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Spoon1570/18

Spoon with shallow scoop and long narow handle. The handle is carved with three Northwest Coast figures that are, from scoop upward, an inverted land otter, a human, and a bird (eagle or owl?).

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
maple wood and paint
Made in
Kitselas, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gambling Game SticksNb642 a-m

Set of cylindrical gambling sticks with knobs on each end. (a) has three evenly spaced red lines around the circumference, at centre, crossed by a dark stain and three dark spots on one side. (b) has three evenly spaced thin black lines at centre and spots to one side. (c) has three evenly spaced red lines, a black line at one side and several spots at opposite end. One spot towards lines side. (d) has a black, red, then black line towards one end. (e) has three closely spaced thin black lines to one side; dark stains on this end. (f) has four red lines near centre; (g) has three black lines at centre with a black and a red shadow-like stains diagonally across centre; (h) has three faint red lines, evenly spaced at centre; (i) is stained red on one end with a black line towards centre and a shadowy black stain diagonally around centre. (j) has three red line near centre, a fourth red line near red stained end. Two white paint spots at this end. (k) has three red lines evenly spaced at centre and two black lines to one side. Stains near centre and white paint spots to one end. (l) has five spaced lines from centre, the outer two are thicker. (m) is undecorated.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
pigment and maple wood ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gambling Game SticksNb647 a-i

Game sticks composed of nine cylindrical sticks that have a small, raised round knob at each end, and faint black and red lines on a polished surface: a) one thin black line at one end, three equidistant thin red lines at centre, black staining; b) two thin black lines at one end, three equidistant red lines at centre, light black staining; c) plain, no design; d) plain, no design; e) three thin red equidistant lines at centre, three faint, red diagonal lines equally spaced over surface; f) thick black lines at one end, three thin, equidistant black lines at centre, light black staining around one end; g) slightly off-centre, thick black line is bordered by thin red lines; h) series of lines, one thin red, one thick black, thin red, thick red, two thin red; i) thick black lines border two wide red bands.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
pigment and maple wood ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubA5261

Cylindrical handle that bulges around the upper portion and flares outward to a rounded knob. Carved rounded head is incised with a halibut that has two circular eyes.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
maple wood ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CombA8929

Comb with fourteen teeth and a large head area. The head is decorated with a bear design on one side; ovoids and split U design on the other.

Culture
Haida ?
Material
maple wood
Made in
Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PaperN2.1280 a-d

Four fan-shaped paper panels with maple leaves and gold fibres inserted between the layers of paper.

Culture
Japanese
Material
paper and maple leaf
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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