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SpoonA2482

Spoon that has a small bowl with a long handle flattened at the butt end which has an incised design of a bird near the tip. The bird's head is in profile facing downward along the lower portion of the upper end of the handle. Bird has a circle in tapering oval in ovoid eye with a curved beak. Four pinched rectangular designs incised in decreasing size down along the lower portion of the handle from the beak. Has a two-feathered side wing and a four-feathered tail. Word 'SKAGWAY" is scratched on the back of the bowl.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
copper metal
Made in
Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureK2.440

Plain, polished surface-figure of a man with upraised arms in a v-shape with a curve in between. The circular eyes are deep set. The pointed forehead extends into a central ridge connecting with the nose. The mouth is flat. The belly is oblong and rounded. The legs are short and squat. On a base.

Culture
Dogon
Material
wood
Made in
Mali
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA5258

Red-brown double reed whistle that is oval in cross section and bound in three sections with brown string, two near each end and one near the middle. While the wider end is solid, there are two hollows through the smaller end where there is a taper cut elongated semi-oval hole nearby at either side. Sealed with pitch.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, fibre and resin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA5277

Mask of a human-like face. Graphite black face has circular cut out hole eyes outlined by graphite black and surrounded by a plain tapering oval with red brows above. The large nose is rounded and triangular. The open pursed mouth is red. Leather skin is tied through a hole at either side.

Culture
Nisga'a
Material
wood, paint, leather skin and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA2512

A hollow, brown wood piece is oval in cross section and that is made of two equal longitudinal sections bound together with brown cord lashings, one at the mouthpiece and the other halfway down the length. Tapers from the open end toward the mouthpiece. Design painted on one side appears to be an undersea creature with a raven on the other side. One side has the following: two central blue oval outlined by green with two blue u forms within a red u form within a green split u above and a green u form within a split red u within a blue u form below; two circular green eyes surrounded by a blue area outlined by green with a circular green and blue nose, a red mouth surrounded by a blue area, and four sets of a red u form within a blue u form that has a green oval below in the lower section. The other side has the following: two black ovoid pupils surrounded by a tapering oval and a green area around the eyes; two red u forms within a blue split u and a black u form are above each eye; below, there is a blue rectangular in the middle of a pair of red lines curving in a v form with black, blue, and green sections below; and a red split u within a blue u form within a black u form that has a green oval are at either side in the lower section.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar wood, cotton fibre and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA5292

Komokwa mask with loon or duck perched on head. Cedar bark over sides of bird. Leather collar. Colours are red, white, black and green.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark, leather skin, wood, metal and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleA5259

Copper rattle consisting of two rounded pieces put together and inset into a cylindrical brown wood handle, creating a full rounded circular rattle surrounded by a circular red halo-like projection feature. Pieces are bolted together. Designs consisting of animal faces carved and painted on both sides. One face has black oval in oval eyes outlined by a tapering oval, red nostrils, and an open red mouth showing sixteen plain teeth. A small inward facing profile face is on top at either side. In between, there is a black split u with a green outlined u form and a black u form above. Underneath the mouth, there is a pair of inward pointing fins made of a black circle a green u form, and a black split u. The other face has a black ovoid in a green ovoid eyes, red nostrils, and an open black outlined red mouth showing two plain teeth. An inverted red u form that has a green oval within is on top at either side. In between, there is a black split u with a green u form and a pair of black split u's above. Underneath the mouth, there is a black circle at either side with curving engraved lines inward toward a black form that has a red centre in the middle.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
copper metal, fibre, wood and paint
Made in
Blunden Harbour, British Columbia, Canada ? or Ba'as, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA5268

Mouse mask (?) with small rounded ears, eyebrows with a peak at the top centre, a short snout, prominent incisors on the top and bottom of the mouth, and eyes inlaid with abalone shell. The mask is painted grey around the edges with dark grey stripes over green on the face and chin, black and red alternating stripes on the ears, black eyebrows, dark brown nostrils, red lips, and off-white teeth.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
abalone shell, wood, paint and adhesive
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC1755

Wide sword-shaped dance club. 'Blade' has designs of four vertical scrolls in the middle bordered by a zig zag line at either end with six elongations below, and tapers to a rounded point with a carved protrusion. The grip flares outward, starting with a scroll design that emanates outward into a zig zag line at the base. Rounded pommel has a carved scroll shape. Black-brown colour.

Culture
Massim
Material
wood
Made in
Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleA5263

Brown wood rattle consisting of two rounded pieces put together, each with a semi-cylindrical handle, creating a full rounded oval rattle bound together on the handle brown string and cording. Along either sides of each piece, there is a hole to bind the two pieces together with brown string and cedar bark fringes. There is also a hole at either top side. Realistic design in green and black painted on both sides. One side has a face that has dark brown circle in circle in tapering oval eyes, a nose, and an open mouth showing twenty-four plain teeth. Above this face, at either top side, there is a pair of black u forms within a larger dark brown one that has four horizontal black dashes within and a black ovoid at top. At either side, there is a pair of dark brown u forms within a larger one. Below the face, there are eight horizontal black dashes. The other side has another face that has dark brown circle in circle eyes surrounded by a tapering black oval with dark brown brows above as well as a pair of u forms within a larger one that has four horizontal black dashes within, a nose, and a downturned open mouth showing twenty-four plain teeth. A black ovoid in ovoid with curling sides is above this face. On the same side, the initials 'EW' are carved in the handle on the upper portion.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
fibre, cedar bark, wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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