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BatonA4377

Drum baton or beater. Brown wood cylindrical baton that tapers downward to an outward flaring handle end. Carved with an expansive design. Has tapering oval eyes in an ovoid. In between the eyes, there is a u form and a split u with an elongated u form above that has a pair of u forms, a u form, a circle, and a split u within. Below, there is a downward pointing triangle. At either side, there is an ovoid at the top with a split u, an ovoid and another split u at the tip. These are in turn surrounded by a v-shape that has a pair of ovoids at the central bottom. The back has a vertical row of three split u's.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BatonA3412

Drum baton or beater. Brown wood cylindrical baton that tapers downward to an outward flaring handle end. Carved with a fish design. Has red eyes and an open red mouth with teeth. The dorsal fin is a lance-olate leaf-shape with an inverted split u at the tip. Has side fins. The upward turned tail has a face with diagonal lines along the upper portion at each end with a dot at the tip.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BatonA4291

Drum baton or beater. Light brown wood cylindrical baton that tapers downward to an outward flaring handle end. Carved with a painted raven design. Has black oval in tapering oval eyes surrounded by an orange area and bordered by blue with a pair of inverted red split u's within a red outlined blue u form above at either top side. The blue beak is a long downward pointing triangle. Along the top, the wings have a blue ovoid in ovoid with a sidesways split u at the tip while the blue outlined inner feather has a pair of split red u's and a pair of red u forms and the blue outlined outer feather has a pair of blue split u's and a larger blue split u. The tail has a central blue ovoid in ovoid with four feathers that have an inverted red split u within a blue u form. Initials " H.G." on the handle below the painted design.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonA4468

Spoon carved from one piece of mountain goat horn with an elongated dish and a curved handle that has a hole drilled near the tip.

Culture
Haisla ?
Material
mountain sheep horn
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonA1672

A one piece, very dark brown spoon with a typical-shaped bowl and a carved handle. The handle is carved with a face that has circular eyes surrounded by a downward and outward pointed elongated tear drop shape with thick brows above that extend into the long thin nose with very wide nostrils and a downturned mouth. A carved grooved circle in circle is at either top side.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
mountain goat horn
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA1961

A painted wood face mask with a sloping forehead joined to a protruding nose that has yellow nostrils that are red inside. The cut out circular eyes are black in a tapering white oval surrounded by a green area. The red lips are full and flat and are surrounded by a yellow area. The face is black with a yellow halo-like feature around the head that has five segments along the top.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth ? or Coast Salish ?
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ceremonial SwordA6165

Ceremonial fool dancer sword. Painted on both sides with long, flat, upward and backward curving fin-like projection, a rounded angular head, and a handle that is square in cross section. The black eyes are circle in circle surrounded by a tapering oval and a green area with black brows above. The nostrils are red. The open black mouth shows ten red upper teeth. The fin-like projection has an inverted red u form that has a vertical white ovoid within and white space in between, an inverted white and red u form, a horizontal white outlined red ovoid, and a black split u with white space in between at the tip.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
paint and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA6196

Brown wood double reed whistle made of two single double reed whistles of equal length bound together by grey twine. Both pieces are rectangular in cross section and come to a tapering end and are bound in twine around near the smaller end. While the wider end is solid on each piece, there are two hollows (four in total) through the tapering end where there are two taper cut rectangular holes (four in total) nearby on opposite sides. On each piece one taper cut rectangular hole is lower than its opposite due to a horizontal graphite bar inlaid just above. On each side, one piece shows the graphite inlay while the other piece shows the higher taper cut rectangular hole. Sealed with pitch.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
graphite mineral, resin, fibre and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA4214

Brown wood double whistle made of two single whistles of equal length bound together by brown twine. Both pieces are circular in cross section and come to a tapering end and are bound in twine in three sections, one near each end and one near the middle. While the wider knob-like end is solid on each piece, there is a hollow (two in total) through the tapering end where there is a taper cut rectangular hole (two in total) (both are identical except for the position of the air vent) painted in red nearby on one side.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, fibre and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonA7287

Spoon carved from one piece of dark brown mountain goat horn with an elongated bowl and a tapered handle. The handle is carved in the form of a bird's head and the inner survace of the bowl is incised with two parallel bands of small incised lines, each with three peaks on the outside.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
mountain goat horn
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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