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MaskA3782

Mask with circular eye holes, upturned nostrils, pronounced cheeks, a downturned mouth, and an oval protrusion representing a crescent moon that sits above the head attached by metal wire. The disc is painted with black and the remaining natural wood surface forms a crescent shape with a humanoid figure painted in orange. The mask is painted with three black scallops at the top of the forehead, black eyebrows, dark green around the eyes, dark green on the nose with orange nostrils, orange, dark green and black designs on the cheeks, a black moustache, orange lips, and a black chin beard. Green cord is attached at the reverse.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, metal, paint, fibre and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA3663

Mask with an elongated face, a slightly protruding brow, a nose with a pointed tip that joines to the pointed top centre of the downturned mouth, and a cedar bark fringe around the face. The mask is painted white with black eyebrows, a green curvilinear design around the eyes with scalloped scale symbols underneath the eyes, black designs on the cheeks, a red-tipped nose, and black lips. Fibre cord at reverse.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, cedar bark, fibre, metal and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CopperA6261

Small blackened copper with rectangular bottom section and flaring upper section. The upper section is slightly convex with a face design in brown, and the bottom section has four sets of two diagonal brown lines. The bottom edge is folded over, and there is a convex band running vertically up the centre joined to a convex band that runs horizontally across where the bottom section joins the top section. Part of a larger design is visible on the reverse and indicates that this small copper may have been made from a larger one.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
copper metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skull RepresentationA3823

Three-dimensional wooden skull, carved from two pieces of wood mounted on a convex rectangular wooden base; front and back halves of carving held together with cording tied through corresponding holes along the edges of the pieces.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, fibre and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA6178

Mask with a furrowed brow, bulging round eyes, gill slits on temples and cheeks, pursed lips, and four holes in each cheek. A loon figure with a rotating head is perched on top of the mask. Red, green, black, white and orange. The mask is painted with heavy black brows underlined with red, green around the eyes and over the nose, red nostrils, black cheeks and temples, a black moustache, red lips, and a grey chin. The loon is painted with black eyebrows, green around the eyes, orange edges on the beak, black bands and black dots around the neck, grey on the top of the body and white on the sides and chest. The holes in the face represent air bubbles.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA4238

Wooden, carved, bear mask with a long snout painted black with orange edging. The jaw is hinged with pieces of leather on either side, nailed to the lower mouth. Eyes are round and protrude outward. Mouth opens with fangs and teeth showing. The head is covered with two skins, one covering the nose and upper jaw another with fur, covering the top of the head and dangling down the back. Ears are formed out of the skin and sit at the top, back of the head. The inside of the mask is hollow with the exception of an attached twine cord that assistants the mouth in opening. The mask is painted black and orange with Northwest Coast stylized designs.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
paper, bear skin, wood, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA6223 a-b

Wooden mask adorned with cedar bark fringe at back that extends down past the bottom of the mask. Face is carved forward with a strong downward slant. There are two deeply carved ridges running from nose to temples that are accentuated with black lines. There are heavy black brows at the top of the face, a scalloped design in black below the cheeks, a dark yellow hooked nose with red nostrils, pursed protruding red lips, and a slightly pointed chin with a short horse hair beard. A feather with a long shaft protrudes upwards from one side and there is a bunch of white, grey and grey-brown feathers attached to a pointed piece of wood with adhesive fabric tape (b) and inserted into a hole in the top of the mask. The edge of the mask on the sides of the face and chin is painted brown.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, fibre, paint, horse hair, cedar bark and feather
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArmbandEd1.297 a-b

Pair of arm bands for the lower arm shaped like cylinders tapering to the wrist. Arm bands are made of parallel lengths of bamboo with a circle of rubber inserted through holes in the bamboo lengths at each end, onto which are threaded bamboo cylinders that serve as spacers between the ends of the lengths of bamboo.

Culture
Korean
Material
bamboo grass and rubber
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentIe341

A piece of pearl shell, crescent-shaped, with one hole bored at each point.

Culture
Kewa
Material
shell
Made in
Iapi, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dog Collar RattleIe335

A dog collar of heavy rattan, tied into a knot. From it, there are suspended four rattan loops, of a doubled length approximately 6 cm. The ends of each loop are threaded through a hole in a seed pod. The four seed pods are irregular in shape, approximately 5 cm. long and 3 cm. thick and hollow with a rough veined surface. A section of each has been cut out.

Culture
Kewa
Material
rattan and pod
Made in
Iapi, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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