with outstretched wings. The bird is attached to rigging for movement. By the blow hole there is a carved face of Bak'was. Under the lower jaw of the whale is a face, and on the pectoral fins are protruding hands in dark and light green. The tail shaft is segmented. The tail fins have a painted ovoid design underneath and a facial design on top. The body is painted black with white lines and circles. The fins are painted with designs in red, green, black and white. The face is painted black with black eyebrows outlines in white, green around the eyes with incised white lines, white below the eye sockets, black and red nostrils with white rims, and red lips with Bak'was painted in white, black, green and red. The bird is painted white and black with red legs and eyes, a white beak with red edges, and its wings are black with white stripes on the underside and white with black and red dots of paint on the top side. Some of the original painting can be found inside the side fins.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar wood, leather skin, fibre, tin metal and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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