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MaskA5289

Mask with a long tuft of orange, grey, brown and off-white feathers protruding from the top of the forehead. The mask is painted with heavy black eyebrows, green around the slightly protruding eyes, red nostrils and thin lips, a black moustache, a red scalloped design accentuating the cheeks, and a red upside-down v-shape accentuating the chin. There are also three black lines on the top of the head.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, feather and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA5285

Male human mask with deeply carved linear facial designs painted red and black. Grey-white hair embellishments along the top of the head, cheeks, eyebrows and upper lip. Piece of blue, woolen cloth nailed to the back of the mask. Cording at back tied to holes on sides of mask.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, fibre, wolf hair ?, wolf skin ?, metal and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA5282

Mask with a piece of abalone suspended from the nose. The mask is painted with black eyebrows, green around the eyes, red nostrils and lips, a black moustache, and a black scalloped design around the mouth area, suggesting gills. The forehead is painted with a black design that suggests a fish tail.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
fibre, wood, abalone shell, iron metal, copper metal and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA5279

Small mask with black painted eyebrows, moustache with upturned ends, and chin. The nostrils and geometric pattern on the cheeks are also painted in black. There is red paint between the brows, around the eyes, on the bottom of the nose, and on the lips. Human hair is attached to the top of the mask. Mouth and eyes inlaid with abalone. A thin string is threaded through holes either side of the face.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
hair, wood, abalone shell and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA5275

Rectangular shaped mask with rounded edges. Overall, the mask is white with black eyebrows, dark green and white cut-out eyes, black nose with red nostrils, and black mouth with red lips. Simple cedar strips are attached to the middle of head at the top and at the sides of the face.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
paint and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA5274

Mask with arched heavy eyebrows, circular eye holes, a short, slightly flattened nose, an open smiling mouth, and stylized cheeks. The mask is painted greyish-green with black scalloped scale designs over each eyebrow, black eyebrows, black-rimmed eyes, black gill-like designs on the cheeks, red nostrils and lips, and a black moustache and goatee. Holes at top centre of forehead and sides of head.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressA6156

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 - 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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HeaddressA6155

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 - A6157).

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cotton fibre ?, wood, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA6151

Carved wooden, crooked beak mask. The beak has red, snout-like protruding nostril with a series of black and white s-shapes above. Running from the brow is a central black frill, outlined in white, that protrudes outward then curves downwards to the top of the beak. The mouth is red, flat and protruding. The underside of the beak is natural with black, feather-like detailing. The bottom parts of the beak are hinged with rectangular pieces of rubber. The eyes are black, outlined in white and red on a white ovoid shaped ground; brow is black. The inside of the mask is hollow with the exception of pieces of fibre twine that articulates the beak. The top and sides have small bundles of small stripes of cedar bark. The mask is painted black, white and red with Northwest Coast stylized forms.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, rubber, fibre, cedar bark, metal and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FrontletA6149

Pentagonal wooden frontlet depicting a hawk resting on the head of a frog. Abalone shell inlay decorates the border. Painted in red, green and black. Bored holes with string still attached visible along the edge of the hawk.

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