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MaskA6544

Mourner mask. Carved wooden mask with three painted horizontal orange lines on forehead, one on chin, simple orange design on lower cheek. Nose and lips also orange. Blue design around eyes and across bridge of the nose. Two copper strips, representing tears, run down the upper cheeks from the corners of each eye.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, fibre, copper metal and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Totem PoleA6543

Small carved wooden pole depicting figures from top to bottom: hawk, human, eagle, whale, wolf and killer whale. Painted black, green and red with Northwest Coast designs. Underside is slightly rounded.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
cedar wood, paint and lacquer
Made in
Bella Bella, British Columbia, Canada and 'Qvuqvai, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowA6530

Bow painted with Sisiutl design in red, black, and green paint on forward side. Simple repeated design in black and red paint on underside. Rope strung from one end to the other around the Sisiutle tongues.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA3714

Female human face mask. The mask is yellow with a protruding nose and the features painted on in various colours. The tiny pointed teeth are white. The lips, nostrils, chin and a band over the forehead are painted red. The eyebrows and outlining of the nostrils and lips are blue. The cheek area has a blue curl and a white area outlined in red. Beside the eye there is a white hourglass shape with two red triangles. The eyes are white, outlined in red with round black obsidian centres. The flat top of the mask is unpainted. (Similar to A3713).

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
wood, paint and obsidian stone
Made in
Bamfield, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA3713

Male human face mask. The mask is yellow with a protruding nose and the features painted on in various colours. The lips, nostrils and a border around the entire face are painted red. There are two thick black diagonal lines under the nose. The eyebrows and outlining of the nostrils is blue. The cheek area is also blue with yellow dots around the edges. The eyes are white and diamond shaped with round black obsidian centres. The back and flat top of the mask is unpainted. (Similar to A3714).

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
wood, obsidian stone and paint
Made in
Bamfield, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA3686

Mask consisting of a large duck-like carving, with a face mask hanging from its front, attached by wires. The mask is white with green around they eyes and in a scalloped pattern around the mouth, red lips and nostrils, and red and black oval shapes at the centre of the forehead. The bird has an unpainted beak with red painted borders, green around the eyes, and a white head and neck with an unpainted back.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA3684

Human face with copper strips applied to eyebrows, cheeks and moustache. Circular eyes. Copper trim. Colours are black, grey, and red. Cording attached at back.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, copper metal, fibre and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA3683

Oval shaped face mask with green inset cut-out eyes that are outlined in white. Eyebrows are black and arched. Cheekbones are black and blue-grey. Nostrils and mouth are cut-out and red. Moustache and chin are black.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA3682

Mask with acute angle overall, heavy brow, hooked nose with flared nostrils, and closed mouth. The mask is painted white overall with black curved lines on the forehead, heavy black brows, green around the eyes with a scalloped edge at the bottom, red on the temples, black over the bridge of the nose, red nostrils, red and black designs on the cheeks, a black scalloped gill design around the mouth, a black chin and moustache, and red lips.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA3680

Large, carved crooked beak mask. Beak is long with a high black frill running from the brow; projects upwards and curves downwards to the top, tip of the beak. The nose is ovoid shaped and painted red surrounded by a pink split u within a large red u-form. The beak is long and pointed, painted black with a red mouth and white detailing. The beak is hinged with pieces of leather nailed to either side. The eyes are black and white, outlined in black, on a white ovoid shaped background; brow is black. The inside of the mask is hollow. The mask is painted black, red, and white with stylized designs.

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