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BowlA7312

Red-brown wood dish in the shape of a bear. Has circular abalone shell inlaid eyes surrounded by a plain carved tapering oval, a snout, and an open mouth showing nine abalone shell inlaid teeth. Thirteen oval abalone shell inlaid pieces are along the rim. The fore legs are angled forward while the back legs are bent at the knees.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
abalone shell and wood
Made in
Sitka, Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureEf193

Clay model of human figure. Torso is pinched at waist and lower extremities form a wide skirt that is pained yellow, red, green and white. Arms are stumpy and roughly depicted. Hands and face painted black. Wears plain silver crown. Back is unpainted.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
paint, lacquer and clay
Made in
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskEf192

Papier-mache mask of woman's face. The face has the following facial features: prominent red coloured lips that are outlined in black, a pointed nose, eyes and eye brows outlined in black, a round jaw line, and protruding ears decorated with round yellow painted earrings. The woman wears a raised yellow painted crown that is decorated with white, light brown, red and green linear designs. There are white dotted circular designs on each cheek and in the middle of the woman's forehead.

Culture
Indian
Material
paint, lacquer and paper
Made in
Odisha, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureEf195

Clay model of human figure. Torso is pinched at waist. Lower extremities form skirt also serving as solid base. Arms are stumpy and roughly depicted. Face is painted yellow. Skirt is red, green, and light blue. Wears silver crown. Back is unpainted.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
paint, lacquer and clay
Made in
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureEf194

Clay model of human figure. Torso is pinched at waist. Lower extremities form skirt that also serves as solid base. The skirt is painted yellow, red, and green. Arms are stumpy and roughly depicted. Face is painted blue with orange features. Wears silver crown.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
paint, lacquer and clay
Made in
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Speaker's StaffA7473

Long wooden staff, cylindrical in shape with a short metal piece attached at the end. Carved into the body are many totemic figures intertwined: Tsonokwa, octopus ?, killer whale, sculpin and others. Staff has traces of red pigment.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
paint, metal, fir wood and lacquer
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Speaker's StaffA3655

Talking stick, or speaker's staff, with upper lacquered section decorated with totemic figures, and the lower tapering cylindrical portion painted dark green. There is a brass sheath on the tip with a rounded brass point emerging from the centre bottom of the staff.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, brass metal and lacquer
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HornA5256

A hollow, bottle-shaped, brown wood horn that is circular in cross section with a neck tapering to a flat, beak-like mouthpiece. Bound with green string and brown twine around near the wider end. Has a raven design on the shellacked surface. Has circle in circle eyes surrounded by a horizontal ovoid with an inverted u form above at either top side. There is a curving double v-shape underneath with the wings that are consisting of a top horizontal ovoid in ovoid and two feathers. Feathers have a u form within a larger one that has a rectangle within. Inner wing is flat at the tip while the outer wing is outward pointed at the tip. Talons have an ovoid from which a downward and inward curving talon is on one side while three more are on the other side. The tail on the opposite side has two u forms that have a rectangle within and an ovoid in ovoid across the top. The name 'JOE SEAWEED' is pencilled around the wide end.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and fibre
Made in
Blunden Harbour, British Columbia, Canada ? or Ba'as, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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StaffA8077

Carved wooden staff decorated with two figures. Lower figure is the angularly carved face of an old man with a full moustache and long beard, which curls three times around the stick. Amongst the beard curls are carved a mouse and a fly. The upper figure is a standing naked man holding a staff in front. Some carved sections are darkened for contrast. The entire stick is heavily shellacked.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
wood, paint and lacquer
Made in
Alberni Canal, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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