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Bentwood BoxA3646

Bentwood box with straight sides, steamed, bent, corners cut-out, last corner pegged and sewn (with spruce root), bottom pegged on. Undecorated; no lid.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar wood and spruce root
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Head RingA4522

Head band of strips of cedar bark wrapped with string and sewn together in horizontal rows; extra bundles of red-dyed cedar bark bound with string and tied to the main band on three sides. Large rectangular piece of red-dyed cedar bark backed with cloth sewn to one side.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Frontlet HeaddressA5295 a-b

Headdress with a frontlet carved with a bear design, top and bottom figures. Inlaid with abalone shell pieces. Eyes of top figure are two pieces of mirror. Top of headdress is checker work cedar bark weaving. Cloth covered with white down. Feather at inside back dyed bright red. Red painted paws holding a face. Sea lion whiskers at top of headdress. Buttons at side and back of headdress. A cape (part b) is attached to these buttons. It is made of off-white ermine pelts with a cloth backing. Buttons used to attach next level of cloth with skins. Coloured wool(?), red, green and yellow, attached to some skins.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark, glass, silver alloy metal ?, abalone shell, plastic, fibre, feather, eagle down feather, sea lion whisker, wood and ermine skin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Head RingA6298

Woven cedar bark with abalone shell pieces attached to sides. Ermine pelts decorate the top. Two pieces of abalone shell carved and incised. Inner ring lined with white cloth.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
ermine skin, cotton fibre, cedar bark, abalone shell and pigment ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Neck RingA4518

Framework of branches bound with soft cloth covered with strips of red-dyed cedar. Tassels of red bark are sewn on the four sides. Small cedar bark ring is sewn on the outside edge.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark, wood, fibre and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Neck RingA6137

Red, stuffed, circular knit tube with four matching string fringes attached at equidistant intervals around the outside of ring. Tube is stuffed with tightly packed cloth.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Blunden Harbour, British Columbia, Canada ? or Ba'as, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Head RingA6136

Thick head band of strips of cedar bark bound on diagonal angles with fine twisted cedar bark string. Lower edge of the band bound with fine twine. Four bundles of shredded bark wrapped in a covering of woven cedar bark string tied around the top edge of the band. Additional panel of bark similar in construction to the main band attached on one side. Inside of the band lined with cotton cloth.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cotton fibre and cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Neck ringA6272

Large cedar bark neck ring consisting of a framework made of twisted branches wrapped in beige, twine cloth then covered with red fabric. Covering the fabric are strips of cedar bark that bind the ring together. Keeping the cedar down are ties of string, cedar twine and strips of cloth. There are two sets of four tassels that hang down from the middle and bottom of the ring. One set consists of stripes of cedar bark, the other is twisted rope made of cotton sock-like material and red fabric. The bottom of the ring has a section of stripes of cedar bark that run horizontally.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, cedar bark and cotton fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Head RingA6267

Coiled cedar bark head ring with four carved wooden skulls attached to sides of headdress; skulls are painted white. Four bundles of cedar bark strips are attached to the sides in between the skulls. Brown ribbon ties attached at the bottom.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, cedar bark, paint and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Head RingA4240 a-c

Three head rings - each consisting of a printed cotton cloth-covered strip of bark. A strip of red-dyed cedar bark is sewn around the outside of each band. A cardboard cutout fish with details drawn in red crayon is sewn to each band.

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