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PuppetA6891

Nunlhamgila puppet. Wooden male, articulated figure, in a box. Consisting of various pieces of wood, the rectangular body has two carved arms attached to it with pieces of leather. The head is made from a separate piece and sits on a dowel. He moves by means of two spools of string placed in the back of the box. Attached to the spools are parts of a Buckinghams cigarettes box; one has ‘rite hand’ written, the other ‘left hand’. The chest and arms of the man are painted black, the head is black. The face has black brow, large black eyes on a white background while the nose and lips are painted red. The puppet is mounted in a rectangular shaped, cedar box with a rim.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, leather skin, fibre, paint, metal and paper
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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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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Feast DishA6433

Wooden feast dish carved in the shape of an eagle with a central, oval shaped concavity. The bird has its head painted white, green and yellow and is turned inward with its beak hanging over the bowl; its feet grip the opposite end. Below the feet are three vertical lines of white tail feathers detailed with ovoids and u-forms. The head is a separate piece attached with nails. The outer sides are carved with a wing consisting of three horizontal feather designs of black, yellow, green and orange ovoids, s-shapes, u-forms and split u’s. The body of the eagle is black.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar wood, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Feast DishA6432

Wooden feast dish carved in the shape of an eagle with a central, oval shaped concavity. The bird has its head turned inward with its beak hanging over the bowl; its feet grip the opposite end. The head is painted red and black with traces of white; it is a separate piece attached with nails. The neck is painted white with black u-forms for feathers. The outer sides are carved with a wing consisting of three horizontal feather designs of black, yellow, green and red ovoids, s-shapes, u-forms and split u’s.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar wood, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressA6377

Headdress formed of six small hamatsa masks--painted black, white and red--secured to a semicircular band of metal. Tufts of shredded cedar bark on top of heads. Wire ties attached at either end of the metal band.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, metal, cedar bark and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressA6376

Wooden wolf headdress, or mask, with a thin, elongated snout. Muzzle has open mouth, with no teeth showing. Face has oval-shaped copper eyes, and a piece of off-white cloth across the forehead. The headdress is painted black with red and green rimmed lips and nostrils, and green around the eyes.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, copper metal and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Frog BowlA1763

Dish in the form of a frog with four protruding feet and a protruding mouth. Dish area is held of surface by the feet.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
wood
Made in
Metlakatla, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Grave FigureA1780

Carved wooden standing figure. Represents a female, with her face carved in deep relief. Heavy brows which formerly had hair and eyebrows of bear fur. Some white paint left on chin and cheeks. Large deep eyes, wide downturned nose, opened mouth, and pronounced breasts. Remnants of strips of skin (hair lost) attached to forehead. Arms alongside body and hands on hips. Wide legs. Skin remnants also near groin.

Culture
Coast Salish: Tla'amin
Material
paint, cat-tail grass, skin, cedar wood and metal
Made in
Powell River, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Canoe PaddleA129

Paddle painted black except for one side of the blade on which a scene is painted in oils. It shows a plank house with a totem pole in front. In the foreground, there stands a woman who is bare to the waist and wrapped in a red blanket. A background of sky, mountains, and trees and a foreground of vegetation completes the scene. The Chinook words 'Klahoya Tillicum' [hello friends] are painted on the blade.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw: Laich-kwil-tach
Material
paint and wood
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonA133

Large wooden spoon with an elongated bowl and flat, squared-off handle. Bowl painted in distributive, black Northwest Coast design. Stylized smiling human face painted black on underside of bowl. Hole in side of bowl and on handle.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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