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Bear Claw GloveA8371

Part of a dance costume, carved in the shape of a bear's claw. Hide is nailed around at the wrist,and a piece of blue patterned fabric is nailed on one side to cover the hand. Opposite side has been painted blue. Has five digits.

Culture
Nuxalk
Material
metal, alder wood, cotton fibre and skin
Made in
Bella Coola, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA8372

Carved mask, painted with blue and red. Meade's notes: "note that the eyes are purposely off balance while every other feature of the face, mouth, eyebrows, and design are in good balance". Seven holes line the top ridge of mask.

Culture
Nuxalk
Material
paint and alder wood
Made in
Bella Coola, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressA8373

Headdress of a raven with mirrored glass eyes. Painted black, blue, and red. Head attached to wooden head ring covered with shredded red cedar bark and repurposed blue with white stripes cotton cloth. Moveable lower jaw held together by metal pegs.

Culture
Nuxalk
Material
alder wood, metal, glass, cotton fibre, cedar bark and paint
Made in
Bella Coola, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Head RingA8375

Dancer's headband. Series of three coiled red cedar bark rings sewn one on top of the other. Seam between filled on the outside with a roll of twisted bleached cedar bark. Soft cloth band with sections of pink and sections of white stripes sewn around the inside of the ring. Extra strips of bark sewn to outside of the ring.

Culture
Nuxalk
Material
cedar bark and fibre
Made in
Bella Coola, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA8376

Carved mask, mostly unpainted. Male face carved with grimacing expression; some teeth missing; some painted red or black. Incised lines across forehead and double lines for nose; several lines at both sides of chin; carved out cheeks and eye areas. Loop of cedar bark through hole at top. Two rectangular-shaped holes at either side.

Culture
Nuxalk
Material
alder wood, cedar bark and paint ?
Made in
Bella Coola, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA8362

Carved wooden mask, painted green with red and white features, red open lips and black eyebrows. Small circular eyes. Mask has a round hole cut at the top and both sides of the face.

Culture
Nuxalk
Material
paint and alder wood
Made in
Bella Coola, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA8366

Forehead codfish mask. Mask has protruding snout and hinged jaw; face is blue with red nostrils, mouth and ears, and black eyebrows. A metallic grey substance is present on parts of the painted areas.

Culture
Nuxalk
Material
alder wood, paint, metal and fibre
Made in
Bella Coola, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA8370

Small carved wooden mask of bird-like figure with beak and bulbous forehead. Mask is painted white with black spots, and blue features. A round wooden section with hole sits on top, and there are three holes down each side, likely to help secure mask to the face.

Culture
Nuxalk
Material
paint and alder wood
Made in
Bella Coola, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA8367

Large round mask with high relief face and features. Round eyes, opened mouth. Tear drops from the eyes. Painted in "Bella Coola blue", ochre, red and black. The edges have holes and are unpainted, where it used to attach behind a large round wooden corona.

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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FrontletA8360

Bird's head in centre with two smaller heads above and below it. Painted blue, red and black, inlaid with abalone shell. Eyes inlaid with pierced metal discs over abalone.

Culture
Nuxalk
Material
wood, steel metal, copper metal and abalone shell
Made in
Bella Coola, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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