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Amulet3260/48

Bone amulet in animal (frog or toad?) form with wide, toothless mouth, large eyes, and forelegs positioned on either side. The back is carved with twelve faces - divided into two groups facing opposite directions of two rows of three faces. Small remnant of a hide cord at one side. Three sides are bordered with a twisted rope design.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
bone and rawhide skin
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Leister3204/16

Leister type spear made of wood, bone, sinew, steel. Handle is a long, straight, squared rod of wood with a flat butt. At top a thick wrapping of rawhide with hair connects handle to spear head. Head is made of two curving outer arms of horn, thick at top where each holds a metal spike over a central piece of bone barbed at its end.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood, rawhide skin, horn ?, bone and metal
Made in
Holman, Northwest Territories, Canada and Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dagger Handle3260/39

Dagger hilt, or pommel, of walrus tusk or sperm whale tooth. Main section is the shape of a bear head, with a smaller bear crouching over the top of the lower head. Inlaid abalone eyes, teeth, nostrils and ears. A human figure extends right through the large head, its legs and knees protruding from each side of the main mouth, and the soles of its feet serving as teeth for the bear.

Culture
Haida
Material
walrus tusk ?, whale tooth ? and abalone shell
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Weaving Tool3157/163

Small bone weaving sword. The tool is quite flat, and tapers in to a pointed tip, which has broken off. Printed in ink on one side, "LA ISLA - 63 - SUP - WALLACE - CON".

Culture
Meso-American
Material
bone
Made in
Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Weaving Tool3157/162

Small bone weaving tool. The shaft tapers in to a rounded tip. The handle is decorated with two carved birds, facing one another. The birds have circular eyes, and horizontal lines on their bodies. Below the birds, is a rectangular area with two rows of four circles with dots in each centre that match the birds eyes. There is a small hole drilled through the shaft just below the designs.

Culture
Moche ?
Material
bone
Made in
Chile
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Handle2990/733

Throwing stick handle with curved form and traces of binding. One part of handle has flat surface. Slightly cracked.

Culture
Wari
Material
bone ?
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tube2990/732

Hollow bone tube, slightly tapered with irregular exterior surface, smooth interior. Broken, but repaired.

Culture
Paracas
Material
bone and adhesive
Made in
Teojate, Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FishhookST/5377
Bark Shredder2.5E2017

The bone is whale.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
bone and whale
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Bone Awl2.5E2016