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Horn Spoon1-1498
Bark Shredder1-1487
Horn Spoon25.0/483
Mask1-1464

The paint is red, white, black, and green.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and paint
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Soapberry Spoon25.0/52
Rattle25.0/459

The paint is white, black, and red.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, paint, cedar bark and string
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Spoon1-1500
Canoe Bailer1-1600
Sea Monster Mask1-1451

The stories of seafarers are often peopled by monsters of the deep: bringers of bad weather, capsizers, devourers of men. The Yagim is all of those. Described as a destroyer of whole tribes, a shark-like monster who lurks behind canoes, or the source of storms, his name literally means badness. (Holm, Spirit and Ancestor, 1987)

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar wood, paint, cloth, wool cloth, cedar bark and string
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Mask1-1633

The paint is red, green, black, and white.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, cedar bark and paint
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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