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Basket25.0/448
Black Cod Hook25.0/487C
Button Blanket1-1654
Bentwood Bowl25.0/501

The paint is red and black.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wood and paint
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Fungus25.0/491
Bentwood Box2.5E508
Bentwood Chest | Lid1-1622
Nakhnokh Mask1-1457

No documentation accompanies this striking piece, but it is probably a Nakhnokh mask--that is, a mask representing a hereditary spirit name. When the name is assumed by its owner, it is dramatized in a pantomimic dance using a mask illustrative of the name. Nakhnokh or spirit names refer to animals or to people, often foreigners or those with unusual physical or personality traits. Certain Nakhnokh are violent or antisocial. (Holm, Spirit and Ancestor, 1987)

Culture
Tsimshian ? or Nisga'a ?
Material
wood, alder wood ?, human hair and paint
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Basketry Hat25.0/472D
Earring1-1573