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Model Totem PoleA5331

Model totem pole with a thunderbird on top of a human holding a fish(?). Overall colours are black, brown-red, and green. Figures are secured to a rounded base with nails. Signed on the back.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, paint and metal
Made in
Fort Rupert, British Columbia, Canada and Tsaxis, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureA5328

Carved bird standing on a small base. The black eyes are surrounded by a mint green area with black brows above, and a red lined beak. The upswept wings each have six feather sections painted mint green, and red outlined with black. The chest has a face that has its black eyes surrounded by a blue area. The base is painted with a dark blue top, and a mint green geometric triangular pattern all around the bottom.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BraceletA6163

Bracelet made from a length of brass formed into a c shape with diagonal parallel lines at the ends.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
brass metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureA2.234

Miniature walrus carved from white and brown walrus tusk. Figure has articulated tail flippers, pectoral flippers, and two long tusks protruding vertically from the snout. Figure has black inset eyes and shallowly carved details coloured with black pigment on the snout and four flippers.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk, baleen ? and pigment
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureA2.232

Miniature white carving of a walking dog. The dog's ears are pointed up, the tongue is lolling, and the tail is curled up onto its back. Shallowly carved lined give the impression of fur.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk ?
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonA6162

Spoon with pointed bowl tip and short handle that angles downwards at the neck.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonA6161

Spoon carved from one piece of wood with slightly pointed bowl tip and handle with flat top, curved bottom thickening towards neck, and rounded handle end. The handle angles downwards at the neck.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skull RepresentationA6160

Ornament in the form of a skull without a lower jaw. The forehead and nostrils are green, the temples and lower cheeks are purple, the eye sockets are blue, and the upper lip as well as the rims of the eyes and the peaks of the cheekbones are white. On the reverse side of the lip, there is a metal nail with a fibre fragment attached.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, pigment ?, metal and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA3814

Carved wooden, crooked beak headdress, or mask. The beak has large red and white ovoid shaped nostrils with a red and white split u form on one side. Running from the brow is a large central black frill that protrudes outward and curves inwards to underneath the centre of the beak. The mouth is red, flat and protruding. The underside of the beak is black with white detailing; beak is nailed shut. The eyes are black, outlined in white and black on a green ovoid shaped ground; brow is black. There are black and white u-shaped feathers behind the eye. The inside of the mask is hollow with the exception of a thin ring of cedar used by the wearer. Attached at the top are small bundles of small stripes of cedar bark. Hanging from the back are long strips of bark. Lining the top, side and bottom is a twisted braid of cedar. The mask is painted black, white and red with Northwest Coast stylized forms.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, metal, fibre, cedar bark, paint and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressA6156

Headdress in the form of a bird with the head and chest at the front, and two wings folded over a tail at the back. The figure is painted white with a black animal figure design on the chest, the outlines of feathers on the wings and tail in black, the eyes and eyebrows in black, and the mouth in red. Off-white fabric attached with metal nails behind chest. One of a set of four (see A6154 - A6157).

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