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FigureA2629

A dark brown wood figure of a woman sitting with her hands and lower arms across her stomach, and her knees drawn up in front. Her black hair is carved into two tied braids at the back. She is carved as having a black garment over her lower section.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Seagull HeaddressA2593

A light white-brown wooden carving with the lower part depicting Sisiutl while the upper extension depicts a seagull. The black eyes of the bird are surrounded by a dark green area with black brows above and a red lined beak. The body of the Sisiutl is painted with a red and black face.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Totem PoleA5335 a-c

A model totem pole (part a) depicting a man with a seal and a thunderbird (from bottom to top). The man's black eyes are surrounded by a mint green area with black brows above, a red mouth, a black moustache, and a red line on each cheek that has "spikes" along the upper side. He is painted wearing a bright red upper garment and a blue lower garment. The seal that he is holding has its black eyes surrounded by a mint green area outlined with red with black brows above. The seal's nose and mouth are red. The seal's body is painted with a mint green, red, and black decoration. The thunderbird's black eyes are surrounded by a mint green area with black brows above and a red lined beak. The detachable upswept wings (parts b-c) each have five feather sections painted dark green and red outlined with black. The chest has a face with its black eyes surrounded by a mint green area and a red mouth.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
paint, wood and metal
Made in
Fort Rupert, British Columbia, Canada and Tsaxis, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Totem PoleA5329 a-b

A model totem pole (part a) depicting a bear with copper, and a thunderbird (from bottom to top). The bear's black eyes are surrounded by a mint green area with black brows above. The bear's nose and open mouth are outlined with red. The copper that the bear is holding is painted with an upper section that has a circular face with its black eyes surrounded by a dark green area with a red mouth. This face has a six-pointed red sun-like-shaped outline around it. The lower section of the copper is painted black with three double-pairs of upward pointing arrows with a vertical line down the middle. There is a human head in between the bear and the copper. The thunderbird's black eyes are surrounded by a dark green area with black brows above and a red lined beak. The upswept wings, one of which is detached (part b), each have six feather sections painted dark green and red outlined with black. The chest has a face that has large black eyes with a red mouth.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, paint and metal
Made in
Fort Rupert, British Columbia, Canada and Tsaxis, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Totem PoleA17145

A model totem pole model depicting a killer whale, a human with an otter, a bear with a killer whale, and a thunderbird (from bottom to top). Design elements painted in black, green, red and blue. Inscription on back.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CombK2.29

Curved handle with inverted triangular protrusion at the top. Comb has six teeth that taper to a point. The front of the handle has geometric line and triangle design in red painted on its surface. The back is un-painted.

Culture
West African
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Liberia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureC1754

A fragment of a figure (the head only). Carved and painted with white and red. The forehead is a downward pointing triangle which meets in between the upward pointing triangular eyebrows. The eyes are upraised ovals. The nose is long, and the mouth is oval surrounded by a line. The face is outlined with red. The chin is rounded. There is a small rounded cylindrical protrusion at the neck area. The back is hollowed out where there is a horizontal bar.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureK2.437

Figure of a woman with closed large oval eyes and a long thin nose that extends from the curved upraised brows. Small mouth. Five thin rings around the neck. Has breasts. Thin arms are at the sides and bent at the elbows so that the hands are resting slightly underneath the stomach. Long legs. On a circular base. Plain form of a woman, covered with orange paste.

Culture
Baule
Material
wood
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureK2.209

Cock on egg-like base. The bird has its head bent so that the beak is facing downward. The plump body is decorated with an abstract cross-hatching-lattice-like pattern. There is only one wing, the right wing which extends upward as does the tapering curved tail. Similarly there is only one foot, the right foot with four claws on the the egg-like base. There is only one wing and one foot as the object is flat on the back side. The egg-like base has a curved zig zag design surrounding impressed circles at the centre.

Culture
Mende: Temne
Material
wood
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureK2.218

A tall wood figure of a female. She is standing with her short legs bent slightly at the knees. From her square shoulders, her arms extend downward, bending at the elbows to curve forward so that the hands are resting on the upper front of each leg. She has a long neck, and breasts. Her eyes have a horizontal grooved slit and her eyebrows are upraised. From her compressed mouth, there are three incised radiating lines at either side. Incised line patterns indicate the coiffure.

Culture
Baule
Material
wood
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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