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BasketA1985

Coiled work (bifurcated stitches) with watch-spring base construction and a foot. Basket also has a coiled handle attached to loops on rim. Decorated with 'X', staggered in red or black cherry bark. Foot is beaded with red cherry bark.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
cherry bark, cedar root and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Grave FigureA17026

Carved wooden figure of a standling male (no longer has arms); shallow carved facial features; nails used as eyes, carved as wearing a hat.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
wood and metal
Made in
Princeton, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dance ScreenA7234

Dance screen made from a length of rough burlap with a vertical seam at the centre. Folded over and sewn at the top with a fringe along the bottom. Painted with a totem pole shown in profile in black, red and green at the lower center. The topmost figure on the totem pole has a long beak.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
hemp fibre ? and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dance ScreenA7233

Large brown, loosely woven dance screen with painted designs. The screen is made from pieces of fabric sewn together, creating vertical seams. Across the top is a painting of a sisiutl in black, red, and green. Below and against each side, are totem poles, facing one another. The poles have a red raven on top and a green bear-raven transformation ? on the bottom. The top edge of the screen is doubled over, to be hung from a wooden rod. The bottom edge has a twisted fringe.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
hemp fibre ? and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dance ScreenA7232

Woven brown dance screen with painted design. The dance screen has an open weave and is made of several pieces sewn together with vertical seams. The top edge has been folded over and sewn, to be mounted on a wooden pole. The central design is a totem pole in black, red and green. The pole has two raven motifs; the raven in red holds his head up, the raven in green is looking down. There is a twisted fibre fringe on the lower edge.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
stinging nettle fibre ?, paint and bird feather
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubA1406

Cylindrical, slightly curved, handle that has nine flat angular sides. Carved rounded circular head with a flat upraised top which has a circular grooved centre. Incised with circular lines all around the rounded base of the head.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2334 a-b

Small cylindrical basket (a) with flat, fitted lid (b); lid is held in place by a cedar flange attached around the upper rim of the basket. Fine wrapped twined work. Base:central circle of pink/purple/yellow/purple (wave pattern) surrounded by a green, wavey line. Sides: discrete bands of orange rectangles on purple ground bordered by a green jagged line. Lid: pink/yellow/brown rim; same discrete bands as on sides joined by a brown line; inner circle is red/yellow/brown.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Kyuquot
Material
aniline dye, swamp grass and cedar bark
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Neck RingA1742

Thick ring wrapped with cloth. Partially tightly wrapped with thick lengths of twisted cedar bark one strand rope. Clumps of shredded cedar bark are attached at either end of the ring.

Culture
Nisga'a
Material
fibre and cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA1749

Carved and blackened wooden mask, with protruding forehead, hooked nose, and inverted mouth.

Culture
Nuxalk
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA1752

Wooden whistle made from two complementary tube-like pieces joined by string, open at both ends; one square end and one circular end.

Culture
Nisga'a
Material
fibre and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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