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MaskA3553

Mask with a scalloped edge, slightly raised eyes, a bird's beak as a nose, a mouth with slightly downturned corners, and two long, slightly tapering ears with rounded ends that protrude up from the top sides of the head. Above the head are a series of triangular pieces of wood arranged in a semicircle and attached together at the outside edge with a strip of leather. The wood pieces are controlled by strings at the outside corners that can be used to pull the triangles down to form rays around the outside edge of the mask. The mask is painted white with black details on the scalloped edge, red and black designs on the forehead, black eyebrows, green around the eyes and on the nose, red nostrils, black dashed lines, scallops, and a curvilinear line on each cheek, a black scalloped moustache and chin beard, and red lips. The triangles above the head are painted white with designs in red and black that form a uniform design when the triangles are closed to form their overall crescent shape.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, leather skin, fibre, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA3822

Mask with a slightly flattened face, prominent eyebrows, slightly bulging eyes, a nose with a bent bridge and pointed tip, and an upturned mouth with lips pointed at the centre. The mask is painted grey with black eyebrows, red with white lines above the eyes, black around trhe eyes and over the top of the nose, black lines across the cheeks and over the middle of the nose bridge, red nostrils with black outlines, red and white designs on the cheeks, a black moustache and chin beard, and red lips. There is also a slightly tapering cylindrical piece of wood attached at the top centre at an angle with a horizontal wooden crossbar behind it and two thinner segments of wood, each with a hole at the end, attached to the crossbar at an angle on each side. Ametal hook-like attachment is nailed to the centre of the crossbar.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, metal and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressA3685

Headdress representing a wolf's head with a long snout, pronounced nostrils, a movable lower jaw, protruding rounded ears, and a bent branch frame at the back. Painted black with red nostrils and lips, black rectangles on the top lip, green around the eyes, white lines delineating the eyebrows and edges of the eye sockets, white designs on the ears, and a white strip down the top of the snout to the back of the head. The underside of the lower jaw is painted with a design in black. There are rectangular recesses in the eyebrows, presumably for shell inserts. Small holes in the sides of the snout.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, fibre, paint and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA3681

Face mask painted in black, green, white and red. Black forehead, heavy black brows that extend down to black cheeks, nose and chin. The area around the eyes is green with a scalloped bottom edge, bordered by white. The eyes themselves are black solid circles, with white around them. The nostrils and lips are red, with black and white around the mouth; both sides have a set of three vertical white carved and painted lines.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skull RepresentationA3823

Three-dimensional wooden skull, carved from two pieces of wood mounted on a convex rectangular wooden base; front and back halves of carving held together with cording tied through corresponding holes along the edges of the pieces.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, fibre and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA3817

Carved wooden wolf mask with a long snout painted red and black with white edging. The muzzle was hinged to the lower jaw and is now nailed shut. The face has white edging around the green ovoid with black eyes on white background. The head of the mask has been covered with a piece of hide. Ears are attached to the top of the head and are decorated with black spots. The inside of the mask is hollow with the exception of carved, rectangular shaped handle used to hold the mask when worn. The handle is tied to the rim of the mask with twine. The mask is painted black, green, red and white with stylized designs.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, skin, fibre, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA3549

Wooden, carved, supernatural bird mask with a long, black beak and ovoid shaped cutout nostrils. The nostrils are painted red with a white split U form around it. The eyes are white, outlined in black on a white, ovoid shaped background; brow is black. The inside of the mask is hollow. The mask is painted black, white and red with Northwest Coast stylized designs. The bottom part of the beak is missing.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
paint, wood and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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StakeA3833

Two eight-sided, wooden stakes bound together near the centre with green string. Ends of the stakes have a carved "U" shape and are slightly wider than the body of the stake.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
fibre, dye and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fishing NetA3831

Oolichan net; 7 meter long fishing net, made from twisted commericial cotton cords. Knotted strands throughout form diamond-shaped openings. The mouth has a thick cotton rope looped through all the cord ends; the opening is 4.2 meters wide lying flat (doubled); the rope extends by an extra 64 cm loop beyond the netting at one side, and 67 cm at the other side. The net gradually narrows along its length, and changes over the last section to a thinner knotted cotton fibre, with smaller diamond-shaped openings. The last section extends for 2.6 meters and has been attached to the larger section with a thin black twisted fibre cord. The narrow end is open, and is approx. 50 cm wide. The net has been repaired using black or green twisted cotton cordage in several small areas.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fishing NetA3832

Fishing net attached to two poles that are tied together at one end, opposite ends are pointed. Cross bar attached near tied end. Woven net is funnel shaped with two black bands of colour. A third pole is slightly curved and has a cross bar at one end. A string is wrapped around all three poles.

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