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HeaddressA4503

Headdress representing a wolf's head with an elongated snout, prominent nostrils, open lips with bared teeth, and cedar bark wrapped with cloth to form a head band. The headdress is painted black with white lines delineating the eyebrows, green around the eyes, a red scalloped design behind the eyes, and a red design element on the cheeks, red nostrils and lips, and white teeth.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
fibre, cedar bark, paint and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA4249

Wooden, carved, raven mask with a long beak with round, cutout nostrils. The beak is hinged with pieces of skin on either side, nailed to the lower mouth. The beak and nostrils are painted black with white and red edging; orange split "u" design extends from the nostril to back of mouth. The eye is outlined in black and red on a white background; eyebrow is black. The head of the bird is flat with cedar bark fringe on top and along the sides. The inside of the mask is hollow.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark, leather skin, metal, wood, paint and feather
Made in
Blunden Harbour, British Columbia, Canada ? or Ba'as, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Halibut HookA3717

Spruce root carved and steamed into a u-shape. Groove for hafting point on one arm end. Other arm end is wrapped with fine rope.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
fibre and wood
Made in
Bamfield, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatA7011

Woven circular mat. Purple tooth-edged circle in the centre with three sets of concentric bands: red, green, and red; orange-red triangular lozenges surrounded by purple; and orange, green, orange.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
grass and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatA7010

Woven circular mat. Oval figure at the centre with toothed edge in blue and orange filler to round it out. Second concentric band is green surrounded by orange and blue. Third band is blue surrounded by red and purple. Outer edge rim is blue.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
swamp grass and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressA4021

Tamer's headdress. Cedar bark framework of branches includes a headband and two additional loops (beak) fixed to the front of the band. The framework is wrapped with red cloth and then red-dyed cedar bark strips. Fringe of alternate strips of red-dyed and golden coloured cedar bark twined with string attached to back of the frame. A square of abalone shell is tied on to the bottommost flap.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
shell, fibre, wood, cedar bark and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketK2.289 a-b

A basket (part b) and a lid (part a). The basket has four panels alternating between a thin diamond-shaped design in red, peach, and purple on a natural background and a thin dimaond-shaped design in purple and natural on a red background. The rows above have a purple checkered pattern and natural diamond-shaped pattern on red and purple background. The lid has rows in similar designs to that of the rows above on the basket.

Culture
Central African ?
Material
palm leaf
Made in
Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA6110

Mask with protruding nose and open mouth with thin lips. The mask is painted white with and undulating black and red design at the top of the head, heavy black eyebrows, black around the eyes, a red nose tip, a black moustache with upturned and pointed ends, red lips, and three red semi-circular shapes on both sides of the face. Cord attached on reverse through holes in the sides and top of the mask.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PlaqueA2.243

English letters carved from white tusk; reads: "EACLO [Eagle?] SINUK," and is framed along the top and bottom by a strip connecting the letters. Three short metal pegs protrude from the bottom.

Culture
Inupiaq ?
Material
walrus tusk and copper metal
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model SpearA2.274 o

Model bird spear with three barbed prongs at end and centre. Prongs attached to shaft with black thread.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk, wood, fibre and dye
Made in
Moose Factory, Ontario, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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