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Model Totem PoleNb11.370

Miniature totem pole mounted on a circular cross section of branch with bark attached. Figures from bottom to top: bear-like figure, frog, eagle, and thunderbird with spread wings. Painted orange, blue, black, red and brown. Inscription on reverse.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
wood, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureA8770

A carved wooden figure with painted designs overall. In the form of a standing human wearing a mask with a painted paddle attached to the front of the body. The black eyes are surrounded by a light bright yellow area with black brows and a red line above. The open mouth is painted red inside while the outside is painted light grey-blue with a dark green-blue line around the upper lip line and a dark green-blue goatee. The upper body is painted mostly black with an eye in a red box on the belly. There are red geometric designs around the legs consisting of lines and dots. The paddle is painted with the head of a bird in black and red.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Totem PoleA8768

Model totem pole painted with green, black, yellow and red. From top to bottom: thunderbird, killer whale and human-like figure holding a baton(?). Profile of man wearing a feather headdress painted on front below the human-like figure. Figures are secured onto a rectangular base with nails.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth ?
Material
wood, paint and metal
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Totem PoleA8767

Miniature totem pole with three figures, mounted on a circular cross section of a branch with bark attached. From bottom to top, figure are: a bear, a frog-like figure and a whale-like figure. Painted with black, white and red.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
wood, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Totem PoleA8763

Short wooden totem pole painted black, red, green, yellow and white. Figures, from top to bottom: eagle, raven with frog in mouth, whale-like figure with a wolf protruding from mouth. Mounted on a flat, wooden base with squared-off edges. Flat and unpainted at back.

Culture
Nisga'a
Material
wood, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Totem PoleA8761

Miniature carved totem pole with a flat, uncarved back mounted on a rectangular wooden base. Three figures, from bottom: frog, human face, and a raven wearing a conical hat. Pole and base are painted yellow, red, green, blue, and black. Large label with typewritten information about the pole is affixed to the back.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
wood, paint and metal
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Totem PoleA8759

Miniature totem pole with three figures mounted on a raised, rectangular base. Figures, from bottom to top: stylized zoomorphic figure with prominent teeth, whale and bird; bird's wings are loose and tied to the pole vertically with string. Faded red and yellow paint around eyes, mouths and teeth.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
wood, paint, fibre and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketryA1987

Roughly rectangular piece of cedar weaving with strands of dark brown material worked into a linear design. Two triangular points at one end.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
cedar bark and cherry bark ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shaker Dance CostumeA1820

Costume made of cedar bark woven in a checker weave design; red-brown in colour. Cape-like construction with two layers. Two panels of material hang down the front of the chest on either side of the neck with a braided tie attached on each side; a square, cape-like panel hangs down the back with a short cedar fringe along the bottom.

Culture
Coast Salish: Saanich
Material
cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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House Screen BoardNb7.243 a

A long rectangular cedar plank with faded black and dark red Northwest Coast designs imprinted in the surface of the wood. Rectangular incision near the top and bottom of the plank that has cedar bark stitching embedded in it. Rectangular indentation on the back near the bottom of the board.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
cedar wood, paint, cedar bark and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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