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Raven RattleA8532

Raven rattle carved of hardwood. Reclining figure with bear's head on raven's back connected to a frog by protruding tongue; frog is being held in beak of a kingfisher bird. Belly emphasized by a bird's face with recurved beak. Main paint colours are black, red-brown, and green.

Culture
Nuxalk
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Bella Coola, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA8404

Brown wood whistle that is oval in cross section and has a knob at one end and bound around near the smaller end and around the knob with brown twine. While the wider end is solid, there is a hollow through the tapering end where there is a taper cut elongated semi-oval hole nearby on one side.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, fibre and resin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA8399

Brown wooden whistle that has a taper-cut semi-oval hole on one side, near the knob end, with a hide bellows bound to it at the other end. Bound with white string and a flat braided cord.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, deer skin and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model CanoeD3.193

Model version of an Eastern woodlands style canoe. Canoe is made from birch bark lashed to a wooden frame with root lacings. Upper edge of the canoe is rimed with a slender branch that is overcast with strips of root. Black, resinous pitch is used to patch seams and holes in the birch bark.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
birch bark, wood, resin and root
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA7973

Tapering cylindrical four-reeded brown wood framed ivory(?) whistle that has a knob at the wider end. Bound with brown cord around the middle and around the knob itself. The end opposite to that of the knob end has four hollows through it connected by an x-formation and four taper cut semi-oval holes nearby around the sides. Sealed with resin gum.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
ivory ?, fibre, wood and resin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Raven RattleA1760

Raven rattle composed of two complementary parts. On the raven's back is a sea otter and a frog. The belly is decorated with a bird's face with recurved beak. Painted in red and black.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleA7856

Wooden rattle carved in the shape of a duck; painted in yellow, blue, red and black.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Nuchatlaht
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Nuchatlitz, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleA5252

Bird-shaped rattle with long protruding handle. Bird has a narrow neck and head that tapers upwards from the body. The top of the rattle is a flat surface and widens to the shape of two wings and a tail feather. The body of the bird is underneath the wings and is bulbous in shape. The handle protrudes from underneath the tail feather.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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