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Drum2995/1

Painted drum with a painted design of a bullhead fish. Round drum made of deer hide tightly stretched over a yellow cedar ring. The hide extends around the bottom of the ring where it is fastened to itself by 6 strands of sinew that extend out from the hide and meet in the centre where they are attached to a small piece of antler that also serves as a holder while the drum is being played. The painted image on the face of the drum is a black and red stylized fish with a forked tail, small black dorsal fin, three barbel-like extensions above its two large eyes and an open mouth displaying a set of sharp, pointed teeth.

Culture
Haida
Material
yellow cedar wood, deer skin, sinew, antler and paint
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Quiver2927/2

Quiver with two compartments formed from ground squirrel skins. The compartments are sewn together along their long edges by strips of rawhide. A strap of rawhide with toggles of hoof(?) comes from the bottom of the quiver and would likely have attached to a small strip of rawhide that is attached at the top. An antler handle is attached to centre of long edge of the larger compartment.

Culture
Inuit
Material
ground squirrel skin, skin, antler and hoof
Made in
Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arrow2927/3

Footed arrow consisting of a wood and antler shaft and a steel arrowhead. The wooden part of the shaft has fletchings of two dark feathers held on at both ends by tightly wrapped sinew. Its nock end is oblong. The other end has a both a hole and a slit cut into it lengthwise to facilitate the hafting of the antler component. It is also wrapped with sinew. The antler component is inserted into the hole of the wooden part and is attached to the arrowhead by a socketed tang. It has barbs carved into the two sides that oppose the edges of the arrowhead.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood, antler, steel metal, feather and sinew
Made in
Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arrow2927/5

Footed arrow consisting of a wooden and antler shaft and a steel arrowhead. The wooden part of the shaft has fletchings of twowhite feathers held on by tightly wrapped sinew. Its nock end is oblong and has about a centimeter of wrapped sinew on the shaft above it. The other end has a both a hole and a slit cut into it lengthwise to facilitate the hafting of the antler component. It is also wrapped with sinew. The antler component is inserted into the hole of the wooden part and is attached to the arrowhead by a socketed tang. It has barbs carved into the two sides that complement the edges of the arrowhead. The arrowhead is almost pentagonal in shape.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood, antler, feather, steel metal and sinew
Made in
Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arrow2927/6 a-b

Footed arrow consisting of a wooden shaft (part a) and an antler shaft attached to a steel arrowhead (part b). The wooden shaft has fletchings of two dark feathers held on by tightly wrapped sinew. Its nock end is oblong and has about a centimeter of wrapped sinew on the shaft above it. The other end has a diagonal cut out of it that forms a point to which the antler can be hafted. It is also wrapped with sinew. The antler shaft has a complementary diagonal cut to the wooden shaft and is attached to the arrowhead by a socketed tang. The arrowhead is almost pentagonal in shape and the edges adjacent to the tip are beveled sharp.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood, antler, feather, steel metal and sinew
Made in
Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tool2912/11

Small blade attached to an antler haft. The blade is leaf shaped, with a wide shoulder that tapers to a point. It is inserted two centimetres down into the haft and secured there by a metal nail. The haft is pointed at top with rounded shoulders and a cleaved base. On the ventral side a large hole is bored horizontally through at the centre point and a hollow has been dug out at the base above the cleaved bottom.

Culture
Inuit
Material
antler and metal
Made in
Lake Harbour, Nunavut, Canada and Kimmirut, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bow2927/1

Cable-backed, double recurve bow, made of musk ox horn. The main body of the bow is a long thick slab of horn, with copper rivets holding it together at its joins. Behind the horn is a layer of dark brown hide or skin running the full length. Each end of the horn bow has a knob projecting up and down, around which many strips of hide lashings have been wrapped from end to end. The lengthwise lashings are wrapped widthwise by other hide lashings and then the full thickness of the bow is wrapped near each end and in the middle. The bow string is looped around each end knob, and hangs loosely.

Culture
Inuit
Material
musk ox horn, rawhide skin, antler, sinew and copper metal
Made in
Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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