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Male Figure3261/3

Carved argillite sea captain figure, with inlaid ivory face. Upright standing male figure, on rounded rectangular base, with arms down at sides but curving toward front. Figure is wearing a long coat and pants with flower buttons, pointed shoes, and a brimmed hat over curly hair. His right hand holds a dog against his front, in profile. Left hand is in his pocket. Cross-hatched design on dog's body.

Culture
Haida
Material
argillite stone and whale tooth ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Platter3261/88

Large oval argillite platter with shell inlay around the top of the outer edge. The centre of the platter is concave and completely covered with a design of a large, central, sculpin face, with a human on each side of it in profile, facing inward. The rim had sixteen evenly spaced oval shell inlays, but seven shells holes are empty.

Culture
Haida
Material
argillite stone, operculum shell and synthetic adhesive
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bracelet3261/79

Silver bracelet with engraved design covering outer surface. Design features a thunderbird, head down, with outstretched wings. The bracelet has rounded ends with one hook clasp that fits into a corresponding circle slot. The bracelet is wider at the centre, narrowing toward the ends.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Mowachaht
Material
silver metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Frontlet3261/4

Rectangular carved frontlet with Thunderbird or other bird-being in relief; abalone inlay along both sides and across top, and used for accents on animal features. The bird has a recurved beak going into lower lip. Below the face are red human-like arms and hands with palms out, fingers upward, with abalone on each palm. The bird's mouth is open, showing a row of abalone teeth behind wooden incisors and red painted lips. The eyes are circles of abalone, under arched black brows. This supernatural being shares space with a small orca, whose dorsal fin rises upward and pectoral fins downward. Painted red, green-blue, and black. The rear of the frontlet is concave. Illegible hand writing on back surface.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
abalone shell, maple wood and paint
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pouch3260/124 a-c

Rectangular felt pouch (part a). Red stitching covers the outer edges of the pouch flap and body. On the back is embroidered a red hummingbird design with an abalone button for the eye. An abalone button is also used at the front for closing. Inside the pouch is a white woven bag (part b) with a red fabric underlay (part c).

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wool fibre, cotton fibre and abalone shell
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Totem Pole3261/121

Wooden model pole featuring, from bottom to top; a bear holding an upside down frog, a beaver, a wolf, a frog and a bear holding its long tongue with hands. At very top there is a bear crouched over the top of two watchmen. The wood is stained (unpainted).

Culture
Haida
Material
yew wood and stain
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Frontlet3261/59

Rectangular carved bird-like being frontlet bordered by a row of individually carved and painted human faces (representing ancestors). Central figure is a bird-like being by a long, recurved beak and human-like eyes, eyebrows, and mouth. Being has wings, sitting with claws inward. The eyes are circles of abalone under arched black brows. Two abalone inlays on each wing. The rear of the frontlet is concave. Painted red, green-blue and black, on natural wood.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
abalone shell, maple wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Entuc3261/137

Carved pendant with a figure carved vertically over the curved front surface, with its head at the bottom. Pendant has a hole drilled through at the figure's feet, for hanging. Artist inscription on back: "JD Entuc 03".

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Tla-o-qui-aht
Material
whale tooth
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Chief's Chair3261/120

Chief's chair, fully carved with animal motifs on most of its components. The chair has a deeply carved seat with a figure that likely represents a sculpin, characterized by a broad, toothed mouth, a horn-like spine on either side of the head, a series of spines along each fin, and the body with tail fin. Its mouth is centred on the bowed front edge of the seat, the facial features are carved on the seat’s upper front surface, and the fins and body (portrayed as a face) are arranged over the remaining seat in a split, bilateral fashion. It is painted in black and red, with some blue-pigmented areas and diagonal parallel hatching; other areas are left unpainted. The carved upper panel on the chair’s back depicts a face with black eyebrows and broad, toothed mouth. Connecting the panel to the seat is a vertical splat carved in the form of a fish and enclosing a human figure. The chair’s curved arms represent wolves, their heads facing downward and limbs folded. Also distinctive are the front two chair legs, which are carved in the form of downward-facing, supernatural raven heads; these feature blue-pigmented eye sockets and teeth, black beaks and eyes, and red lip-line and nostrils. The rear legs and stiles are painted but not carved. The four carved stretchers between the legs are made to represent different creatures: a killer whale with dorsal and pectoral fins folded back along its body and tail flukes folded up; a bear-like figure holding a long fish with ridged body; a wolf-like figure with extremely long “fingers”; and a figure with a beaver-like head, characterized by prominent incisors.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
maple wood ?, paint and metal
Made in
Bella Bella, British Columbia, Canada and 'Qvuqvai, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ornament3261/107

Two pieces of abalone cut into octagonal shapes, knotted through holes in the middle of each, with a hide thong, and another knot in the centre. The hide has been coloured red.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
rawhide skin, pigment and abalone shell
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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