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Spoon1283/4

Spoon made of one piece of wood with a curved handle that tapers from base to end. Underside of scoop is scorched, end of handle has split and the scoop is splitting along the edges.

Culture
Tsimshian ?
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Carving1283/18 a-b

Painted wooden carving of a standing eagle with wings outstretched as if poised for flight (part a); the eagle is painted brown with a white head and tail feathers and yellow talons and beak. Part b is a segment of branch mounted on a thick wooden base with a short horizontal offshoot at the top to act as a perch; the base is covered with short dark brown inked lines.

Culture
Tsimshian ?
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bentwood BoxNb3.1481 a-b

Tall square bentwood box (part a) with a slightly flared lid (part b). The front and back are painted red and black in different distributive Northwest Coast stylized designs. The sides display a large black circle with a four pointed design inside. The joined corner is held together with wooden pegs.

Culture
Tsimshian ? or Heiltsuk ?
Material
red cedar wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Harpoon Head1283/24

Long spiral twist metal harpoon head with ten barbs. A metal looped attached to the base of the harpoon head connects the blade to a long braided sinew rope.

Culture
Tsimshian ?
Material
sinew, metal and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bowl1283/21

Dish with egg-shaped bowl and flat, fish-shaped rim. The fish is decorated with incised and painted details; eyes are inlaid shell.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
wood, shell and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Painting1283/2

Tree fungus with painting on one side. Painting is of a whale(?) in red, black, green, and white.

Culture
Tsimshian ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb7.329 a-b

Small round twined basket with a lid (part b), wider at the base. Base (part a) radiates from a central point. Reinforced row of stitching demarcates the base from the sides. Walls decorated with two raised rows of wrapped stitches. In between the rows, there are eighteen, two to three, raised stitched segments. Rim has warps bent to the right and secured with a single row of twining. Flat lid with side has a central design that consists of two concentric circles surrounded by nine to ten segments. Reinforced row of stitching demarcates the top of the lid from the sides. Rim of the lid is finished the same as the basket.

Culture
Tsimshian ?
Material
root ?, bark ?, dye and grass ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb22.86

Round basket with flared walls. Base and walls are decorated. Base has 2 bands of dark brown with the outer most band extending up the wall to an openwork band, with a third brown band above. Ten diagonal design of red and faded pink stitches are on the 2 brown bands on wall. Two re-shaped handles extend upwards from rim. Reinforced rim appears to be braided.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
cedar bark, grass ? and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb7.328

Twined round basket with a square base and a circular mouth. Base is plaited with four rows of brown twining demarcating the base from the sides. Walls in plain twining are decorated with two rows of red-brown twining and eight geometric designs in the shape of orange and red parallelograms. Rim is folded over and secured with a row of twining.

Culture
Tsimshian ?
Material
grass, dye, palm leaf and cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb7.327

Flat, bag-shaped, cedar bark basket. Walls of the basket flare outward from the square base. Walls are decorated with brown-black diagonal strips alternating with medium brown strips forming a pattern of diagonal bands across the basket. With the rim which is folded over with an open-work edging. Along the narrow sides, a two ply twine is sewed into the basket in an "h" shape down each side a double two ply twine continues under one side of the base. A two ply piece of twine is attached to the top edge of one side of the basket.

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