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Harpoon Head1928.971

Harpoon head made from two pieces of horn bounded together and holding a sharpened point of bone or horn. The harpoon head is bound with fine string, and has a line of thicker string with a loop at the end attached; Good

Culture
Makah ? or Nuu-chah-nulth ?
Material
bone and horn
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Hook1928.969

Fish hook with bone barb bound onto a lightweight wooden arm with sinew. The arm rounded on one side and has a hole in the centre through which a sinew line passes.; Good

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wood and bone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Harpoon HeadE 1902.248

Harpoon head of bone, finely cut with overlapping cusped barbs. The blunt end is pierced for the line to be attached, and has an area of cross-hatching.; Good

Culture
Makah: Neah Bay Tribe ? or Nuu-chah-nulth ?
Material
bone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Arrow HeadZ 31057

Long thin arrow head with five barbs made from bone.; Good

Culture
Northwest Coast ?
Material
bone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Club1921.567.1

Whalebone club with cherry bark binding round shaft and creature's, open-mouthed ?bird, head carved on top. Down the centre of the blade a design has been carved between two lines, composed of circles and triangles; good.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
bone and bark
Made in
Nootka Sound, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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ClubE 1905.218

A large club finely carved from the scapula of a whale. The grip is provided with finger grooves, ends in a flat disc pommel. The square ended blade bears sixteen notches on its cutting edge and is carved with the dragonfly and whale patterns. The design is expertly carved with ovoids and U- forms.; Good

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
bone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Decorated Skull2748/6

Decorated skull covered in clay with tight curls of human hair. A red clay face, formed onto a toothless human skull and decorated with brown, beige, and reddish orange facial tattoo, has Cowrie shell eyes, three rows of brown seeds implanted at the hairline of long twisted black hair locks, and circular bone earrings tied into a hole in each ear.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
human bone, human hair, cowrie shell, clay, seed, paint, cotton fibre and bone
Made in
Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Decorated SkullC624

Clay is molded over the skull to form facial features with cowrie shells used for the eyes. Decorated with dark brown-black curled human hair. Mostly red with some black paint used to accentuate and to decorate the facial features with circular lines, curvi-linear lines, and large dots. Twisted corded fibre is attached through and around the ears.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
human bone, cowrie shell, human hair and clay
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Human Skull1404/40 a-b

Human skull inside a knotted fibre bag. Skull without the lower jaw; 4 teeth left in the upper jaw. Inside a knotted net bag made of a stiff plant fibre, with several loop handles.

Culture
Taiwanese ?
Material
plant fibre and human bone
Made in
Taiwan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spirit Dance Hair OrnamentA6885

Ornament consisting of a carved wooden peg, beads placed on a metal pin, and two cross-bars of bone to which feathers are fastened with thread. Sequins are sewn to one side of each feather. The wooden beads are black, red, white and green in colour.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun'
Material
wood, glass, fibre, feather, metal and bone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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