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FragmentA8207

Alternate red and golden coloured cedar bark strips. Folded over a woolen band and secured with two rows of twining using strips of green cloth.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar bark, fibre, wool fibre and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ear OrnamentA8208

Ornaments consisting of two bundles of red-dyed and golden coloured cedar bark. Each bundleis tied with a wrap of string. Several strands of bark run through both bundles joining the two.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar bark and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bentwood ChestA8211 a-b

Rectangular bentwood box (part a) with lid (part b). The front and back are painted red and black in different designs. The front and back have complex designs. The sides have the same motif of vertical sets of ovoids and u-forms. Designs painted in black and red with stylized forms. The lid has decorative brass studs on three edges; the studs on the front are all gone, except one.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun'
Material
brass metal and red cedar wood
Made in
Bella Bella, British Columbia, Canada and 'Qvuqvai, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Totem PoleA8212

Totem pole carved from cedar wood. The bottom of the pole has a human holding a child, followed by a bird figure, and topped with a human, falling from the sky. All of the figures have a black circle in tapering oval eyes with either red or black brows above and a red mouth. The bird has three-feathered wings with circles, ovoids, and split u's. The ears of the humans at the bottom each have a frontal face in them. The feet of the upside down human at the top are bent toward the front of the pole.

Culture
Nisga'a
Material
cedar wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basketry TrayA8213

Circular tan cedar root tray with simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches), watch-spring base construction, and partial imbrication. Five central rows alternate in red cherry bark and grass. Four vertical stripes composed of the letters "N" in red and "M" in black split the design field into four. Staggered between, there are y-like shapes in black, red and white, with alternating red and black arrowhead shapes around the inner rim and outer edge.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun'
Material
cedar root, dye, grass and cherry bark
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Burden BasketA8215

Basket of simple coiled work with bifurcated stitches, elongated watch-spring base construction, and imbrication in red and black cherry bark and cat-tail grass. Ends of basket have half arrowhead patterns in red cherry bark with cat-tail and in black-dyed cherry bark with cat-tail. Sides (left to right) also have half arrowhead design and concentric "V" shapes in red cherry bark, cat-tail and black-dyed cherry bark. The half arrowheads are in red cherry bark and cat-tail. The basket also has the "cluster of flies" pattern in red cherry bark and cat-tail grass. Colour: tan.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
dye, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA8368

Unpainted carved wooden mask with painted white jagged teeth, burnt lines for main portion of eyebrows, burnt crosses at the cheek, and black paint at sides of nose and for the extended eyebrow.

Culture
Nuxalk
Material
charcoal pigment, paint and wood
Made in
Bella Coola, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA8369

An unfinished mask. Traces of white and black paint along top edges and ears, as well as around mouth. Pencilled x's on forehead and cheeks. Drilled hole at top and in both ears.

Culture
Nuxalk
Material
paint and alder wood
Made in
Bella Coola, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bear Claw GloveA8371

Part of a dance costume, carved in the shape of a bear's claw. Hide is nailed around at the wrist,and a piece of blue patterned fabric is nailed on one side to cover the hand. Opposite side has been painted blue. Has five digits.

Culture
Nuxalk
Material
metal, alder wood, cotton fibre and skin
Made in
Bella Coola, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA8372

Carved mask, painted with blue and red. Meade's notes: "note that the eyes are purposely off balance while every other feature of the face, mouth, eyebrows, and design are in good balance". Seven holes line the top ridge of mask.

Culture
Nuxalk
Material
paint and alder wood
Made in
Bella Coola, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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