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DrawingNb3.1415

Felt pen and painted (?) image on a horizontal rectangular white paper covered with a plastic or Mylar sheet and mounted on an introductory, vertically rectangular, yellow cardboard, exhibit panel. Black 'Letraset' type lettering on cardboard below picture reads 'ART WORK DONE BY PACIFIC COAST / INDIAN CHILDREN AGES 8 -14, LIVING AT / ALERT BAY / RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL'. Image is of a multicoloured left facing, profile whale-bird and whale head with a bird head behind and three right facing bird heads forming the tail and hind limb or fin. Bird-like head at the front limb or fin and a head at the dorsal fin on the top. Blue shading around the image. Pencil signature at the bottom left reads 'Billy Nelson'. Signature of John Gomes is crossed out on the back.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Made in
'Yalis (Alert Bay), British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Alert Bay432/25

Six photographs, four in black and white and two in colour, in an upside down V-shape across a horizontally rectangular, black background titled 'ALERT BAY' in white pastel. Photos depict outdoor scenes. From the bottom left to the fourth at the top and the last two down to the right, the pictures are as follows: boats at a dock including the ‘White Wave’; boats at a dock including ‘LONDON ?’ and ‘J14’; more boats; a winter snow scene; a totem pole with two smaller ones and a fence behind; and a totem pole that has three-feathered wings at the top in front of a smaller one. Poster is covered with clear plastic sheeting attached by masking tape.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Made in
'Yalis (Alert Bay), British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DrawingNb3.1419

Three drawings mounted on a horizontally rectangular, blue card stock and covered with clear plastic. Top drawing is of a profile bird facing to the left side in blue ink or pencil crayon on a horizontally rectangular, white-brown paper piece. The eye pupil is blue with a blank space around it enclosed in a blue circle and outlined by a tapering oval. There are two curled back crests on top of the head. The beak has a sideways u form. The neck has two u forms and a split u. There is a profile face on the belly. The four-feathered wing has various designs. The three-feathered tail has circles in ovals. There is a three digit claw. The second drawing is at the bottom left side in blue ink over pencil and with red and green pencil crayon detail. It is a frontal bilaterally symmetrical thunderbird (except for the profile head facing to the right side) with wide upspread five-feathered wings (while both wings have red accents, the left wing is green while the right wing is white). At the top, there are lightning bolts on either side of an ink inscription reading 'Its body was so large / that he made thunder / when he flew and it fished whales / like it was his own salmon'. Scribbled pen and black felt pen below. In ink, at the bottom right, reads 'Thunderbird By Glen Pollard'. Third drawing is on the right side and is of a left facing creature in a backward e-shape. Has circle in circle eye surrounded by two curvi-linear tapering ovals. There is a circle at the end of the snout. the opem mouth shows teeth and front fangs. The side fin has sideways u forms and split u's. There is a profile face on the belly. The tail has a blank dot in a blue semi-circle ending in a triangular point. In ink, at the bottom left, reads 'SEAL'.

Culture
Haida
Made in
'Yalis (Alert Bay), British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DrawingNb3.1424

Profile pencil line drawing of a stylized bird with a six-plumed tail and/or wing to the right, a head at the top facing in profile to the left side, and having a limb that stretches out to the left side at the bottom. Bird has a long neck and a slightly crooked beak with a crest on top of the head. Design elements include circles, u forms, and split u's. Cross hatched u form near the centre of the body. Scribbled pencil lines surround the image with 'CRANE' written below and 'PETER STEWART' written on the top left corner. On a horizontally rectangular, white card glued to a green card with the same orientation covered with clear plastic.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Made in
'Yalis (Alert Bay), British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DrawingNb3.1432

Profile, left facing, whale drawn in pencil and painted over in black with orange and green detail. Face on the body is also in profile in the same direction. Mouths are outlined in orange. The green crescent-shaped eye of the head is in a blank ovoid surrounded by a black tapering oval surrounded by a green arew with two parallel, sideways, black u forms behind. The sideways green u-shaped eye of the face in the body is in a blank circle outlined by a black tapering oval surrounded by a green area. Both faces have red mouths with teeth and front fangs. The head has a sideways split u in front of the eye with a sideways green split u behind the mouth. The face on the body has two sideways red u forms at the back. Cross hatched ovoid on the pointed pectoral fin. The belly has black dashes. The dorsal fin has red split u's above and below the central green oval. The back of the body has two sideways green u forms with two black ones that have horizontal red dashes within. The tail has a red oval in a green circle with a black-pointed tip. In black paint, at the bottom right, there reads 'KILLER WHALE'. The drawing is on a horizontally rectangular, white card glued to a horizontally rectangular, red cardboard. Covered with clear plastic.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Made in
'Yalis (Alert Bay), British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DrawingNb3.1433

Two separate drawings of left facing profile seals on vertically rectangular, grey-white paper pieces glued to a horizontally rectangular, yellow cardboard covered with plastic. Drawing on the left is outlined in black crayon with details in pencil and light yellow and red crayon. The circular grey eye with a yellow line around the top is outlined by a tapering oval. There is a grey w-shape behind the eye and a split u behind the open red mouth with teeth and yellow shapes above. The neck has two grey u forms that are yellow with grey vertical dashes within. There is an upside down grey split u below the neck. The back has a face with petal-like yellow protrusions all around. There is a face at the end of the tail. Pencil inscription at the bottom right reads 'Robert Ryan Seal age - 8'. Drawing on the right is drawn in pencil with pencil and bright yellow and red pencil crayon details. The arch-like grey eye is outlined by a tapering oval. There are two u forms behind the eye and a s-shape behind the open red mouth with teeth and yellow shapes above. The neck has two grey u forms that are yellow with grey vertical dashes within. There is an upside down grey split u below the neck. The back has a face with petal-like yellow protrusions all around. There is a face at the end of the tail. Pencil inscription across the bottom edge reads 'Happy holidays to the staff from Grade III for the staff age - 9 Seal(,) Charlie'.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Made in
'Yalis (Alert Bay), British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DrawingNb3.1434

Three pencil drawings on white paper glued to a vertically rectangular, black cardboard piece and covered with clear plastic. Top drawing or tracing is a bilaterally symmetrical bird head with three-feathered wings to the sides, a three-feathered tail at the top, and three-clawed feet below on both sides. Middle drawing is a frontal bird with a long beak at the centre, three feathered wings that are folded into the body, and three-clawed feet pointing inward with a pencil line border around the image. 'RAVEN by Clarence' is written below. The bottom drawing is of a kneeling woman with arms out to the sides, u-shaped breasts, and decorations on the knees and the face that include eye shapes on the former and crescent shapes on the latter. Outlined just like the second drawing with "Tsonoqua' written below.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Made in
'Yalis (Alert Bay), British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DrawingNb3.1431

Right facing figure on cut out white-brown paper in orange felt pen and paint over pencil line drawing. Face at the top with a triangular appendage at the top, a u-shaped appendage to the left, and a large nose ? to the right. Whale-like face at the centre with various shapes to the centre. Smaller face at the bottom with a wing-like appendage behind. Pencil inscription across the bottom reads 'Norman Bell May 29-69'. Glued to blue, then white cardboard. The drawing is vertically rectangular. Covered with clear plastic.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Made in
'Yalis (Alert Bay), British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DrawingNb3.1430

Profile whale facing to the right with three rows of black and red dots extending from the spout. A series of green and black split u's around the top and the back of the head; green and black eye circular eye in a tapering oval with a black eyebrow. Mouth has white teeth, then yellow and black u forms, then red and black split u's. Black u forms on the body and a black split u on the dorsal fin with green and black dots on the belly. Red and green shape by the spout and a green circle with red semi-circles on the tail. In green felt pen, at the top left: 'Robert King'; in the bottom left: 'KILLER WHALE'. The drawing is on a horizontally rectangular, white paper piece that is glued to green card stock covered with clear plastic.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Made in
'Yalis (Alert Bay), British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DrawingNb3.1429

Stylized, standing figure, facing right with an ovoid head, crest or wing-like appendage at the top, forelimb with three digits is extended to the right side, and yellow and red legs, each with three digits, at the bottom. There is a profile face in the lower body. Otherwise mainly covered in red, yellow or green u forms. In blue ink and pencil, at the top right, there reads 'By John Henderson age - 13'. The drawing is on a vertically rectangular, white paper piece glued to white paper, then a red cardboard all in the same orientation covered with clear plastic.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Made in
'Yalis (Alert Bay), British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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