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HeaddressA3790

Wooden headdress in the form of a sisiutl; carved in three sections with a head frame made of split branches. Cedar bark fringe on top. Painted black, red, white, and green.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark, metal, wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressA3639 a-c

Carved wooden sisiutl headdress is in 3 pieces that are attached with wire. Two side pieces are nailed to a thick circular leather band. Sisiutl face has red horns (parts b and c) and snake faces have red tongues that stick out the rear of the headdress. All have green around eyes.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
leather skin, cedar wood, metal and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressA3633 a

Hawk with a crane's neck and head above the body of the hawk. The neck of the crane forms an extension of the hawk's neck. Wings consist of slats of wood and canvas. Both heads move together, controlled by strings that hand from the front and inside of the mask. Colours are black, green, blue, red, yellow and white.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
paint, fibre, wood and cotton fibre ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressA6182

Headdress representing a wolf's head with a long snout, pronounced nostrils, one top row of teeth and two rows of fangs, and two diagonally protruding rounded ears at the top of the head. The headdress is painted black with white lines delineating the eyebrows, green around the eyes, red nostrils and lips, and a white streak along the top of the snout to the forehead.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressA6181

Wooden wolf headdress, or mask, with narrow snout, open mouth with bared teeth and fangs, protruding rounded ears, fur across the top and back of th e head bordered by twisted cloth and cedar bark. The headdress is painted black with orange around the eyes, white ears with orange and red designs on the inside, red nostrils and lips, and white lines delineating the eyebrows, edges of the eye sockets, the top lip and the nostrils.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cotton fibre, metal, fibre, skin, cedar bark, wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressA4162

Wooden headdress in the shape of a loon; made from four individual pieces of wood fastened together with string. Painted white, red, yellow, green and black.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, fibre and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Deer HeaddressA6104

Mask representing a deer with pointed ears, elongated snout and bared teeth. The mask is painted brown with elongated black eyebrows, blue around the eyes, red nostrils and lips, white teeth, and red dashed lines on a white background inside the ears. Off-white cloth and green cord are attached at the back of the mask. Two holes in wood on top of head (probably indicate where antlers used to be attached).

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
fibre, metal, wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressA6103

Painted wooden headdress in the form of a killer whale, carved in four sections around a fur-trimmed inner band; face with an open, toothy mouth and all features in relief, two fins on the sides, and a three-dimensional tail piece attached at the back. A wooden bar is fixed across the top of the inner band with a tall, vertical dorsal fin protruding from its centre. Colours used are black, red, green and white.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
skin, fibre, cotton fibre ? and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressA6101

Raven headdress with separate wooden tail and separate plywood wings; painted black, red and white.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressA4023

Wolf headdress, or mask. The mask is painted with black eyebrows, grey around the eyes, a red and white design beside the eyes, a black and white snout, red nostrils and lips, and white teeth. Elongated snout that dips downwards just before the brow, prominent nostrils, and an open mouth with bared teeth. It has cardboard for the ears, under the lower jaw and on the crown. Branch frame at base on reverse and knotted cord attached at top reverse.

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