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Transformation MaskA17140

Wooden, carved, oval shaped, human transformation mask with a small bear mounted on the head like a headdress. The front of the mask is a large human face with red mouth and nose, black moustache and black outlined eyes on a white circular background surrounded by a green ovoid. The face is outlined in white. The bear has a long snout painted black with white edging. The nose and mouth are red. The mask splits down the centre and opens to expose another human/whale face. The inner face is detailed exactly like the outer face with the exception of killer whale motifs painted on the cheeks and forehead. The eyes have drilled holes. The opened boards are hinged with leather and nails; they are painted white with human hands and arms. The back of the bear has many twisted cedar strips that hang. The outer face is lined with small bundles of cedar. The mask is painted dark green, black, white and red with Northwest Coast stylized designs.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark, wood, leather skin, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureA17153

Wooden figure of a raven in flight with its wings spread wide and its head and tail slightly lifted. The bottom of the wings are detailed with white U-forms and ovoids. The head is painted white with black and red detailing. The eye is and beak are incised.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar wood, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Speaker's StaffA17155

Carved, wooden talking stick, or speaker's staff, depicting (from bottom to top) a copper, human figure with copper, killer whale and thunderbird. The stomach of the killer whale is hollow with a thin board nailed to it. The talking stick is painted black, white and red with Northwest Coast stylized designs.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Power BoardA9082

Wooden figure consisting of the top section of a duntsik or power board used in winter dances. The design is cutout with Northwest Coast stylized form and outlined in black paint. The image represented is a sisiutl. There is hair adhered to the sides. Fragment of larger object.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw ?
Material
cedar wood and hair
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Power BoardA9076

Wooden figure consisting of the top section of a duntsik or power board used in winter dances. The design is cutout with Northwest Coast stylized form and outlined in black paint. The image represented may be a sisiutl? There is hair adhered to the sides. Fragment of larger object.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw ?
Material
hair, wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA5270

Carved, wooden, baby raven ? mask with a short beak and s-shaped cutout nostrils. The beak is hinged with pieces of leather on either side, nailed to the jaw. The beak and nostrils are painted black with red edging. The eyes are red, outlined in black on a green, ovoid shaped background; brow is black. There is a crescent shaped cut out of the bottom of the beak. Attached with staples to the top, back and bottom rim is a blue cloth hangs down to cover the body of the wearer. The inside of the mask is hollow with the exception of an attached twine cord that assistants the beak in opening and shutting. The mask is painted black, red and green with Northwest Coast stylized designs.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
leather skin, fibre, wood, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA5325

Wooden, carved bear mask with a long snout painted black and red circular cutout nostrils. The jaw is hinged with a piece of leather nailed, on either side, to the lower mouth. The face is black with white edging; black outlined eyes on a green, ovoid shaped background; brow is black. There are two holes on the top where the ears used to be. The inside of the mask is hollow with the exception of a twine cord that attaches to the mouth and a rubber lining. Baleen framework at back of mask to facilitate wearing. The mask is painted black, green, red and white with Northwest Coast stylized designs.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar wood, leather skin, fibre, metal, paint, baleen and rubber
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceA9075

Cedar rope necklace with decorated bundles of red fibre and fabric, animal skin and strips of cedar bark tied to four animal claws, one ermine body, one ermine head and a piece of broken black stone.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
ermine skin, cedar bark, foot, fibre and stone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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StaffA5338

Red and black staff decorated with an upward pointing snake at the bottom and five human figures above. The snake has black-outlined recessed eyes and cross hatch incising on top of the head. Above the snake, there are two faces one on top of the other with a feather on top; a round-bodied human with a feather on top; two humans that have their rib lines drawn with recessed eyes and a mouth and a feather on top; a cedar bark ring; and another human with black eyes and a feather on top.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
cedar bark, feather, wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PaddleA2500

Wood paddle with a marquise-shaped blade with the widest point near the tip and which narrows to a shaft which is round in cross section. Butt is rectangular in cross section with an indentation cut near the top which is carved as a transverse cylinder. Blade has a painted design in black that consists of an ovoid in tapering oval eye with a pair of u forms below that have diagonal lines within and an elongated black u form below; a black panel at the base of the blade; and a black tip.

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