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Great Raven MaskA8545

Great Raven Hamsiwe’ mask. The large, carved, wooden mask has a long beak with large red, coil-shaped nostrils, with a red and white split u-form behind it. The mouth is red with two braided cedar handles on each side. The beak is black with large u-forms outlined in white along the edge of the mouth. The bottom part of the beak is hinged with large diamond shaped pieces of metal. The face has white split u-forms behind the eyes along with a white wing-like shape. The bulging eyes are black, outlined in white and red on a white ovoid shaped ground; brow is black. The underside of the beak is black with an ovoid shaped pink face with black brow, moustache and eyes along with red nostrils and mouth. Emerging from the top of the head is an elongated, protruding rounded section painted with white u-forms. The face is decorated with small cedar bundles; large cedar handles on bottom of beak. The inside of the mask is hollow with the exception of a piece of fibre twine that articulates the beak and two leather straps with metal buckles to hold the mask to the wearer. Attached at the top ridge is a dyed cedar rope and a rubber crest of u-shaped pieces painted red. The left side has a thick braid of cedar. The mask is painted black, white and red.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
red cedar bark, rubber, red cedar wood, paint, cotton fibre, skin, metal and dye
Made in
Gilford Island, British Columbia, Canada and Gwa'yasdam's, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearA3630 a-b

Thick wooden spear with a cylindrical shaft that is carved in two sections with interlocking ends. The top of the spear (part a) is carved in the form of a sea lion transforming into a whale with an eagle perched on its neck. The whale/sea lion figure has a metal dagger-like blade protruding from its mouth, two human hands at its sides, and round mirror insets for eyes (one missing). The bottom of the lower half spear (part b) is carved into a humanoid face, eyes closed, with two large, protruding zoomorphic ears. Spear is painted with black and red.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
silver alloy metal ?, steel metal, metal, glass, wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleA3625

Brown wood rattle consisting of two rounded pieces put together, each with a semi-cylindrical handle, creating a full rounded oval rattle nailed together on the handle which is also bound with brown string. Along either sides of each piece, there is a hole to bind the two pieces together with white string and cedar bark fringes. Pieces are also bound together at the top with white string and cedar bark fringe. Sketchy designs of waves and dots are painted in black on both sides. One side has double wavy black lines with three green dots within at either side and green dots all around it with a central black triangle at the narrower end and a horizontal black band across near the middle. The other side has mirror image s-curves at either side with black dots in between and a pair of black dotted panels above and a horizontal black band across near the handle end.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark, wood, paint, fibre and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA3588 a

Mask with a broad face that has a hooked nose and protruding cheeks. The mask is surmounted by a bird figure with a long beak, flexible wood and fabric wings, and a movable neck covered in fabric. The wings and neck are manipulated with strings that extend down behind the mask. The mask is painted with heavy black eyebrows, an animal figure design on the forehead in black, blue and red, a green nose with a blue tip and red nostrils, an orange finger-like design beside the eyes, a black moustache, red lips, and another animal design on the cheeks in blue, black and red. The bird figure has a canvas back, wings and neck, all painted with blue-green and black, and the remainder of the body is off-white. The bird's head is medium and dark grey with white spots, and dark green with a border of exposed natural wood around the mirrored glass eyes. The beak is light green with orange at the edges.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, fibre, glass and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Net SinkerA1099

Irregularly shaped piece of grey stone with a number of circular depressions on one side. The other side is mostly flat with the exception of one large and one small hole penetrating through. The small hole has possibly been drilled. A flat, but thick, metal ring is attached to the sinker by a piece of string.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
stone, fibre and copper metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ToggleA2.208

Crescent-shaped piece of horn with a looped hide though tied through a hole in the centre; six sets of incised bands on horn.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
musk ox horn and rawhide skin
Made in
Bathurst Inlet, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ToolA2.206

Plain long rod with sinew tied through a hole at one end.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
bone ?, horn and caribou sinew
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ToolA2.204

Harpoon rest attachment. Roughly L-shaped section of bone with three sets of holes bored in a line.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
bone
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Stem: PipeA2.203

Short, cylindrical wooden pipe stem encircled in two places by strands of sinew.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
wood and sinew
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Harpoon PointA2.202

Miniature harpoon point carved from tusk.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
walrus tusk
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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