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Basket1924.684

Platter of basketry with elaborate false embroidery decoration in bands with red, yellow, greenish and black designs.; Good

Culture
Tlingit
Material
root, spruce wood and grass
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Pouch1924.678

Cedar bark basketry folding pouch, with band of darker weave running round edge of flap.; Good

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
bark and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Basket1924.760

Old cedar bark basket that has been folded, and possibly painted at one time. Its shape is more pouch-like than a round basket.; Good

Culture
Nuxalk
Material
bark and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Basket1924.673

Finely woven circular basket with lid. The weave uses cedar bark and grass, in the technique known as wrapped twining. The decoration consists of circular bands in dark brown, red, yellow and cream. The rim of the basket is strengthened with a band of cedar bark, the base is more coarsely woven than the sides of the basket.; Good

Culture
Makah
Material
bark, cedar wood and grass
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Pipe1934.175 A

A wooden pipe carved into a killer whale with a brass bowl serving as its blow hole and its tail curving downwards as the mouthpiece. Underneath the tail a humanoid face has been carved which, together with the belly, mouth and side carvings has been painted red in the past. the eyes and mouth have been inlaid with abalone shell. Before contact with Europeans tobacco was mixed with lime and chewed rather than smoked, only after contact was tobacco smoked in pipes (G.Crowther).; Good

Culture
Haida ?
Material
wood
Made in
Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii), British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Mask1924.758

The catalogue card contains information presumably acquired by McIlwraith at the time of collection in Bella Coola. Painted wooden mask with dyed bark hair (red) representing a combination of eagle, the hooked beak and ravens. The mask has two raven heads on the temples and their beaks stretch across the forehead to a bundle of cedar bark. The eyebrows are thin and taper almost to the jawline. The eyes are pierced and the nose very prominently hooked, painted blue and has flared red nostrils. The mouth is closed and painted red, but is accentuated by a white border. The chin is large and painted, together with the cheeks, with green, red and white U-forms.; Good

Culture
Nuxalk
Material
wood, bark, cedar wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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HeaddressZ 34978

A bent and tied cedar head ring with cedar bark wrapped and knotted around it and two salmon carved from flat slats of cedar secured to the top. The salmon have small cross-hatched fins, gill slits eyes and mouths, they are also painted black along the upper edge. The cedar bark wrapping is very loose and fragile.; Good

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw ?
Material
wood, bark, cedar wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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MaskE 1910.15

A carved and painted frontlet that does not have the associated headdress but there is a row of nails on the back of the frontlet, some still with material attached, where it would have been afixed to the headdress. The main crest carved is an eagle with blue eyebrows and beak. The eagle' s ears are painted as U-froms together with wing-like U- forms and ovoids below the eyes, together with double red claw-like lines. The eyes are formed from brass thumb tacks. Below the eagle' s beak a humanoid face has been carved with a down-turned mouth and flared red nostrils. Surrounding the arched frontlet a red twisted rope design has been carved. The lower edge of the frontlet has an arched section cut away.; Good

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, metal and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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MaskE 1910.14

Wooden mask carved with a heavy brow and straight nose and protruding mouth and lips. The eyes are cut out and surrounded by a slight step. Black paint has been used to accentuate the broad eyebrows and the lips, the rest of the mask is unpainted.; Good

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw ? or Nuu-chah-nulth ?
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Mask1993.68

A carved wooden mask which has a very rounded appearance, a pug nose, down-turned mouth and ball- shaped eyeballs. The eyeballs have been painted black, and are ringed by a black line, eyebrows are painted as lines which accentuate the rather startled or angry expression. The inside of the mouth is painted red, and a tongue projects to the rear of the mask and serves as a means of wearing the mask, by holding it in the mouth. The wearer would have been able to see through small slots below the eyes. The mask is not typically Northwest Coast in form.; Good

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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