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FigureA3489

Animal figure in the shape of a frog. Traces of red-orange ochre on one side.

Culture
Tlingit ?
Material
stone and ochre pigment
Made in
Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Feast DishA1786

Carved wooden, oval shaped dish with a triangular shaped end and a central concavity. Made from a single piece of wood, the bowl is shaped like a killer whale’s body with a tail fin carved in shallow relief with two thin red ovoids for detail. Above the tail is a small, rectangular shaped protrusion, possibly representing a dorsal fin. The opposite end has a red circle in circle design with a triangular shaped image radiating from two sides. The painting design is of an eagle. The sides have faded black and red lines.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
paint, cedar wood and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PaddleA1492

Carved canoe paddle. Elaborate design painted in red and black on the blade, on both sides. Entire paddle heavily shellacked.

Culture
Heiltsuk ?
Material
yellow cedar wood, lacquer and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Raven RattleA1760

Raven rattle composed of two complementary parts. On the raven's back is a sea otter and a frog. The belly is decorated with a bird's face with recurved beak. Painted in red and black.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Head RingA1467

Head ring made from thin strands of twined cedar bark backed by cloth. Four vertical bands of twined bark are sewn to the outside of the head ring at even intervals. A wide, rectangular piece made from the same twined bark is sewn onto the front of the head ring. Possibly red pigment on bark?

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
pigment, cedar bark and cotton fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceA1447

Long necklace made of glass trade beads strung onto metal wire. The necklace has a repeated pattern of two blue, ‘Russian’, beads next to three red, ‘white heart’ beads. At the end of the string is a large conical shaped blue bead and a Venetian ‘polychrome’ flower bead.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
glass, clay and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Elbow AdzeA6077

Elbow adze greenstone (nephrite?) blade rectangular in shape with a bi-facially bevelled and curved bit. Lashed with hide strips to a carved wooden hafting platform with an acutely-angled branch providing a handle.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
wood, skin and stone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Head RingA1747

Head ring made from twined strands of cedar bark wrapped around cloth; bundle of cedar bark strips are attached horizontally at the front with vertical banding.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
cedar bark and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA1745

A brown wood mask with a broad short beak. The face is painted white with circular black eyes, black eyebrows, flaring red nostrils, diagonal black dashes along the beak, which has a hole in the middle, and black triangles along the upper lip line with red lips. The mouth is moveable.

Culture
Wuikinuxv
Material
wood, cedar bark, paint and metal
Made in
Rivers Inlet, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA1743

A raven mask with a moveable beak pulled by a string. Oval eye socket is surrounded by a dark blue area. Entire face is black with red lips.

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