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MaskA8429 a-b

Mask (a) made from two separate pieces of wood and joined at centre at an angle with a triangular support at the top. The face is painted with heavy black eyebrows that have arched blue design elements above them, light blue around the eyes, red on the nostrils and lips, a black moustache, a red scalloped line design and a black line curving from the nostrils to the chin, and a blue scalloped design under the mouth. The remainder of the face is painted white. A tuft of feathers affixed to a tapering wooden stick with blue string and off-white adhesive fabric tape (b) fits into a hole at the top of the mask. A pencilled in design is visible on the cheeks.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, feather, paint, fibre, adhesive and dye
Made in
Blunden Harbour, British Columbia, Canada ? or Ba'as, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlA406 a-b

A wood dish (part a) in the form of a crouching beaver with a lid (part b). The dish (part a) has a black body with the black eyes surrounded bya a blue area. The mouth is open with teeth, two of which curve to loop outward. The black nose has nostrils. The small ears at the top are painted pink-red. The paws and the rim are painted pink-red. The tail is carved with a lattice work pattern. The lid (part b) has a human head design with a black killer whale fin on the head. The human head's black eyes are surrounded by a blue area with black eyebrows above. The red mouth is slightly open, and there is a big nose. The arms are resting on top of the lid in a W-like shape. The killer whale fin has a hole outlined with pink-red. The top of the lid is black. The rim of the lid has an alternating pattern of black and natural brown coloured diagonal bands.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
paint and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LadleA3580

A brown wood ladle that has a deep bowl with a flat bottom and a handle carved in the form of a bird's head with eyes, nostrils, and a mouth with teeth on both sides. The interior of the bowl has an inner rim. Painted with feather motifs consisting of a horizontal black dotted band along the exterior neck and five horizontal feathers along each side of the upper body which are decorated with black dotted lines and a section of diagonal dotted lines below. There is a facial image on the end of the bowl exterior, which has two eyes, large black eyebrows, an open mouth with teeth, and three sections of lattice work around the sides, and the top of the face.

Culture
Wuikinuxv
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bentwood BoxA8335 a-b

Bentwood box with lid (part b). Holes bored on ends for rope handles. Carved with design elements. The front has a design consisting of a somewhat square-like shape that has an inward curve around the top middle, creating a two-lobed effect with red eye-like features at the opposite bottom ends. Black upward angled diagonal lines are at either side and curve inward around the top inward curve. The ends are carved with a head-like design, in profile facing towards the front panel. The left end has an eye surrounded by dots and a three-lobed shape above while the right end has an eye surrounded by a black area and a fin-like shape above. The back panel is red. Colours are red, black, and white. Lid (part b) has an upstanding ridge on one side which has a design consisting of central vertical light band emanating with downward pointing diagonal red and black lines with a vertical light band of black dots at either side.

Culture
Heiltsuk ? or Wuikinuxv ?
Material
wood, fibre and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA4160

Mask with angular face, protruding eyes and recessed eye sockets, hooked nose and protruding lips. Small cedar bark fringe on forehead. Tha mask is painted white with heavy black eyebrows separated by red, black eye pupils and rims, a red scalloped design beside the eyes, black over the top of the nose, red nostrils and lips, black and red curved lines to the sides of the mouth and over the cheeks, and black at the jawline. Short cedar bark fringe attached at top of forehead. Off-white cord attached at back of mask.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA4320

Mask with hooked nose, flared nostrils, downturned mouth, and a rim that estends from one side of the jaw over the top of the mask to the other side of the jaw. The mask is painted white with a black rim, black designs on the top of the head, heavy black brows, black around the eyes, black and red on the nostrils, a thin black moustache, red downturned lips, and a red and black design on the cheeks. Green cord is strung through holes at the sides and top centre on the reverse. Fragments of off-white fabric are attached with nails to the sides on the reverse.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
fibre, wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA4262

Mask with circular eye holes, flared nostrils, a downturned mouth, and stylized ears. The mask is painted with black eyebrows, green bordered in red around the eyes and extending down over the cheeks to a point at the edge of the mask, red nose tip and nostrils, a black moustache and goatee outlined in red, red lips, and red ears. An off-white cord is attached to the reverse with metal staples at the sides and top centre.

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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MaskA5276

Mask with heavy black eyebrows, red nostrils and lips, a red teardrop shape on each cheek with a curved line extending from the tip of the teardrop shape around three black gill-like elements beside the mouth. The mouth is open with two rows of teeth showing. The chin is slightly pointed and the brow is furrowed. The remainder of the face is painted white.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, iron metal, paint and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA6159

Mask with elongated face, small eyeholes rimmed in black, black eyebrows with red and black u-shapes above them, red nostrils, and red lips with two curved red lines to either side of the mouth. The remainder of the face is white. Cedar bark fringe hangs from top of head where it is attached with off-white fabric strips.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark, wood, paint and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA4165

Xwixwi mask with protruding cylindrical eyes, hooked nose, and protruding recurved tongue. The mask is painted with green around the eyes, red nostrils, a red mouth and tongue, a black moustache, and thick black eyebrows. There is a scalloped border in black around the rim. An off-white cord is tied through three holes in the top reverse of the head and two holes either side of the face.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, paint and cotton fibre
Made in
Blunden Harbour, British Columbia, Canada ? or Ba'as, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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