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Bentwood BoxA3570 a-b

Northern style bentwood box, bent with the outside corners opened. Nails used on one corner and to attach bottom to sides. Holes bored in ends for handles. Three sides have incised rectangle. Border around rectangle is carved with vertical lines. Inside rectangles are carved horizontal lines. Lid, part (part b) has upstanding ridge on one side.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bentwood ChestNb3.1334 a-b

Bentwood chest with lid (part b). Painted distributive designs on all four sides, split symmetry on long sides. Heavy black formlines with red and black details. Complex designs on front and back; one short side has wide curving black bands with red outlined ovoids, split u's and a round eye shape; cross-hatched details. Other short side has wide curving black bands, a red circle shape to right, red split u's, ovoids and crosshatched details. Two drilled holes at top of each long side. Box lashed at one corner; metal patch nailed with square nails at top. Lid is thick and carved from a single piece of wood; rounded edges.

Culture
Coast Salish and Heiltsuk
Material
metal, paint and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bentwood BoxA8539 a-b

Bentwood box with painted designs in black and red; with a lid (part b) with edges that bevel inwards towards the base. The main decoration fills each of two opposite sides with a bilaterally symmetrical design. The other two sides each have a less elaborate abstract design formed by an ovoid with two u-forms centred on each panel, also in black and red. The side joint and bottom are nailed.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
metal, paint and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bentwood BoxA8338 a-b

Part (a) Box is carved on all four sides. Both ends are framed in an incised rectangle, filled with horizontal carved lines, with the exception of three triangles on one side. One long side is only the carved lines. The other long side is plain except for one vertically incised line near one corner. Part (b) Lid has upraised edge on one side.

Culture
Haisla ?
Material
cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bentwood BoxA6321

Bentwood box and lid made of cedar wood. Nailed at front and bottom. Lid has upstanding ridge on one side. Box and lid tied with cedar bark ropes in the traditional position. Front is undecorated except for one deep vertical undercut on the left side. Sides are decorated with varying sizes of plain rectangles, and ones with carved horizontal lines. Back of box has two chevrons, one plain, one with carved horizontal lines, then a solid triangle on bottom, and carved horizontal lines above top plain chevron, all within a rectangular border.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar wood and cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bentwood BoxA6255

Cedar bentwood box. All four sides are made from a single cedar board. Board is scored, steamed and bent into three right angle corners. The open seam is nailed together. A separate cedar board is nailed on for the bottom. Three sides are decorated with pattern. Long side has incised rectangle with carved horizontal lines. Short sides identical, having also incised rectangle, but inside is divided almost in half, with larger side of carved horizontal lines, and the other a plain rectangle which also has horizontal lines above and below it.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
metal and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressA8098

Wooden wolf headdress with small bundles of branches tied to the top and long fabric ties hanging from the inside. The mask is rectangular in shape with a slight tapering at the snout; face is depicted on the sides. The nostril, teeth and top head form are cutout with stylized lines. The mask is painted in red, white, black and green with stylized forms. The inside has two rectangular pieces of wood that hold the box shaped mask together. The bottom section is lined with a thin and worn piece of fabric.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cotton fibre, cedar wood and paint
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SandalsE188 a-b

Brown leather sandals (parts a-b) with a wide strap across the toes, back and two on the front. The top has a floral decoration with red and green velvet underlay. There are two buckle fastenings on the side. Slight tooling around the edges of the sole. The soles are nailed. Pressed into the sole is a circular stamp reading ‘Mexico’.

Culture
Zapotec
Material
cotton fibre, leather skin, fibre, brass metal and metal
Made in
Yalalag, Oaxaca, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureA7861

Carved hardwood figure representing a duck, with a metal rod and wooden handle inserted into the underside of the duck's belly. The figure is painted with red, black and yellow. Brass sheet metal has been attached underneath each wing and twice around the neck.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Kyuquot
Material
yew wood ?, brass metal and paint
Made in
Kyuquot, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bird MaskA3672

Large, carved, wooden, raven hamatsa mask with a long beak and two sets of s-shaped cutout nostrils. The beak is hinged with pieces of leather nailed to either side. The beak is painted black with a red mouth and nose. At the back of the mouth are three red ovoid-like shapes. Surrounding the nose are two s-shapes and three elongated s-shapes. The eyes are white, outlined in black, surrounded by red, on a white, ovoid shaped background; brow is black. The inside of the mask is hollow with the exception of twine used to open and close the beak. The top, side and bottom edges of the mask are lined with braided cedar. The top and sides have short bundles of cedar creating a fringe. Intertwined in the cedar are a few feathers. The underside of the mouth is painted black with a small white and red design. The mask is painted black, red, and white with Northwest Coast stylized designs.

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