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Trap StickA4029

Wooden stick with long rounded shaft, tapered with slightly rounded ends. Just above the shortest tapered end is a carved crouching human figure. The shaft is slightly curved.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw ?
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleA4028

Brown wood rattle consisting of two rounded pieces put together, each with a semi-cylindrical handle, creating a full rounded oval rattle. Along either sides of each piece, there are two holes to bind the two pieces together with white string. Pieces are also bound together at the top with white string. Handle is bound with brown string. Designs consisting of a face on both side, one carved and the other in pencil. The carved face has a circle in oval eye, a downward pointing triangular nose, and a horizontal double oval mouth from which three diagonal bands angle upward at either side. Eyebrows are pencilled in as are the split u's at either outer sides of the eyes. The pencilled face has tapering oval in double ovoid eyes with brows above, an oblong shape along the cheeks, and an open mouth with fourteen teeth and a tongue sticking out.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw ?
Material
fibre, wood and graphite mineral
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureA4026 a-b

Carved and painted face (part a). The black eyes are surrounded by a dark green area with black brows above. The face is white with a red mouth and black moustache. The cheeks are painted with a black outline of a crescent shape that follows the contours of the cheeks. There is a separate set of lips (part b) to be fitted on the face. This set of lips (part b) is an open mouth with red inner lips outlined with dark green.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
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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MaskA3786

Mask of a head with a long nose and tongue. Wings with four feathers jut out to the sides, from the top of hte head; wings are attached to the mask with moveable leather hinges. Painted red, black, green, and white.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
leather skin, metal, wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA3777

Mask with painted black eyes, moustache, beard, eyebrows and scallop-shaped hair. Three curved lines on forehead, one orange and two black. One black line with short horizontal lines extending upwards from it, and one orange line extend diagonally down both cheeks from bridge of nose.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA3774

Mask with sweeping black hair that thins towards the ends, an angled, prominent brow, sunken eye sockets with small, oval eye holes, protruding ears at the sides, a hooked nose with pointed tip and large nostrils, a pursed mouth, and black cloth attached to the top of the head with metal nails. The mask is pointed black with white and red bands around the eye holes, red nostrils with white borders, white curvilinear lines under the eye sockets, and red lips.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
horse hair, skin, wool fibre, wood, metal and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model CanoeA1494

A model wood canoe with the sides painted black.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and paint
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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ShuttleA1489

Shuttle consisting of a length of wood with two long arms on the outside that curve towards each other at the ends with a slight gap and hold the dark grey-green string wound around the centre of the shuttle.

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