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ArrowA2.542

Wrapped nock with one feather, caribou antler arrowhead with very small barbs.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
wood, feather, sinew and caribou antler
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowA2.541

Plain shaft with no fletching. Triangular point (part of a saw blade?) on a short caribou antler fore-shaft.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
wood, sinew, caribou antler and steel metal ?
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowA2.540

Plain feathered shaft. Small copper point set into caribou antler fore-shaft with one long barb. Shaft in two parts.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
wood, feather, sinew, caribou antler and copper metal
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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KnifeA2.451

Ulu type knife. Flared metal blade with a rounded, beveled edge on the bottom. Top point of the blade is attached to a metal shank that connects to a short, horizontal handle of grey-white antler (?). Blade has inscriptions on each side: one side lists maker of steel blade in Sheffield England, other side stamped 'Hudson's Bay Company Incorporated 2nd May 1670'.

Culture
Inuit ?
Material
caribou antler and steel metal
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fire KitA2.448 a-d

Fire starter kit. Pieces a-c range from 7.6 to 12.7 cm in diameter. Two pieces (a-b) are iron pyrite, each in a caribou skin bag. Part c is a piece of copper. Part d is a skin bag of moss (for tinder).

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
iron pyrite mineral, moss, copper metal and caribou skin
Made in
Bathurst Inlet, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag3558/18

Babiche bag with pink and blue yarn tassel decorations. Main body of bag done in an open weave; babiche is white with a thin brown stripe towards top edge. Bag opening consists of a wide band of caribou skin with two ties along top edge, for securing bag closed. Long hide strap stitched to outer corners of opening. Yarn decorations done in rows of four, three, and three on front; four tassels along bottom edge and additional ones on each side. Back of bag is undecorated.

Culture
Dene: Sahtu
Material
caribou skin, rawhide skin, fibre and dye
Made in
Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hair Tufting Textile3551/3

Framed caribou hair tufting of a floral design, on black velvet. Design is inside an oval cutout in the centre of a white cardboard mat. Motif consists of two orange and yellow Newfoundland pitcher plants with fallen petals; curved stems are dark green. Frame has raised edges and the inner edges, around the cardboard mat, are painted gold. Certificate, with maker and design information, is glued to back of wood frame.

Culture
Cree
Material
wood, paper, synthetic fibre, caribou hair, dye, adhesive and paint
Made in
Oxford House, Manitoba, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fish Figure3528/31 a-b

Carving of an ivory coloured fish that balances on top of a thin stand (part b). The white fish is slightly curved, with two fins on top, one below; incised circles for the eyes with a point at centre; lines for the gills and mouth. The fish has a hole in the belly that fits over the top of the stand. The darker stand has a somewhat circular base with a vertical post. Unsigned.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk and caribou antler
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Carving3528/30 a-b

Rectangular slice of antler with a carved seal hunting scene positioned on top. Near the centre, a hunter is standing bent over a seal hole, standing on a square piece of fur, with a harpoon resting on two stands in front of him. Across what would be a seal breathing hole is a short, curved snow wall, with the bricks outlined in black ink. Another carved male is positioned standing back behind the hunter; while at the opposite end (on the other side of the snow wall) is a carved seal (part b) lying on the 'ice'.

Culture
Inuit
Material
caribou antler, walrus tusk, fox skin ?, adhesive and ink
Made in
Port Burwell, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Carving3528/6

Two pronged antler carving attached to a stone base. In the lowest section of the antler a human-like face is carved. Just above where the antler splits in two branches, is a carved water spirit(?) type creature with caribou fur for hair and flippers as hands and feet; at the end of that prong another smaller creature with flippers is carved. The other branch sticks out to the side and has a twist carved into most of its length; at the end is a bird-human type creature, carved as if it is biting the branch with a large beak; its two legs and an arm are extended out. The stone base is irregular, but almost square. Unsigned.

Culture
Inuit
Material
caribou antler, stone, caribou skin and adhesive
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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