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Ceremonial Club3194/31 a-b

Ceremonial war club. Club stick (part a) is long and relatively straight, covered in brown canvas and red felt. Ends are wrapped with narrow strips of fur. Top has an open loop created out of fur. Along the length of the stick are three tassels of horse hair, and several areas of blue glass beading, with the occasional inclusion of some brass beads. Part b is a round, hide wrapped stone. One half of the hide covering is painted dark blue. A braided thong of leather is sewn to the seams of the hide, and attaches two large cream and brown feathers and smaller red feathers with pink beading at the quills, and black glass beads around the thong, to the stone.

Culture
Kainai
Material
wood, skin, feather, cotton fibre, horse hair, glass, brass metal, wool fibre and stone
Made in
Alberta, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arrow3194/30

Arrow. Straight stemmed metal projectile point is a long triangle in shape, thin with sharpened edges. Stem is inserted into a slot in the shaft end that is tightened by wrapped sinew. Sinew attaches three long, striped feathers to the opposite end of the shaft, which is painted red.

Culture
Kainai
Material
wood, metal, sinew and feather
Made in
Alberta, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arrow3194/29

Arrow. Small projectile point is made of stone, thin and finely carved with side and basil notches. Blue painted sinew attaches it to the arrow shaft, which is painted red. Past centre point and at end are a further two areas of blue sinew wrapping holding the remnants of red and white feathers. End comes to a blunt point.

Culture
Kainai
Material
wood, stone, sinew and feather
Made in
Alberta, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arrow3194/28

Arrow. Metal projectile point is a long triangle in shape, thin with sharpened edges. It fits into a slot on the tip of the shaft that is tightened by a small amount of wrapped sinew. Sinew attaches three long, light brown feathers to the end of the shaft, which is painted red and has a notched tip.

Culture
Kainai
Material
wood, feather, metal and sinew
Made in
Alberta, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bow3194/27

Bow. Back is straight, with gentle curving of each limb. Belly is painted orange, back is covered with striped green snakeskin, and tips are covered in leather. Where limbs start to curve, bow is wrapped with strands of glass beads in pink, blue, green and yellow. The grip is covered with hide and cotton. String is made of twisted sinew, attached to each end of the bow by a tied off loop.

Culture
Kainai
Material
wood, sinew, snake skin, skin, cotton fibre, glass and plant fibre
Made in
Alberta, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3194/25

Whale bone figure. A woman stands on a small, irregularly shaped platform, wearing a parka that gathers at the waist and falls to the knees, slightly longer on the back hem. The hood is up over her head and her round face has carved nose, eyes and mouth in a downcast expression. Arms are held down and slightly away from her sides. The edge of the parka at hood, wrists, and bottom hem have an encircling, incised line for decoration.

Culture
Inuit
Material
whale bone
Made in
Spence Bay, Nunavut, Canada and Taloyoak, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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People's Moon Mask3194/24

Moon mother mask. A large face protrudes from the centre of a convex oval of wood, with a smaller face both above the forehead and below the chin. Central face has prominent black brows and round, black, staring pupils to either side of a carved vertical ridge. Nose has flared red nostrils, above a wide red mouth with a circular labret in an extended lower lip. The smaller faces are nearly identical but with less carved detail and no labret. The bottom face is upside down. Each has several plugs of long brown hair at top of head. The surrounding oval is painted along its edge with black, red and blue-green stripes, with evenly place inset squares of abalone shell. The back of the mask is concave with chamois ties.

Culture
Tahltan and Tlingit
Material
maple wood, abalone shell, hair and acrylic paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Plaque3194/21

Carved rectangular panel, or plaque, with sloped sides leading to a flat top surface, upon which is incised a fish with large rounded head, long front fin and thick tail. Body is narrow and curved, in formline style. Surrounding it are crosshatched lines. Wood has been stained a red-brown on top surface and sides. Signed "D Cranmer 65" on back.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, metal and stain
Made in
'Yalis (Alert Bay), British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Soapberry Spoon3194/20

Wooden spatula-like spoon has a long blade with a squared tip, narrowing toward handle. Blade is slightly concave on top surface, decorated in carved formlines, with a ridge down the back that extends from the handle. Handle is long and rounded, flattened on upper surface, with a small inset section at end holding a sparse, incised motif. “80” is carved on the tip.

Culture
Haida
Material
alderwood wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bowl3194/18

Bowl is made from the burl growth of a tree. It is round, with low, uneven edges that flare widely, and a thick, rounded base. Burl has been smoothed and shows the grain of the wood. Small cracks cover both the interior and exterior in rough, linear patterns. A hole has been made in the side of the bowl, with a fine cotton rope looped through.

Culture
Kainai
Material
wood and cotton fibre
Made in
Alberta, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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