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Frontlet HeaddressA5295 a-b

Headdress with a frontlet carved with a bear design, top and bottom figures. Inlaid with abalone shell pieces. Eyes of top figure are two pieces of mirror. Top of headdress is checker work cedar bark weaving. Cloth covered with white down. Feather at inside back dyed bright red. Red painted paws holding a face. Sea lion whiskers at top of headdress. Buttons at side and back of headdress. A cape (part b) is attached to these buttons. It is made of off-white ermine pelts with a cloth backing. Buttons used to attach next level of cloth with skins. Coloured wool(?), red, green and yellow, attached to some skins.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark, glass, silver alloy metal ?, abalone shell, plastic, fibre, feather, eagle down feather, sea lion whisker, wood and ermine skin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA6092

Mask with curved green rim consisting of three pieces of wood attached at sides and top. The mask has a nose with large nostrils and a mouth with pursed lips. The face is painted white with a red design on the forehead, heavy black brows, green around the black and white eyes, red nostrils and lips, a black moustache, a brown chin, and an arching brown scalloped design on the cheeks. Cedar bark fringe hair extends down the back, and twisted cedar bark is attached along the top rim.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark, wood, paint and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressA6090

Thunderbird headdress, carved and joined in four sections around a cloth-covered inner band. The bird face has a protruding, curved beak and two upright ears at the top. There are two wings on the sides, and a pentagonal tail piece covering the back. Colours are white, orange, black, red, green and brown.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
fibre, metal, wood and paint
Made in
Blunden Harbour, British Columbia, Canada ? or Ba'as, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA6087

Wooden animal mask with a long snout. The muzzle has prominent teeth and consists of a separate piece of wood that moves (would have been combined with the lower jaw, which is missing). Head of the mask has been covered with a piece of hide which has been painted black around the edges, white in the centre and green ovoids around the eyes. The eyes consist of black glass inlaid in the wood. Underneath the hide face is a fibrous material. The mask is painted black, green, red and white with stylized designs.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
clay ?, wood, glass, skin, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA6211

Intruder mask. Carved wooden mask with round eye holes, and an inverted red mouth. Eyebrows, moustache and beard are painted in black. Yellow painted areas around eyes and between eyebrows on forehead.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA6208

Otter mask with rounded head and movable jaw. The mask is painted black with white around the eyes, two white curvilinear lines on the top of the snout, red nostrils, a red upper lip, and white teeth. Pieces of black cloth are attached with nails to the sides of the jaw and at the back of the mask.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, fibre and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Frog FigureA6200

Wooden carving in the shape of a frog. Two arms extend in front of the figure. Colours are green, black, and red.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA6199

Wooden eagle mask with a curved yellow beak, red mouth and nostrils, a green band around the eyes, and heavy black eyebrows. The remnants of two bird wings are nailed to the top edges of the masks.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
bird wing, fibre, wood, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Net FloatA6198

Carving of a water bird with details painted in black on the bird's back. Has a tail feather attached to body with cedar bark stitches and two black leather pieces resembling feet. Head tapers to a pointed beak and is attached to the neck with a wooden dowel.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
paint, wood, metal, skin and cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HarpoonA6197

Painted red, white, and green with a long, cylindrical, green rod that has two barbed red arrow points. Twisted cedar bark rope is wrapped between the arrow points and the flat, white notched end.

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