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MaskA6112

Mask with black eyebrows, forehead, beard and moustache. Temples and parts around eyes are reddish-brown, while the nose and cheeks are grey. A piece of yellow cloth and a green cord are attached at the back of the mask.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
fibre and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA6111

Mask painted with a black hairline, brown-red forehead, black eyebrows, grey eyes with black rims, grey over the nose, cheeks and sides of the jaw, and a black beard that curls up over the sides of the red mouth. Grey and off-white cord attached to reverse of mask.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, paint, fibre and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA6343

Small mask depicting a human face with circular eyes and mouth. Cedar bark fringe nailed at top of head with a tuft of off-white fibre. The mask is painted white with faint black lines on the forehead and a black shape at the centre of the forehead, black eyebrows, red linear designs on the cheeks and nose, black on the tip of the nose, black around the red mouth, black on the chin, and two black curving lines to either side of the chin. Off-white and green string attached at back of mask.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
metal, cedar bark, wood, paint, fibre and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA6342

Small mask with cedar bark fringe. The mask is painted with black hair, small black eyebrows on a white forehead, white around the eyes and on the nose, and red nostrils. The remainder of the face is painted in red, and red lines forming a part of the lower part surround the white around the eyes. The mouth is slightly open. Green cord attached at the reverse.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark, wood, paint, fibre and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA6341

Caller mask. Face mask with pursed lips and cedar bark fringe representing hair. The mask is painted white with thick black eyebrows, red nostrils, a black moustache in two parts, and a black design on the chin. There is also a red and black design across the forehead, and a red scalloped design beside the eyes. Additional piece of wood at crown which has two holes drilled, possibly for feathers. Off-white cord is attached at the back of the mask through hjoles at the sides and chin.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureA6338

Wooden carving of a killer whale with recurved tail; hole on back (for dorsal fin--missing). Painted in red, green, and black.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Splitting Dzunuk'wa MaskA6337

Dzunuk'wa mask. Made in three pieces: forehead to mid-eye, mid-eye to below the nose, below the nose to chin. The pieces are moveable using cords that run through each piece and sheets of copper are visible behind the gaps between the pieces when they are opened. Eyebrows and neck of hide. Round eyes and pursed lips. the mask is painted black with red eye rims, nostrils and lips.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
skin, wood, copper metal, fibre and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Neck RingA6254

Cover of tightly knitted red string sewn over a core of cloth. Long tassels of lengths of red string twined together are sewn onto the ring in four places that are equally spaced. Circular in shape.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cotton fibre and dye
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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