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Soapberry Spoon | Chief Shakes'1038
Horn Spoon2.5E1494

The bead is glass, yellow, and orange.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
horn, string, bead and glass
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Horn Spoon1-387
Feast Dish25.0/241

This dish is carved in the form of a reclining human figure, knees drawn close to the body, head extending outward at the opposite end, and hands grasping the edge of the bowl, which encompasses the whole torso. The carving of the disk-shaped head is highly stylized in the Kwakwaka'wakw manner and is painted black, yellow, green, and white. A carved rim resembling rope surrounds the face. It probably represents the twisted red cedar bark that has such a prominent role in the Tseyka ritual. (Holm, Crooked Beak of Heaven, 1972)

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and paint
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Grease Bowl1-363

Elegant carved dishes and delicate spoons like these were used on a daily basis. Their dark and greasy surface reveals their use for serving fish and sea mammal oils, which enhanced the flavor of dried fish and berries.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and brass tack
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Bentwood Bowl6933

This bentwood bowl has high ends and low sides that imitate the shape of a carved oil dish. The formlines painted on the surface are in a freer style than those of nothern artists (compare the bentwood box to the right).

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar wood and paint
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Horn Spoon1-11469
Rattle25.0/458

The paint is white, red, and black.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, paint, string and cedar bark
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Rattle1-390

The paint is black, green, red, and white.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, paint and cord
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Gyidakhanis Mask25.0/222

After the disappearance of the excited headdress dancer and the sounding of the Tlasula horns announcing his imminent appearance, the attendants usher in a dancer, or group of dancers, whose function it is to display the inherited privilege toward which the entire Tlasula dance is focused. Some dances, such as the Gyidakhanis, feature groups of dancers and are re-enactments of mythical incidents or dances acquired from supernatural contact by an ancestor. (Holm, Crooked Beak of Heaven, 1972)

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw and Quatsino
Material
wood and paint
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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