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MaskA6192

Large bear mask, carved and painted with a piece of fur nailed on. The muzzle is hinged with metal piece to a lower jaw. There is fur around the top and back of the head. The piece is tied together with twine to create a flap; two protruding pieces of fur form ears. There is twine that connects to the jaw allowing it to open and close. The mask is painted black, green, red and white.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
fibre, metal, skin, wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA4239

Wooden, carved, bear mask with a long snout painted red and black. The muzzle is hinged with a nail on either side, to a lower jaw that is inlayed with wooden teeth. There is twine on the inside of the mask that connects to the jaw allowing it to open and close. The head of the mask has been covered with a piece of hide that hangs over the back. The face of the bear has black edging and green ovoid-like shapes around the eyes that are cutout. The mask is painted black, green and red with Northwest Coast stylized designs.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
fibre, skin, wood, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleA3661

Brown wood rattle consisting of two rounded pieces put together, each with a semi-cylindrical handle, creating a full rounded oval rattle. Along either sides of each piece, there is a hole to bind the two pieces together with skin. Handle is bound with brown and green string. One side is carved in the form of a bird with a protruding head. The circular black eyes are surrounded by a black outlined tapering oval surrounded by a green area with black brows above. The yellow beak has red lips. The grey body has nine feathered section wings of black, green, and grey split u's. The other side has a killer whale facing to the right side in slight relief. The circular black eyes are surrounded by a black outlined tapering oval surrounded by a green area. The nose is red. The black lined red open mouth shows seven grey alternating pointed teeth. The body has black split u's. The side fin has a green ovoid in a black ovoid with a green split u and red accents. The dorsal fin has a curving upward pointing red triangle within the space in between the inverted green split u above with a red circle and an inverted black split u on top. The tail has a green circle and a black split u at either side end. Below the whale, radiating from the handle, there are four panels of a curving upward pointing red triangle within the space in between the inverted black split u. The background is grey.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, fibre, skin and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleA4027

Brown wood rattle consisting of two rounded pieces put together, each with a semi-cylindrical handle, creating a full rounded oval rattle. Along either sides of each piece, there is a hole to bind the two pieces together with cedar bark. Pieces are also bound together at the top with cedar bark. Handle is bound with brown string. Designs consisting of a large human face painted on both sides and carved with a projecting beak nose that is decorated with cedar bark bound with string. Both faces have circular black pupils outlined by a plain carved tapering oval surrounded by a dark blue area with black brows above and a pair of red and dark blue split u forms above. The mouths are outlined by black with red lips with one face having a black goatee.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw ?
Material
fibre, cedar bark, wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleA8046

Brown wood rattle consisting of two rounded pieces put together, each with a semi-cylindrical handle, creating a full rounded oval rattle. Along either sides of each piece, there is a hole to bind the two pieces together with cedar bark. Pieces are also bound together at the top. Handle is bound with brown cloth. Designs consisting of whale, bird, and bear motifs. One side has two inward facing profile bird heads, each with a black oval in oval eye with the head outlined by black and the beak outlined by red with black diagonal lines underneath. In between the beaks of the birds, there is a red split u with a pair of inverted red split us within black u forms above. The other side has a larger face on top of a smaller one. The larger face has black ovoid in ovoid eyes, a long horizontal oval nose, an open red mouth with twelve plain teeth with a red split u in between the eyes above the nose and an inverted red u form within a black one above that has diagonal red lines at either top side. The smaller face has circular black eyes outlined by a tapering red oval with an inverted tear-drop-shaped red nose, and a downward turned red mouth.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, fibre, cedar bark and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
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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Raven RattleA6308

Hardwood rattle with the top piece in the form of a raven that has a reclining figure on its back connected to a frog by a protruding tongue and the bottom piece in the shape of a rounded semi-oval emphasized by a bird's face with a recurved beak. Handle is bound with brown string with brass tubing also bound to the handle. Raven has black ovoid in ovoid eyes surrounded by a tapering oval and a green area. The nostrils are a black circle outlined by white on a black beak with an open red mouth and tongue. At either side of the neck, there are two black outlined u forms that have a pair of green, white, and red u forms within. The back is black with red wings that have three sets of downward angled diagonal red lines outlined by black with a white circle at the tip. The tail has an upward curving red ovoid outlined by black from which emanate four feathers that have a black u form that has a white rectangle within and separated by a vertical red line. The reclining human on top has its head resting on an inverted red bordered dark blue split u. The human has a red body and a black face with circular black eyes surrounded by a green area with black brows above and a black line around the mouth where the red tongue of the green frog connects. Connected to the back of the frog, there is a bird head that is part of the raven's upraised tail. The bird's black head has black eyes surrounded by a white area with a green beak. The bottom piece that is the belly of the raven has a face with black ovoid in ovoid eyes surrounded by a tapering oval and a green area with a curving red line above and a pair of inverted green u forms on top, a black beak nose, and an open red mouth showing four white teeth. Below, there is another pair of similar eyes with a red line underneath.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, brass metal, paint and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA1967

Mask depicting a face with two moveable eyes and two separate ears. Skin with brown fur attached as eyebrows and hair. The round eyes are painted with a central light blue dot outlined by a black circle with a projecting green eyelid overtop. The eyes are surrounded by a green area that connects across the bridge of the nose. The forehead has a black outlined red split u. The ears are outlined by red. The tip of the nose has cut out red nostrils and is also attached separately. A black outlined red split u is on each cheek. A red line goes around the nose and the mouth area. Red is painted at either lower side. The cut out open red mouth has a black moustache above. The chin is black. Cloth remnants along the edge of the mask. White and green cord are attached at the back through metal loops.

Culture
Coast Salish: Tla'amin
Material
wood, skin, paint, fibre and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleA8417

Brown wood rattle with the top piece in the form of a bird with a small, thin sea otter on its back and the bottom piece in the shape of a rounded semi-oval bound together with white string and metal and at the handle with brown string. Bird's circular black eyes are surrounded by a plain grooved tapering oval. Body is dark with wings that have black outlined feathers consisting of black and red dashes with a red tip along the outer wing and u forms with a tear drop shape along the inner wing. Tail angles upward with two black outlined feathers consisting of u forms with red accents. The small, thin sea otter on the bird's back has a black body with circular black eyes outlined by a plain tapering oval groove and an open mouth that connects to the back of the bird's upper neck. The sea otter's tail extends straight backward to connect with the bird's upward angled tail. The bottom piece that is the belly of the bird has a face with black ovoid in ovoid eyes with black brows above that have an inverted red split u within. Below, there is a vertically bisymmetrical black design consisting of an inverted red u line outlined by black with a black ovoid in ovoid below sharing a central vertical panel of four black outlined u forms at the bottom.

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