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Model CanoeC848 a-c

Wooden model canoe (parts a-c) with one outrigger. The canoe has an oval-like shape with pointed ends, a rounded bottom and interior. The surface is painted red and black with white on the bow and stern which have small sections of shallow engraving. Across the top of the canoe are six pieces of bamboo that extend out to the pontoon and also support twelve thinner stripes of bamboo that run in opposite direction. The pontoon or float (part b) is cylindrical in shape is black with pointed, tapered ends. Inside of the canoe is a small, carved wooden paddle (part c).

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, rattan, bamboo grass, paint, lime mineral and fibre
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Toy2738/135

Small, square, orange wooden cart with yellow and black wood wheels. Three small carved figures with skull heads in long red, blue and yellow robes are nailed standing in the cart and another skeleton in black jacket is seated on the front bench, holding the string reign tied to a skeletal horse in the red wood harness.

Culture
Mexican
Material
wood, paint, steel metal, cotton fibre and graphite mineral
Made in
Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Retablo Altar2738/197

Brightly painted portable "retablo" box altar. Two doors open outwards from the centre on leather hinges to show a scene commemorating the discovery of America in 1492, with three ships (caravels) in a dragon-filled sea. The exterior sides of the box are painted with blue dots while the doors on both sides are painted with floral motifs in red, purple, yellow, and black on a white background.

Culture
Peruvian
Material
wood, paint, clay, leather skin, metal and graphite mineral
Made in
Ayacucho, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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VialM1.144

Plain clear glass vial with a flat wide semi-hemispherical base and a tall, cylindrical tapering neck. On top is a disc shaped, everted rim. The outer surface has a shiny coating.

Culture
Roman
Material
lime mineral, potash chemical, soda chemical, quartz mineral and glass
Made in
Europe ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureM2.28

Grey stone figure carved in relief. The fragment, triangular in shape, depicts the profile of a young man standing possibly with a staff or spear in his left hand.

Culture
Roman ?
Material
quartz mineral
Made in
United Kingdom ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceM3.120

Necklace composed of glass (?) and gemstone (?) beads in pairs: dark blue, green with gold and iridescent flecks, pinkish-red, blue, green, brownish-red, and dark green. A piece of red stone or glass is set into a gold oval at the top, and a pendant composed of several varying sizes of gold spheres hangs from the centre.

Culture
Egyptian
Material
gold metal, gemstone mineral ? and glass ?
Made in
Egypt
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ToolM3.267

Tool composed of quartz with light orangey-pink at the centre and off-white at the edges. The quartz has been flaked to form one semi-circular edge and one straighter edge.

Culture
North African
Material
quartz mineral
Made in
Abu-Gurdy, Egypt ? or Homer-Akarim, Egypt ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureM3.179

Figure depicting the profile of a seated female pharaoh holding a staff. The figure is two-dimensional and has some linear details carved into the surface. Has a two-tiered wooden base.

Culture
Egyptian
Material
gemstone mineral ?
Made in
Egypt
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PointD3.118

Mottled dark green chisel point.

Culture
Coast Salish: Musqueam
Material
nephrite mineral
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PointA2.435

Lozenge-shaped, translucent grey point with black speckles.

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