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WhistleA4206

Brown wood whistle that is rectangular in cross section and bound in one section with brown twine near the smaller end. While the wider end is solid, there is a hollow through the smaller end. The wider end has three holes in a vertical row nearby on one side consisting of a crescent at the end, a circle in between, and a triangle near the middle. Sides have no air vent so it does not produce any sound.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
fibre and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowC918

A plain shaft that is bound at the end and the base with fibre. There is a long black, red, and white geometric patterned point which is elaborately carved with an inverted crown-like projection feature as well as radiating vertically linear projection design below and an arrow-point-like pattern as well as an inverted picket-fence-like feature pattern above. The tip of the point ends in an elongated cone. The end of the shaft is notched.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
fibre, stem ?, wood and paint
Made in
Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowC902

A plain shaft that is bound at the end and the base with fibre. There is a long black, red, and white geometric patterned point which is elaborately carved with a vertically linear design below and a herringbone pattern above. The tip of the point ends in an elongated cone. The end of the shaft is notched.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
wood, stem ?, fibre and paint
Made in
Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowC912

A plain shaft with a long wood point in the shape of multiple stacked cones. The base of the shaft is wrapped with fibre. The point has four stacked cones progressing shorter toward the top and a horizontal row of diagonal grooved lines around the base.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
stem ?, wood and fibre
Made in
Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowC917

A plain shaft with a long wood point in the shape of multiple stacked cones. The shaft is wrapped with fibre around the upper end. The point has six stacked cones progressing shorter toward the top with the one at the tip being of the medium size and seven horizontal grooved lines around the base.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
fibre, wood and stem ?
Made in
Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowC907

A plain shaft with a long wood point in the shape of multiple stacked cones. The shaft is wrapped with fibre around the upper end and has a pair of double grooved horizontal lines around the lower end. The point has six stacked cones progressing shorter toward the top with the one at the tip being of the medium size and four horizontal grooved lines around the base.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
stem ?, wood and fibre
Made in
Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Totem PoleA8067

A model totem pole depicting a bear with a human head and an eagle (from bottom to top). The bear at the bottom has black circle in tapering oval eyes surrounded bya a white area, red nostrils, an open red mouth showing twenty-two white teeth, and a black chin and body with a white chest that has a vertically bisymmetrical red and black geometric design. In between, below the bear's feet, there is a face that has black eyes, a triangular black nose, and an open red mouth showing twelve black teeth along with a horizontal red band at either side. The bear is holding a human head that has a white face with black eyes, a green forehead, a green nose with red nostrils, an open mouth showing fourteen white teeth, and a black chin. The eagle on top has rounded, circular, black eyes in a rounded white oval with green brows above, a black forehead, and a green beak. The eagle's chest is white with a black and red face with scales below. The eagle has three-feathered red and black side wings. Nailed to a square base.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wood, metal and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Totem PoleA2227

This model totem pole features a humanoid frog figure over a beaver figure. The paint palette consists of burgundy and green, and the frog figure on top features dashing on the body. The beaver at the bottom has circular black eyes surrounded by a plain tapering oval outlined by black. It has a green area with black brows above the eyes, red nostrils, an open red mouth showing eight plain teeth and two front buck teeth. The body is black dashed red with a plain crosshatched tail curving upward and forward. The figure on top has similar facial features but no teeth and has a black dashed plain brown body. Nailed to a rectangular base.

Culture
Haida
Material
wood, paint and metal
Made in
Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Totem PoleA6682

A model totem pole depicting a frog, a bear, a whale, and a bird (from bottom to top). The frog at the bottom is lying down facing forward and has semi-oval black eyes with green brows above, red nostrils, a closed red mouth, and a green spotted and lined body. The bear is sitting on top of the frog and has rounded, circular, black eyes with an open, red mouth and a wavy green lined body. The whale is facing downward and has rounded, circular, black eyes from which small lines radiate with thin green brows above, grooved circular red nostrils, a closed, thin red mouth, and a green dotted and lined body. The bird on top has rounded, circular black eyes surrounded by a green area with a red lined beak, red dotted and green triangle spotted body, and red and green side wings.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleA6098

Brown wood rattle consisting of two rounded pieces put together, each with a semi-cylindrical handle, creating a full rounded rectangular rattle nailed together. Design consisting of a human face that has black circle in circle eyes outlined by a black tapering oval and surrounded with a green area and black brows above with a green forehead, a green nose with red nostrils, and an open red mouth showing twelve plain teeth. Black dashes go around the bottom of the mouth while red, green, and black sideways u forms go around the top of the mouth. Back of the head is black. Cedar bark is used on top to indicate hair.

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