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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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HookZ 34973

Large halibut hook with metal point which shows signs of having been re-sharpened and is still very sharp. The point is lashed into place with root, there is string wrapped between the arms, and a cord leader line attached. The lashing on the lower arm is very fine at the tip.; Good

Culture
Makah ? or Nuu-chah-nulth ?
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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BatonE 1910.11

A truncheon shaped baton of wood with a rounded bottom end and a grooved top section.; Good

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Totem PoleE 1907.328

The catalogue card states A totem post bearing on the face, four deeply carved emblems picked out in red green and black paints. At the base a human figure with uplifted hands, above it a fish (?whale) head downwards, a human mask and a frog. In a letter from Glaisher to von Hugel he notes the figures are the woman, a whale, a chief, and a frog (CUMAA Archive 1, Letters Box 1907). The pole is very roughly and crudely carved.; Good

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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ScraperE 1910.17

A snow scraper.; Good

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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SkinZ 34979

A crumpled piece of shark skin.; Good

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
skin and shark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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HatE 1910.31

A hat of woven cedar bark, inverted bowl shape. Although this hat has a location it is missing in 1993, and was noted to be missing in 1981.; Good

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
bark and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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HookE 1910.20

A wooden halibut hook. This hook is listed as missing in 1981, but may be one of the unnumbered hooks given Z numbers, Z 34968-73. However it is impossible to accurately assert which one it may be (G.Crowther); Good

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw ?
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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ShellE 1910.13

Twentytwo loose dentalium shells.; Good

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
dentalium shell
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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TumplineZ 34975

A woven tumpline made from fibre, possibly cedar bark with coloured wools (brown, beige, white and a little pink and blue) woven into the forehead band. The forehead band has long side lines of plaited fibre extending from either end which taper to thinner knotted ends.; Good

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
bark, cedar wood and wool
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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