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Dance KnifeA2509

Warrior dance knife, or baton in the form of Sisiutl. A flat wooden piece that has a central frontal head and a profile head on either side. The central head has two upward and outward curling horn-like appendages at the top. Each profile head has a neck with multi-coloured scales, rectangular teeth, and a wavy protruding tongue.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA2505

Dzunuk'wa mask. Humanoid face with pursed lips and teardrop-shaped eyes; black with gold facial features and red lips, nostrils, and eyes.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA2504

Mask representing a supernatural halibut with curled ears, a protruding brow that comes to a rounded point between the eyebrows, a recurved nose, slightly protruding eyes and cheeks, and an upturned mouth with lips that come to a rounded peak at the centre and meet on either side of the centre midway from centre and sides. The mask is painted light grey with ears that have a black and red design on natural wood, black eyebrows, a black border that extends from below the eyebrows and over the chin, red nostrils and inner lips bordered in black with a read and black line above the upper lip, black scrolling designs around the mouth, and a black scalloped design representing gills on the cheeks. Pieces of off-white cotton fabric are attached to forehead. Wire attached to back with screw eyes.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, paint, cotton fibre and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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AmuletA2478

Carving made on half a piece of tubular bone. Convex side is carved with a head having a round eye and square muzzle. Behind head is a row of four round shapes. Above this is a round humanoid face enclosed by two split u's; below is another face.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
bone
Made in
Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentA2477

Deer hoof carved with a series of notches along the lower edge. An eye form has been incised on one side and a hole has been drilled through with a rawhide thong attached.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
rawhide skin and deer hoof
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Soul CatcherA2476

Hollow tubular bone, somewhat flared at two open ends, which are cut to represent the open mouth of an animal. Eyes are carved above each mouth; incised designs indicate nostrils and gills. Two small holes at centre top of tube.

Culture
Gitxsan ?
Material
bear bone ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleA2475

Wooden rattle has hawk face design with recurved beak, blue chin, blue around eyes, and red ears. The reverse has an abstract design in black and red. Consists of two equal longitudinal sections, upper part of each hollowed out to form a closed cavity when the two halves are joined. Short plain handle. The sections are slightly warped.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureA2466

Frontlet figure? Thin rectangular carving with a concave rear surface, convex front surface. Main area of the front is a human-bird style face on a long neck. Mouth is open with upper teeth of abalone exposed. Nose is shaped as a sharp beak curving down and attaching to lower lip. A panel above the forehead is carved with a humanoid creature with arms and legs projecting from either side of its face. The back has had its side edges smoothed down to make it flatter.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
abalone shell and bone
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FrontletA2464

Thin square-shaped frontlet, concave in back, convex on front surface. Front carved in high relief with animal head with protruding tongue; eyes inlaid with abalone. Red and black paint highlight eyebrows, nostrils, teeth, tongue lips and chin.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
abalone shell, paint and wood
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LadleA2460

Ladle with a light and medium brown mountain sheep horn bowl with a curved, elongated oval shape that is joined to a black mountain goat horn handle with wire inserted through three holes in the bowl. The tapering handle is carved with an otter or sea lion figure near the tip, a creature with a small head in its mouth, and a sea wolf type figure at the base. There are two holes bored through the bowl near at the handle base.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
mountain sheep horn, metal and mountain goat horn
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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