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Mat CreaserNbz866

Wooden mat creaser carved with two bird-like heads facing in opposite directions. Both surfaces are engraved with thunderbirds, dotted lines (rain?) and diamond shapes. An oblong opening has been carved into the centre of the piece to create a handle. The heads of the two birds are also decorated with incised lines, but different patterns. One has a series of criss-crossing diamond shapes enhanced with a white powdery substance and a circular eye, while the other has a slit-like eye and a diagonal slit on each side of its mouth. There are two incised thunderbirds on each side of the creaser, at the same end, for a total of four. They have dotted lines to represent their wing feathers and Xs on their tails, the ones in the middle of the creaser (beneath the opening) are upside down. Diamond shapes and dotted lines are likewise only represented at one end of the object, but on both sides.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
pigment, stain and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mat NeedleNbz896

Long, slightly bowed, wooden mat needle. Flat on one side and triangular on the other. One end flares out to a diamond shaped point. The other end has a small thin triangular hole cut out.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceCh289

Woman's necklace of 23 painted or stained wooden beads of various sizes and shapes (cubes, spheres, barrel-shapes), strung on yellow, red and blue twisted cord.

Culture
Polish
Material
wood, fibre, dye, lacquer and paint
Made in
Lowicz, Poland
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskNa1124

Oval, roughly carved face mask with green-brown stain and patchy grey pigment overall. Seal head appendage at top. Dark brown seal has incised eye slits and wide mouth slit. Notches indicate nostrils. Forehead of mask is higher than plane of face. Long, narrow, nose is nailed on with three metal nails. Nose is stained dark brown with red under stain and at bottom, scraped to bare wood at tip. Almond shaped eye holes below sloped lids. Two small holes below nose and downturned mouth hole with black over red lips. A hole on each side has a two strand twine cord tied between. Back is very uneven. Black #12 above #311 on side and faded '26920-2' in white.

Culture
Inuit
Material
pigment, stain, fibre, metal and wood
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskNa1122

Oval, stylized, dark brown human face with triangular nose. Face slopes off on either side and slopes off under nostril holes. Mouth is semi-circular hole, flat along bottom with carved Chinese-style green glass beads nailed just below mouth on either side. Series of pencil ? v's along a line from either side of mouth extending out to sides of mask. Curved pencil lines above almond shaped eye holes. A brittle hide ? strip passes through and is tied at small holes on either side of mask. Strip is knotted at centre. Back surface is smooth except at bevelled areas around holes and nose indentation. Black letters on one side read 'Nesk.20.p' and white numbers at bottom read '23757'.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood, stain, skin ?, graphite mineral, metal and glass
Made in
Point Hope, Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskNa1123

Round, stylized human face mask with sides sloping up to eyebrows and mouth. Mouth is curved slit with flattened lip. Thin almond shaped eye holes on slope below curved brow ridge. Triangular nose in high relief. Faint dark triangle on chin, bands below nose indicating a moustache, also eyebrows and hair. Small holes drilled on either side. Evenly spaced series of holes along edge of mask do not go through to back. Screwed in metal hook at top centre back. Back surface is rough with 'nesk-7-ex' in black and '2-11991' in white letters. White stain on face.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stain and wood
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blade BoxNa1116

Stylized walrus-shaped curved box with attached stylized bird-shaped lid. Oval cavity is roughly finished. Exterior surfaces are smooth and stained brown. Hinged lid is attached by an ivory peg and is sandwiched between curved extensions to oval container. Multi-bevelled, tapering cylinders of ivory project toward lid from extensions. The effect is of walrus tusks with the hinge peg forming eyes. The lid is oval with concave bottom and tapering head-like extension. The container tapers to a point paralleling the lid. The hinge is very stiff.

Culture
Inuit
Material
ivory and wood
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Canoe BailerIe366

A deep wood scoop with parallel handle ending in a knob. Carved lines on the scoop curve from the mid-point to the base of the handle, joining at a human-like image. Stained black.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
charcoal, oil and wood
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Canoe ProwIe365

Canoe prow that tapers from the concave back to a rounded point at the front where it is carved into a crocodile-like head capped at the nose with a rounded point at the tip. Behind this is a carving of a head with notched rows along the forehead, large eyes and a recurved beak-like nose. The underside is carved with geometric and scale-like designs, and the surface is stained dark brown.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood and stain
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DrumIe362

Cylindrical, tapered, hollow wood piece. The bottom third has been carved with geometric designs, the top has texture from the carving. The carved area is narrower than the top. The base has two points that the drum rests on. Fibre is tied around the bottom and halfway up.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
charcoal, pigment, plant fibre ? and wood
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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