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Whale MaskA5300

Whale mask, or headdress, with a protruding ridge from the top lip over the nose as well as a moveable jaw, tail, dorsal fin, and pectoral fins. The mask or headdress is painted black with white designs on the tail, back and nose ridge, designs in green, red, white and black on the fins, green around the eyes, red nostrils, black eyebrows outlined in white, and white and red over the red mouth.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, cotton fibre ?, fibre and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA3634

Mask with a rotating t-shaped appendage at top that has a seagull at the end of each arm. The mask has a scalloped scale symbol edge, a hooked nose, slightly protruding eyes, and a slightly pointed chin. The mask is painted with red on the t-shaped protrusion, white and black on the seagulls, alternating light red-brown, brown, white, and green on the scalloped edge, white with red and brown inverted scale symbol u-shapes on the forehead, black eyebrows, green around the eyes and over the top of the nose bridge, brown over the tip of the nose with brown scalloped scale symbols on the cheeks, red nostrils and lips, a black moustache, and a white chin and lower cheeks with red designs on the lower cheeks. The rotating seagull appendage is controlled by green cord with wooden toggles at the back of the mask. There is also a bent cedar frame attached at the reverse.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
fibre, wood, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA6244 a-f

Mask (a) with a protruding rim around the sides and top of the face, a furrowed brow, protruding eyes, a hooked nose with flared nostrils, protruding cheeks as well as crescent shapes beside the mouth, an open mouth, and a pointed chin. There is a long hemp fibre fringe attached at the top of the mask. The mask is painted with alternating black and white scallop shapes around the rim, a white forehead with black eyebrows, green around the eyes and on the nose, red and white nostrils, black and white designs on the cheeks and protruding crescent shapes beside the mouth, and red lips surrounded by white. The mask is accompanied by five mouthpieces: b) wide mouth with open red lips revelaing two rows of pointed natural wood teeth separated by red triangles, and with a black rim; c) oval-shaped mouth with open red lips, a white interior, and a black band around the edge; d) an orange beak with red nostrils and edges; e) a black muzzle with red nostrils, red lips and natural teeth and fangs; f) a black beak with red nostrils and edges. The mouthpieces each have a protrusion at the back that fits into the mask's mouth. Parts b, d, e and f each have a slight notch at the top centre.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, hemp fibre and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA6243 a-f

Mask (a) with a protruding rim around the sides and top, furrowed brows, raised eyes and cheeks, a hooked nose with flared nostrils, crescent-shaped protrusions to the sides of the mouth, and a protruding chin. A fringe of long hemp fibre is attached at the top. The mask is painted with alternating black and white scallop shapes around the rim, a white forehead with black eyebrows, green around the eyes and on the nose, red nostrils and lips, a black and white design on the cheeks, and on the protruding crescent shapes beside the mouth, green around the mouth, and brown on the chin as well as around the face. The mask has five mouthpiece attachments: b) wide mouth with open red lips exposing two rows of natural wood teeth; c) wide, open, and protruding mouth with red lips and a black base; d) an orange beak with red nostrils and edges; e) a black muzzle with red nostrils and lips, and natural wood teeth; f) a black beak with red nostrils and edges. Each mouthpiece has a protruding piece at the reverse that fits into the slot of the mask's mouth.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, hemp fibre and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA3553

Mask with a scalloped edge, slightly raised eyes, a bird's beak as a nose, a mouth with slightly downturned corners, and two long, slightly tapering ears with rounded ends that protrude up from the top sides of the head. Above the head are a series of triangular pieces of wood arranged in a semicircle and attached together at the outside edge with a strip of leather. The wood pieces are controlled by strings at the outside corners that can be used to pull the triangles down to form rays around the outside edge of the mask. The mask is painted white with black details on the scalloped edge, red and black designs on the forehead, black eyebrows, green around the eyes and on the nose, red nostrils, black dashed lines, scallops, and a curvilinear line on each cheek, a black scalloped moustache and chin beard, and red lips. The triangles above the head are painted white with designs in red and black that form a uniform design when the triangles are closed to form their overall crescent shape.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, leather skin, fibre, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA3663

Mask with an elongated face, a slightly protruding brow, a nose with a pointed tip that joines to the pointed top centre of the downturned mouth, and a cedar bark fringe around the face. The mask is painted white with black eyebrows, a green curvilinear design around the eyes with scalloped scale symbols underneath the eyes, black designs on the cheeks, a red-tipped nose, and black lips. Fibre cord at reverse.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, cedar bark, fibre, metal and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA3822

Mask with a slightly flattened face, prominent eyebrows, slightly bulging eyes, a nose with a bent bridge and pointed tip, and an upturned mouth with lips pointed at the centre. The mask is painted grey with black eyebrows, red with white lines above the eyes, black around trhe eyes and over the top of the nose, black lines across the cheeks and over the middle of the nose bridge, red nostrils with black outlines, red and white designs on the cheeks, a black moustache and chin beard, and red lips. There is also a slightly tapering cylindrical piece of wood attached at the top centre at an angle with a horizontal wooden crossbar behind it and two thinner segments of wood, each with a hole at the end, attached to the crossbar at an angle on each side. Ametal hook-like attachment is nailed to the centre of the crossbar.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, metal and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CopperA6113

Copper with a bottom section that has a slight point at the centre of the bottom edge and the width tapers slightly towards the bottom. The top section flares outwards, the top edge is curved, and this section is slightly convex. Abstract design overall on face. The copper is composed of two pieces joined to a horizontal piece of copper with metal rivets.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
metal and copper metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressA6157

Headdress in the form of a bird with the head and chest at the front, and two wings folded over a tail at the back. The figure is painted white with a black animal figure design on the chest, the outlines of feathers on the wings and tail in black, the eyes and eyebrows in black, and the mouth in red. Off-white fabric attached with metal nails behind chest. One of a set of four (see A6154 - A6156).

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, cotton fibre ?, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressA6154

Headdress in the form of a bird with the head and chest at the front, and two wings folded over a tail at the back. The figure is painted white with a black animal figure design on the chest, the outlines of feathers on the wings and tail in black, the eyes and eyebrows in black, and the mouth in red. Off-white fabric attached with metal nails behind chest. One of a set of four (see A6155 - A6157).

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