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[Dogwoods and maple leaf]3568/8

Painting on paper of five decorated dogwood flowers and one maple leaf; done in two rows of three. Shapes are (from left to right, top to bottom): dogwood with eagle, flowering dogwood with hummingbird, flowering dogwood with sun man, rocky mountain maple with monster, flowering dogwood with hummingbird, and flowering dogwood with wasp. The maple leaf has "CANADA" written on a ribbon across its stem; flowers have no writing. All components are decorated with formline design elements; done in black, dark green, dark brown, red, green, dark blue, gold, lime green, orange, and maroon. Design names and artist signature written along bottom edge.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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[Maple leaves and dogwood]3568/7

Painting on paper of five decorated maple leaves and a dogwood flower; done in two rows of three. Shapes are (from left to right, top to bottom): maple leaf with owl, broad leaf maple with sun, big leaf maple with beaver, dogwood with thunderbird, rocky mountain maple with hawk, and maple leaf with bear. Leaves and flower are different shades of green with variety of green and brown highlights throughout. All maple leaves have "CANADA" written inside them. All components are decorated with formline design elements; done in black, gold, dark blue, light green, orange, maroon, dark green, and brown. Design names and artist signature written along bottom edge.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dogwood3568/4

Painting on paper of seven decorated dogwood flowers; done in three rows of three, three and one. Designs inside flowers are (from left to right, top to bottom): salmon, thunderbird, whale, salmon, beaver, whale, and frog. Flowers are a mix of silver, orange, black, maroon, and yellow. Majority of flowers have "B.C." or "British Columbia" written inside them; names of designs are written below. All components are decorated with formline design elements; done in black, yellow, orange, dark green, teal, maroon, and red. Series number, no. 9, title and artist signature written along bottom edge.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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[Dogwoods and maple leaves]3568/9

Painting on paper of five decorated dogwood flowers and three maple leaves; done in three rows of three, three and two. Shapes are (from left to right, top to bottom): dogwood with peace canoe, dogwood with thunderbird, dogwood with warriors' canoe, dogwood with peace canoe, maple leaf with peace canoe, dogwood with war canoe, maple leaf with war canoe, and maple leaf with war canoe. All peace and war canoes have passengers wearing a variety of garments and in different poses; positions include paddling, holding a spear, drumming, and holding a copper. Warriors' canoe is empty; thunderbird design is of a head shown in profile. The dogwoods and maple leaves have either "B.C.", "British Columbia" or "CANADA" written inside them. All components are decorated with formline design elements; done in black, orange, maroon, gold, dark brown, light blue, red, and light green. Design names written under each shape and artist signature in bottom right corner.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Egg Shape Brooch3568/5

Painting on paper of six decorated oval shapes; done in two rows of three. Designs inside ovals are (from left to right, top to bottom): thunderbird, raven, eagle, owl, seagull, and Canada goose. Negative spaces inside thunderbird, eagle and seagull ovals are filled with coloured dashes; mix of dashes and empty space inside raven and Canada goose ovals. Space surrounding owl is blank. All bird motifs are made up of formline design elements; done in black, teal, gold, dark green, red, lime green, light blue, and light green. Series number, no. 16, title and artist signature written along bottom edge; names of designs written underneath ovals.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Maple Leafs - Peace and War Canoes3568/10

Painting on paper of six maple leaves with canoe designs in them; done in two rows of three. All canoes have passengers wearing a variety garments and accessories, and in different poses; positions include paddling, holding a spear, and sitting with upraised hands. All components are decorated with formline design elements; done in black. "CANADA" is written inside each leaf; title and artist signature written along bottom edge of painting.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thunder Bird Dancer in Mask and Costume and Thunderbird masks3546/4

Painting on paper depicting a figure dancing with a Thunder Bird mask and costume; two large Thunder Bird masks painted to right of dancer. Figure's mask has a thick ridge on top with two horns protruding from back; mask is open-mouthed and has white teeth. Cedar bark fringe extending from back edge. Figure is wearing a long cape consisting of cedar bark and wood panels painted to look like feathers; similar feather-like leggings wrapped around calves of dancer. First mask, in top right, is facing left and has cedar bark braid and fringe along bottom edge; ridge with curved horn along top. Horn has an animal motif across side. Second mask, in bottom right, is right facing and has cedar bark fringe all along top, back and bottom sides of mask. Skull-like protrusion on top centre of ridge on head. All masks and costume elements are decorated with formline designs; done in black, white, green, gold, blue, red, and orange. All cedar bark is painted gold, orange, and black. Title, artist signature and edition number, No. 9, written in pen along bottom edge of painting. Additional numbers written in corners on front and back.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Lady Giant in mask - In cradle puppet movement3546/3

Painting on paper depicting a woman with a cradle puppet. Masked woman is standing behind large cradle and is reaching into it, with her arms stretched out towards the puppet. Smaller puppet is sitting up with its arms bent and reaching for woman; both figures have unbound brown hair. Two long strings connected to puppet's back and are threaded through headboard of cradle, extending onto right side of painting. Cradle has high head and footboards; headboard is more upright, footboard steeply tilted backwards. Formline designs across figures and cradle; done in black, gold, teal, brown, maroon, and lime green. Title and artist signature written in pen along bottom edge of painting. Additional numbers written in corners on front and back.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sea Monster in Dance Mask - ya gis3278/1

Painting on paper of a person wrapped in a green and red button blanket, wearing a large mask, with a prominent scalloped nose emerging from front over a red mouth with bared teeth; there are three large fins on the top. Designs decorate the face in colours of orange, yellow, blue and green. The blanket has a fish or aquatic creature design on the back. Light yellow background. Paper is corrugated along one edge.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sea Man - Ba gwis3279/1

Painting on paper. On a light yellow background stand two figures facing each other in fighting pose, slightly crouched with hands raised to the front. Each wears a one piece decorated garment, as well as a large headdress and long cascading hair. The right headdress has a bird at top. Paper is corrugated along one edge.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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