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FrontletA2465

Carved wooden frontlet. Central figure is the face of an eagle, over a whale. The dorsal fin of the whale is represented by a small face with upright crest on the top edge of the frontlet. Flat margin around the main figures is inlaid with rectangular and circular pieces of abalone as are the eyes and various other parts of the main figures.

Culture
Nuxalk
Material
wood, abalone shell and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FrontletA2464

Thin square-shaped frontlet, concave in back, convex on front surface. Front carved in high relief with animal head with protruding tongue; eyes inlaid with abalone. Red and black paint highlight eyebrows, nostrils, teeth, tongue lips and chin.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
abalone shell, paint and wood
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FrontletA2589

Headpiece shaped like a raven with large eyes, large beak, and protuberances over eyes. Holes bored through protuberances and lower back corners of carving. Through these holes are threaded strips of burlap.

Culture
Haida
Material
wood, jute fibre and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FrontletA6810

Carved frontlet with a bear in a squatting position with palms raised, a human in similar position is carved on the body and on the ears. Small faces are on palms and feet. All have small abalone shell inlay. Painted in black and red.

Culture
Nisga'a
Material
abalone shell, wood and paint
Made in
Greenville, British Columbia, Canada and Lakalzap, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FrontletA7311

Vertically rectangular wood piece. Abalone bird design with human arms and legs. Plain face has oval abalone shell inlaid eyes surrounded by a tapering black oval and a blue area, a black beak that is red down the middle, and an open red mouth showing one oval abalone shell inlaid tooth. The red limbs are bent togehter with two vertically rectangular abalone shell inlaid pieces in between. Red all around and bordered by square shale inlaid pieces around the sides and the top.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
shale stone, wood, abalone shell and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FrontletA4458

Oblong wooden frontlet featuring a carved human figure with raised arms in kneeling position. Faint traces of paint around face and eyes in black and red.

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FrontletA8360

Bird's head in centre with two smaller heads above and below it. Painted blue, red and black, inlaid with abalone shell. Eyes inlaid with pierced metal discs over abalone.

Culture
Nuxalk
Material
wood, steel metal, copper metal and abalone shell
Made in
Bella Coola, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FrontletA8364

Unfinished chief's frontlet, with animal face in the middle, and elongated upright section at top. Unpainted.

Culture
Nuxalk
Material
alder wood
Made in
Bella Coola, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FrontletA2179

Frontlet featuring an anthropomorphic squatting figure with raised palms. Piece is painted red, except for face and palm of hands. Abalone shell inlay around the border and on eyes and mouth.

Culture
Nisga'a
Material
alder wood ?, abalone shell and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FrontletA2106

Square frontlet with a carved human face with heavy black eyebrows and abalone shell inlay for eyes and teeth. Face is bordered on three sides by a band of carved human faces, hands and feet: small human faces are partially painted blue, with black eyes and eyebrows; hands and feet are red; in between the small faces are pieces of abalone shell.

Culture
Nisga'a
Material
abalone shell and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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