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BowlA6601

Wooden dish in the shape of a wolf. Tail protrudes from the back of the dish and curls inwards. Head of the wolf has a long snout and an opened mouth. There are Northwest Coast design elements painted on the outside of the dish in green, black, and red. On the underside of the dish, a handwritten inscription reads: "Charlie James." There is also a word written in Kwakwa'la below the name.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
paint and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowA8393

Arrow with a double-barbed copper point that has two other barbs that point outwards perpendicular to the shaft of the arrow tip at the base of the arrow head shaft. The shaft is wrapped with cedar (?) at the arrow end. Plain cedar shaft with remains of feathers bound to shaft at butt end with off-white thread. Further down the shaft there is also a band of thin dark brown fibre wound around feather remains.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
copper metal, cherry bark and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowA8392

Notched narrow ends, widening toward the middle with narrow handgrip in centre. Front side convex in cross-section; reverse side has ridge at center running length of bow.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
yew wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Head Ring FrontletA8391

Cedar bark head ring with a carved frontlet of a sun figure in high relief. Frontlet has a broad white face, heavy black eyebrows, a green band painted across the eyes, and is encircled by a green ring; alternating squares of abalone shell and mirror are set into the green ring around the face. Cedar bark head ring is lined with cloth and features three large squares of abalone shell fastened to the outside at evenly spaced intervals.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
paint, wood, cedar bark, silver alloy metal ?, glass, cotton fibre, abalone shell and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bentwood BoxA8390 a-b

Bentwood box (part a) and lid (part b) with one side pf lid raised. Box has abstract Northwest Coast design elements painted on all sides, in red and black. Cedar bark rope is tied around the box. Killer whale and sisiutl-like designs in black on the top of lid and the raised portion.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark, wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spindle WhorlA8389

Spindle whorl, orange-brown with a dark brown grain and carved into a flat disc shape with a circular hole at the centre.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
bone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CradleA8388

Long and narrow wooden cradle, with a high rounded top and legs that would make it rock. The sides and the foot end were steam bent and nailed to the top end. All of the exterior sides are decorated with a Northwest Coast distributive design painted green, orange and back. The image is of a sisiutl with the central face at the foot end and the two serpents down each of the long sides. There is a wooden bar across inside at head.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Chilkat RobeA8041

Nuxalk style robe with woven designs. The design is like a three panel distributive, without the panels. The designs are red, yellow and black on natural ground. There are three eagle representations and two thunderbird heads in the centre, a human figure(?) near the top edge and killer whale motifs on the sides. The checkered border along the bottom edge is a raven’s tail design. There is a velvet band sewn along the top edge.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wool fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DrumA8136 a-b

Drum (a) and drumstick (b). Hide stretched over a circular wooden frame with four lengths of wire meeting at the centre back, bound with cloth. Stick has cloth covered head; handle is wrapped with leather and cord.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Pacheenaht
Material
skin, metal, fibre and wood
Made in
Port Renfrew, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Harpoon HeadA8089

Iron point with two long barbs embedded in and riveted to a copper fore-shaft with twin barbs. The fore-shaft is bound with twine and attached to a thin rope (presumably the retrieval line). Detachable harpoon head.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
iron metal, fibre and copper metal
Made in
Port Renfrew, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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