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PointA2.277

Elongated, rounded section of bone with a point and series of fin-like barbs carved along one side.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
bone
Made in
Taijiak, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HarpoonA2.531

Small barbed harpoon head, with iron point with bearded seal line attached to harpoon. The other end has a bone ice pick. Starting from the long curved tip point to the short straight tip point: walrus tusk (long curved tip point), bone, antler (harpoon head with metal point), walrus bone (rounded end piece), and antler (short straight tip point).

Culture
Inupiaq
Material
wood, bone, iron metal, skin, walrus tusk, antler and walrus bone
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Straight PickA2.447

Straight pick with a tapered point at each end made from mottled brown walrus tusk (possibly fossilized). Pick is bound to a straight handle of brown walrus baculum with rawhide lashings.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
rawhide skin, walrus bone and walrus tusk
Made in
Bathurst Inlet, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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AdzeA2.446

Wood and bone adze in three parts lashed together with strips of skin--black stone blade is also bound to the handle with strips of skin. Bottom of handle is rounded and shallowly carved to resemble a seal's head.

Culture
Yup'ik ?
Material
bone, wood, stone and skin
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceK5.52

Strands of yellow and black beads separated by large round white beads. There are beaded loops on each end. Round cream coloured button attached to one of the beaded strands.

Culture
Nguni
Material
glass, bone ? and fibre
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ToolA2.193

Stick-like piece of bone with three holes are drilled at one end; both ends are flattened.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
bone
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: BoneA2.192

Small, lozenge-shaped piece of bone with rounded sides, a notch at one end, and a straight incision at the opposite end.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
bone
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: BoneA2.191

Small, roughly rectangular, white piece of bone with a small hole in the centre.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
bone
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bow DrillA2.190 a-b

Plain bow drill. The bow (part a) is a long curved bone piece with a band of skin stretched across and going through a hole at each end of the curved piece and knotted. The antler drill (part b) has a cylindrical handle which has a section cut out at an angle near the bottom end and a rectangular metal point at the opposite end which has a hole through its end that is near the handle.

Culture
Inuit: Netsilingmiut
Material
bone, leather skin, steel metal and antler
Made in
Gjoa Haven, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CombA2.188

Small, light brown, wedge-shaped comb with a series of small teeth along the wide end.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
bone
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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