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BraceletA4103

Bracelet made of a thick brass wire formed into a c shape.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
brass metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA4099

Brown wood whistle that is square in cross section and comes to a tapering end and is bound in three sections with brown twine, one around the wider end and two near the middle. While the wider end is solid, there is a hollow through the smaller end where there is a taper cut rectangular hole nearby on one side.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BatonA3412

Drum baton or beater. Brown wood cylindrical baton that tapers downward to an outward flaring handle end. Carved with a fish design. Has red eyes and an open red mouth with teeth. The dorsal fin is a lance-olate leaf-shape with an inverted split u at the tip. Has side fins. The upward turned tail has a face with diagonal lines along the upper portion at each end with a dot at the tip.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DishA4114

Boat shaped dish with squared-off ends. Ends flare out slightly. Pencil design drawn on the side of one end, possibly depicting a head of a whale. Two other unidentifiable pencil designs on either end of the dish.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA6356

Cedar root splint foundation basket with twined elements of cedar root and design elements in aniline dyed cedar root. Plain twined openwork with the direction of weave changing every three rows; overcast rim and handle. Four weft strands are dyed black and are near the top, middle, bottom and the base of basket. Unevenly spaced are pink and one purple coloured warp strand.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar root and aniline dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA4107

Rectangular-shaped basket that tapers at the bottom. Wrapped twined openwork weave with single coil border at top. Fibre cording rope attached to one side.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar root and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA4108

Rectangular-shaped open-work basket with weft strands alternating in direction with each row. Overcast rim. Four string handles. Undecorated.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar root, fibre, spruce root ? and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA4109

Lattice twined open weave - single strand coil border at top. Construction: interesting bottom, caning with two warp pieces twined together and top rounded since it is coiled or wrapped around splints. Plain.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark and root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CopperA6834

Traditional shield-shaped copper with a T-shaped raised design element that divides the bottom section in half and separates the top section from the bottom. The piece has been broken and re-rivetted. A rectangular piece is missing from one bottom corner. A larger rectangular piece has been cut off and reattached at the other corner. The upper section has edges that flare outwards towards the top, and the top edge comes to a peak at the centre. The upper section is painted black with a grey border, with an animal face in grey, as well as natural copper. The base is painted black with bands of grey and natural copper running horizontally, and a criss-cross motif in natural copper.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
copper metal and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PuppetA6891

Nunlhamgila puppet. Wooden male, articulated figure, in a box. Consisting of various pieces of wood, the rectangular body has two carved arms attached to it with pieces of leather. The head is made from a separate piece and sits on a dowel. He moves by means of two spools of string placed in the back of the box. Attached to the spools are parts of a Buckinghams cigarettes box; one has ‘rite hand’ written, the other ‘left hand’. The chest and arms of the man are painted black, the head is black. The face has black brow, large black eyes on a white background while the nose and lips are painted red. The puppet is mounted in a rectangular shaped, cedar box with a rim.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, leather skin, fibre, paint, metal and paper
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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