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RattleNb624

Brown wood rattle roughly carved with the top piece in the form of a bird and the bottom piece in the shape of a rounded semi-oval. The two pieces are tied on the sides with sinew ? and bound together with white string and beige cotton cloth around the handle. Painted with a black eagle design. The black head has rounded eyes with dots on the beak. The body has a pair of black rectangles that have dots within and from which flow three s shapes down along the lower back side with dots all around. The bottom piece that is the belly of the bird has a pointed black ovoid in ovoid with curvilinear lines and dots all around. Fourth piece is missing. No noisemakers inside.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
cedar wood, sinew ?, cotton fibre and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA1961

A painted wood face mask with a sloping forehead joined to a protruding nose that has yellow nostrils that are red inside. The cut out circular eyes are black in a tapering white oval surrounded by a green area. The red lips are full and flat and are surrounded by a yellow area. The face is black with a yellow halo-like feature around the head that has five segments along the top.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth ? or Coast Salish ?
Material
wood 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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Ceremonial SwordA6165

Ceremonial fool dancer sword. Painted on both sides with long, flat, upward and backward curving fin-like projection, a rounded angular head, and a handle that is square in cross section. The black eyes are circle in circle surrounded by a tapering oval and a green area with black brows above. The nostrils are red. The open black mouth shows ten red upper teeth. The fin-like projection has an inverted red u form that has a vertical white ovoid within and white space in between, an inverted white and red u form, a horizontal white outlined red ovoid, and a black split u with white space in between at the tip.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
paint and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA6196

Brown wood double reed whistle made of two single double reed whistles of equal length bound together by grey twine. Both pieces are rectangular in cross section and come to a tapering end and are bound in twine around near the smaller end. While the wider end is solid on each piece, there are two hollows (four in total) through the tapering end where there are two taper cut rectangular holes (four in total) nearby on opposite sides. On each piece one taper cut rectangular hole is lower than its opposite due to a horizontal graphite bar inlaid just above. On each side, one piece shows the graphite inlay while the other piece shows the higher taper cut rectangular hole. Sealed with pitch.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
graphite mineral, resin, fibre and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA4214

Brown wood double whistle made of two single whistles of equal length bound together by brown twine. Both pieces are circular in cross section and come to a tapering end and are bound in twine in three sections, one near each end and one near the middle. While the wider knob-like end is solid on each piece, there is a hollow (two in total) through the tapering end where there is a taper cut rectangular hole (two in total) (both are identical except for the position of the air vent) painted in red nearby on one side.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, fibre and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonA7287

Spoon carved from one piece of dark brown mountain goat horn with an elongated bowl and a tapered handle. The handle is carved in the form of a bird's head and the inner survace of the bowl is incised with two parallel bands of small incised lines, each with three peaks on the outside.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
mountain goat horn
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Raven RattleA4126

Brown wood 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 with a whale design. Handle is bound with green. Raven has black ovoid in ovoid eyes surrounded by a tapering oval and a green area with black brows above. The beak is black with an open red mouth holding a red ball. The back has vertical black dashes with black wings that have a green ovoid in a black ovoid, a red and green split u within a black split u that has a black ovoid within, a green and red split u, and a red ovoid at the tip. The tail is in reverse with four feathers that have an inverted black split u coming from a downward pointing green triangle connected to the back that has a small bird's face with circular black eyes surrounded by a plain tapering oval and a green area, red nostrils, a red mouth, and a pair of inverted green split u's and horizontal red dashes below along with two green wrists that have five red claws. The reclining human on top has a red body and a plain face with circular black eyes surrounded by a plain tapering oval and a green area with black brows above, a red nose, and a red mouth where the red tongue of the green frog connects. The bottom piece that is the belly of the raven has a face with green eyes at the bottom with green and red split u's at along either side and red dots and dashes within and around a green shape that has red accents.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
fibre, wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dart QuiverB773 a-i

Dart quiver and eight darts: a) quiver made from one piece of leaf that has been folded over and the sides sewn with plant fibre to create a long narrow envelope type container; b-d) three darts composed of long, thin sticks with pointed ends and a slightly conical piece of wood near the butt end of each; e-g) three darts composed of long, thin sticks with pointed ends; h-i) two darts composed of a long, thin stick with pointed ends and coated with a black, pithy material, and part i has part of another dart tip stuck to it with this material.

Culture
Bidayuh
Material
stem ?, wood, leaf and plant fibre
Made in
Kalimantan, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC1014

Wooden club with a straight, cylindrical handle and shaft ending in a bulbous head. The head is covered with flat round bosses (ends of roots), with a round, toothed piece of ivory inlaid at the top. The handle decoration is rows of zigzag and has a piece of inlay similar to the head.

Culture
Fijian
Material
ivory and wood
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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