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MaskA6243 a-f

Mask (a) with a protruding rim around the sides and top, furrowed brows, raised eyes and cheeks, a hooked nose with flared nostrils, crescent-shaped protrusions to the sides of the mouth, and a protruding chin. A fringe of long hemp fibre is attached at the top. The mask is painted with alternating black and white scallop shapes around the rim, a white forehead with black eyebrows, green around the eyes and on the nose, red nostrils and lips, a black and white design on the cheeks, and on the protruding crescent shapes beside the mouth, green around the mouth, and brown on the chin as well as around the face. The mask has five mouthpiece attachments: b) wide mouth with open red lips exposing two rows of natural wood teeth; c) wide, open, and protruding mouth with red lips and a black base; d) an orange beak with red nostrils and edges; e) a black muzzle with red nostrils and lips, and natural wood teeth; f) a black beak with red nostrils and edges. Each mouthpiece has a protruding piece at the reverse that fits into the slot of the mask's mouth.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, hemp fibre and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA1750

Mask with elongated slightly rectangular face, pronounced brows, a short upturned nose, concave eye sockets, and a downturned mouth. The mask is dark brown natural wood painted with black hair-like designs emphasized with an orange curvilinear line, black eyebrows, a black nose tip and nostrils, black around the eye sockets, black and orange around the eye holes, black lines extending out from the sides of the nose, orange lips, and black to the sides of the mouth as well as on the chin.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, paint and stain ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CopperA6171

Copper with edges that flare slightly toward the base as well as the top. Has a T-shaped raised design element near the centre, that divides the bottom section in half and separates the top section from the bottom. The top section is slightly convex. The copper is blackened overall with incised diagonal lines on the bottom section and an incised bear face and two paws surrounded by a border on the top section.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
copper metal and silver alloy metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CopperA6113

Copper with a bottom section that has a slight point at the centre of the bottom edge and the width tapers slightly towards the bottom. The top section flares outwards, the top edge is curved, and this section is slightly convex. Abstract design overall on face. The copper is composed of two pieces joined to a horizontal piece of copper with metal rivets.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
metal and copper metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA6207

Otter with large hinged jaw with a top row teeth and fangs, prominent nostrils, a rounded head, and tufts of fibre fragments attached with nails around the edges. The mask is painted black with a white incised line that extends down from the front of the muzzle to behind the upper lip, red nostrils, and white teeth.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, leather skin and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA6303

Mask depicting a beaver/Bagwis figure painted with a black and white design on the forehead and cheeks, green around the black and white circular eyes, black eyebrows that extend down to the dip of the nose, flared red nostrils, two large protruding teeth with red lips, and black and white crescent-shaped lines to either side of the mouth. There is a hole at the top of the forehead through which is attached a length of off-white string knotted with a loop at the top.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, paint and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA8429 a-b

Mask (a) made from two separate pieces of wood and joined at centre at an angle with a triangular support at the top. The face is painted with heavy black eyebrows that have arched blue design elements above them, light blue around the eyes, red on the nostrils and lips, a black moustache, a red scalloped line design and a black line curving from the nostrils to the chin, and a blue scalloped design under the mouth. The remainder of the face is painted white. A tuft of feathers affixed to a tapering wooden stick with blue string and off-white adhesive fabric tape (b) fits into a hole at the top of the mask. A pencilled in design is visible on the cheeks.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, feather, paint, fibre, adhesive and dye
Made in
Blunden Harbour, British Columbia, Canada ? or Ba'as, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LadleA3580

A brown wood ladle that has a deep bowl with a flat bottom and a handle carved in the form of a bird's head with eyes, nostrils, and a mouth with teeth on both sides. The interior of the bowl has an inner rim. Painted with feather motifs consisting of a horizontal black dotted band along the exterior neck and five horizontal feathers along each side of the upper body which are decorated with black dotted lines and a section of diagonal dotted lines below. There is a facial image on the end of the bowl exterior, which has two eyes, large black eyebrows, an open mouth with teeth, and three sections of lattice work around the sides, and the top of the face.

Culture
Wuikinuxv
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bentwood BoxA8335 a-b

Bentwood box with lid (part b). Holes bored on ends for rope handles. Carved with design elements. The front has a design consisting of a somewhat square-like shape that has an inward curve around the top middle, creating a two-lobed effect with red eye-like features at the opposite bottom ends. Black upward angled diagonal lines are at either side and curve inward around the top inward curve. The ends are carved with a head-like design, in profile facing towards the front panel. The left end has an eye surrounded by dots and a three-lobed shape above while the right end has an eye surrounded by a black area and a fin-like shape above. The back panel is red. Colours are red, black, and white. Lid (part b) has an upstanding ridge on one side which has a design consisting of central vertical light band emanating with downward pointing diagonal red and black lines with a vertical light band of black dots at either side.

Culture
Wuikinuxv ? or Heiltsuk ?
Material
wood, fibre and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA7924

A painted brown wood bird mask with a stationary beak and a hole in top as if it used to be attached to another piece. The black eyes are surrounded by a dark green area that has horizontal black dashes within. There is a vertical curved red line running down in between the eyes and the beak. The black beak has red lips and is slightly open. Two abstract black, and one crescent red shape are painted on each side of the face with two horizontal red dashes below the back of the eyes.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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