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BasketA2630 a-b

Small cylindrical woven basket with dome-shaped, fitted lid (part b). One side depicts a whale with jaws open, chasing a canoe carrying two people; on the other side, the whale is swallowing them. Flying birds encircle a floral motif on the lid. Motifs are woven directly into the baskets with dyed grasses; inside this basket, protected from the light, the colours remain vibrant: pink, purple, red, orange, and green.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
bear grass, aniline dye, cedar bark and grass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA6185

Dzunuk'wa mask. Mask with ovoid-shaped, slightly flattened face, bushy eyebrows of bearskin, concave eye sockets, concave cheeks, concave temples, a sharply hooked nose, and a pursed mouth. Taces of red paint at the eyes and the mouth. There is a small hole on either side of the nose.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
bear skin, wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA7957

Mask of a woman's face with a swiveling bird on top. The red-brown face has circular cut out hole eyes outlined by black and surrounded by a white tapering oval with black brows above and a vertical ridge in between up to the black hairline. The nostrils are cut out as is the open white mouth. The cheeks are painted with a pair of black u forms. The bird on top has black tapering oval eyes surrounded by a plain carved tapering oval with a black head, a red-brown beak and body, and brown fur for the wings. The bird is perched on white feathers. Skin strips are tied around the back at the top and at either side with mulit-coloured patterned cloth and a wood stick.

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
wood, fibre, feather, bear skin, skin and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skull RepresentationA6183

Brown wood skull face is painted black and red on white with brown bear hide hair covering the back. The closed eyes are indicated by an inverted u curved red line with black brows above. Three vertical red lines are along each cheek. There is a red mouth and a black moustache. Has a prominent nose and chin. Underneath the chin, there is a wood loop attached with metal nails.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
bear skin, wood, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceD2.160

Close-fitting necklace made from a thick strip of brown bear fur with ten bear claws sewn around the front. Necklace is tied at the back with strips of red cloth, string and hide thongs.

Culture
Plains
Material
bear skin, bear claw, fibre and dye
Made in
Manitoba, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Soul Catcher1100/1

Soul catcher made of a hollow tubular piece of bone with inlaid abalone. Each end of the tube flares slightly and is carved out in silhouette to represent the open mouth of a creature resembling a bear, wolf, or whale. Abalone shell is inlaid on one side of the faces at teeth, eyes, cheeks, ears and nostrils.

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
bear bone ? and abalone shell
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD1.55

Rounded woven basket with diagonal line pattern outlined with jagged edges.

Culture
Pomo
Material
bear grass
Made in
California, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA4238

Wooden, carved, bear mask with a long snout painted black with orange edging. The jaw is hinged with pieces of leather on either side, nailed to the lower mouth. Eyes are round and protrude outward. Mouth opens with fangs and teeth showing. The head is covered with two skins, one covering the nose and upper jaw another with fur, covering the top of the head and dangling down the back. Ears are formed out of the skin and sit at the top, back of the head. The inside of the mask is hollow with the exception of an attached twine cord that assistants the mouth in opening. The mask is painted black and orange with Northwest Coast stylized designs.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
paper, bear skin, wood, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Scoop1718/13

White-yellow coloured bone piece that widens at one end and tapers to a round point on the other. Down the length of the object are eight similar-sized grooved holes in a row. On the top side of the object are two smaller holes and on the underside is a curled edge.

Culture
Inuit
Material
polar bear bone ?
Made in
Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, Canada and Igluligaarjuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA6664

Twined basket with a diagonal design pattern. Round with alternating light and dark coloured warps. Trimmed with two dark and two black horizontal bands.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
bear grass and dye
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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