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HeadrestC1031

Curved piece of bone tied and supported by two inverted "u" shaped wood legs. Tapered legs with wide square feet.

Culture
Fijian
Material
wood and whale bone
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HookIg402

J shaped hook with long braided cord wrapped around one end and plain cord wrapped around other end to secure bone; the bone barb has broken off; heavy cord line.

Culture
Western Melanesian
Material
bone, fibre and wood
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HookIg403

J shaped wooden hook with thick braided cord attached to one end and thinner cord wrapped around other end to secure bone barb; heavy cord line.

Culture
Western Melanesian
Material
bone, fibre and wood
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SwordC1456

Shark tooth sword. Long snout has been broken off at downward angles to taper to a smaller flat edge for attachment as a sword blade, with the shark teeth kept intact. Twenty-three pairs of shark teeth along both edges; rounded tip end.

Culture
I-Kiribati
Material
shark bone and shark tooth
Made in
Gilbert Group, Kiribati
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC1469

A flat beige-coloured, double-lobed club with a straight handle. At the end of the rectangular handle, there is a finial of a stylized animal, with a hole for a cord.

Culture
Maori
Material
whale bone
Made in
New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC1740

Plain, dark brown wood pointed spear with one bone barb secured by string. The end of the long shaft is wrapped with beige cloth.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood, resin, fibre and bone
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DaggerC1625

Bone dagger decorated with grass fringe around top that is tied on with fibre string. The string is braided and wraps around the bone both vertically and horizontally.

Culture
Australian
Material
kangaroo bone, grass and fibre
Made in
Queensland, Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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AwlC1559

The shaft of the bone is thin and round, with seven bands made up of three lines. One end of the bone is pointed, while the other end is covered in black resin with a fibre securing the brown hair on top of the resin.

Culture
Australian
Material
bone, hair, resin and fibre
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC1497

The tip is coiled with red plant fibre, below which, there are the following: five sets of four small barbs; two sets of four increasingly longer barbs; and seven sets of four small barbs. The point is decorated with a red and yellow grass sleeve with a horizontal zig zag pattern, a carved band that is emphasized with white and that consists of two figures (each of which has circular eyes in a double diamond shape outline and a double upward pointed nose), and a fibre tuft bordered by string at either end. Bright red and yellow plant fibre coiling are at either ends of the grass sleeve. The red-brown wood shaft is plain and tapers at the end.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
bone, grass fibre, wood and pigment ?
Made in
Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleD2.108

Thong dyed burnt sienna is attached with gut to a hollow bone whistle that has one hole.

Culture
Blackfoot
Material
skin and eagle bone ?
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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