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Button Blanket1994-18/1

The wool is blue, felt, and red. The thread is red and white. The button is mother-of-pearl. The button is abalone.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw: Kwagu'l
Material
wool, felt, thread, button, mother of pearl shell and abalone shell
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Spoon2.5E1532
Button Blanket1989-116/1

The wool cloth is green and red. The button is white.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wool cloth and button
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Head Ring7723
Cedar Bark Head Ring | Hamatsa1-11386
Lidded Bentwood Box | Spoon Box2101
Clapper25.0/270

Among the Kwakwaka'wakw the use of the clapper is reserved to the Mitla dancer, one of the performers in the Tseyka series. In the dance it is shaken rapidly and produces a staccato clattering sound. The whole instrument is carved and painted to represent the killer whale, with a thin upright dorsal fin and pectoral fins. (Holm, Crooked Beak of Heaven, 1972)

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, paint, leather and nail
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Carrying Basket2.5E1189
Neck Ring7712
Hand Puppet25.0/245

The paint is black and red.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, paint, cloth and button
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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