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SpoonA2482

Spoon that has a small bowl with a long handle flattened at the butt end which has an incised design of a bird near the tip. The bird's head is in profile facing downward along the lower portion of the upper end of the handle. Bird has a circle in tapering oval in ovoid eye with a curved beak. Four pinched rectangular designs incised in decreasing size down along the lower portion of the handle from the beak. Has a two-feathered side wing and a four-feathered tail. Word 'SKAGWAY" is scratched on the back of the bowl.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
copper metal
Made in
Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureA2519

Wood figure of a woman carrying a baby. She is sitting wearing a long skirt which has a horizontal incised band of oblique hatching. Her black hair is long and parted in the middle. Her black circle in tapering oval eyes are surrounded by a red oval line with black brows above and a closed red mouth. The child is wearing a long dressing gown, resting his or her head on the woman's right shoulder. The child's circular black eyes are surrounded by tiny black dots with black brows above, black hair, and a closed red mouth.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wood, metal and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Raven RattleA2468

Brown wood rattle with the top piece in the general shape of a raven that has a reclining man on its back with his protruding tongue held in the beak of a bird's head which sits opposite him on the raven's back and the bottom piece in the shape of a rounded semi-oval emphasized by an incised hawk's face on the belly of the raven with a recurved beak. The rattle is split horizontally through the body and through part of the handle. The upper and lower sections are joined at two places on each side with small withes tied through holes. Nails have been used to secure the top part of the bird's head and string binds the handle. The handle projects from the raven's tail. The raven has black ovoid eyes surrounded by a plain tapering oval and a black ovoid. The black head has a plain circular nostrils and there is a red disc in the red lined beak. The reclining man on top has its head resting on an inverted red split u. The man's flat face has similar facial features to that of the raven, except for the nose which is black. The man has a red body with four digit black hands and four digit red feet. The bird's head which is opposite to him and connected by the tongue also has similar facial features, except there are no nostrils and there is a red u form within a black one at either bottom side. The raven's side wings are plain with vertical black dashes. The raven's tail has a black ovoid along the upper part and four red and black feathers. The bottom piece that is the belly of the raven has a hawk's face with black ovoid in ovoid eyes surrounded by a tapering oval and a black ovoid, a red u form below at either side, a black beak nose, and an open red mouth showing fifteen black teeth and a red tongue. Below, there is a vertically bisymmetrical red design consisting of eye forms and a beak with a pair of black u forms above along with a black triangle below and around the sides, a black ovoid eye form with a red split u above. Above the hawk's face, there is a vertically bisymmetrical red design consisting of eye forms with a pair of black u forms below and s shapes above.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wood, metal, cotton fibre and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CopperA4343

Copper that has been split and rejoined. Base has edges that flare slightly towards the bottom edge, as well as a raised ridge that runs vertically down the centre. The upper section has edges that flare towards the top curved edge. Both sections are riveted together with four strips of copper that serve as supports on the reverse. The copper has incised designs.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
copper metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CopperA6171

Copper with edges that flare slightly toward the base as well as the top. Has a T-shaped raised design element near the centre, that divides the bottom section in half and separates the top section from the bottom. The top section is slightly convex. The copper is blackened overall with incised diagonal lines on the bottom section and an incised bear face and two paws surrounded by a border on the top section.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
copper metal and silver alloy metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CopperA6261

Small blackened copper with rectangular bottom section and flaring upper section. The upper section is slightly convex with a face design in brown, and the bottom section has four sets of two diagonal brown lines. The bottom edge is folded over, and there is a convex band running vertically up the centre joined to a convex band that runs horizontally across where the bottom section joins the top section. Part of a larger design is visible on the reverse and indicates that this small copper may have been made from a larger one.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
copper metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Human FigureA1352

A stone figure of a female with a child on her back. Her eyes are rounded circles while the child's eyes are grooved circles. Her angular eyebrows extend down into the nose with nostrils. She has a mouth, ears, and breasts, and her arms are angled backward to hold the child. The child has a simple hair line, and its legs are wrapped around the female with its right one slightly higher than its left.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
stone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LidB781

Spouted wood piece stained red-brown with an elaborately carved handle, stained red-brown. The upper portion has a cylindrical spout that connects to the handle across a central ridge over the top. The handle is square in cross section, curving upward and backward and upward. Underneath the outer concave curve of the handle, there is a slim carved piece. The lower portion is cylindrical and tapers downward.

Culture
Batak
Material
bamboo grass and wood
Made in
Sumatra, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pipe BowlK2.186

Pipe bowl with two tubular stems protruding from a pointed base. Thicker stem is embellished with incised vertical lines around the bottom portion. Overall, brown-red in colour.

Culture
Gbari
Material
clay
Made in
Abuja, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pipe BowlK2.129

Vase-shaped pipe bowl with flared rim. Tubular piece protrudes from one side. Bowl and tube are hollow. There are crosshatching designs on the outside of the flared rim followed by a series of thick and thin incised strips. Tubular piece has a series of evenly spaced incised strips. Base has a small raised scalloped pedestal foot.

Culture
Angas
Material
clay
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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