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Figure3040/48

Carving of a bird in flight on a small rectangular base. Bird has wings outspread and feathers are incised on the wings and tail. The bill appears to have been made of a translucent orange plastic. The eyes have been drilled. The bird is attached to the base by pegs.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk and plastic ?
Made in
Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3040/45

Carving of a swimming bird ([possibly a merganser) on a thick rectangular base. Bird has incised wings and tail feathers and red inset eyes. The bill is long and slightly down-turned and there is a crest at the back of the head. On the base is written in ink "PEY".

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk and plastic ?
Made in
Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cribbage Game Board3040/36

Cribbage board formed from a section of walrus tusk. The holes are divided into rectangles of two rows of six holes by inset green and red plastic lines. There are twelve rectangles. At each end of the rectangles is a triangle outlined in red plastic divided into two smaller triangles with a drilled hole for a marker. On the surface of the board, inset in red plastic is '1951' and 'July' on the edges are small dots of alternating red and green plastic (seven on either side). At one end is a small slot for the markers with a cap of ivory. This cap has five plastic inset dots, four green and a centre dot which is red. This board has three wedge-shaped feet that fit into holes in the base of the board.

Culture
Inuit
Material
plastic ? and walrus tusk
Made in
Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3040/25

Carving of a fox with its paw caught in a leg hold trap. The fox and trap are carved from one piece of tusk. The trap is attached to a block (carved of tusk, representing a stone or ice weight) by a sinew line and held in place with a black peg. Just above is a red circular inset on the block (which may represent a piece of meat in the trap).

Culture
Inuit
Material
sinew, baleen ?, plastic ? and walrus tusk
Made in
Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Knife3040/19

Carving in tusk of a penknife. Knife opens partially. The pieces that hold the penknife together are secured with three copper rivets. There is a decoration of four red dots in a diamond shape on the knife handle.

Culture
Inuit
Material
copper metal, plastic ? and walrus tusk
Made in
Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3040/14

Carving of a bird with an elongated beak sitting on water. The water is a roughly triangular-shaped base. The bird's eyes are inlaid in red.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk and plastic ?
Made in
Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hand Puppet3065/22

Cloth and wood puppet of a male figure. Head is wood, with white face and painted eyes, brows, mouth and hair. Long mustache and beard of plastic fibres emerge. Figure wears a tunic of patchwork fabrics in blue, red, green and pink, with a stripe of shiny red around neck to waist. Under this are padded legs attached to black and white boots that show under the tunic. Arms are held outstretched, with wooden hands attached. Thumb is stationary, while fingers are able to bend and flex as a group. Puppet can be controlled by inserting hand up the back of tunic to a hole in head and spaces along arms.

Culture
Chinese
Material
cotton fibre, wood, synthetic fibre, plastic and paint
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Penis Sheath2948/114

Penis sheath. A conical bottle gourd has been broken at the open end and folded inward to create an opening that fits inside a thick, woven loop of rattan. Two white strings have been woven into and around the band, and a synthetic line with several knots is attached at one end. A whitish paper-like fibre has been stuffed inside.

Culture
Asmat
Material
gourd fruit, plant fibre and plastic
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Penis Sheath2948/113

Penis sheath. A curving bottle gourd with a woven rattan band around the open end. A synthetic line is tied to the rattan band at one end, and appears to have been originally attached to the sheath’s tip. The gourd is cracked at the open end with one edge overlapping the other. This appears to be part of the design to allow gourd to fit inside woven band. There are scorch marks at the tip and on one side.

Culture
Asmat
Material
gourd fruit, plant fibre and plastic
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Button Blanket3089/1

Felted wool button blanket with large central design. Edges are red, scalloped on the inside border, with a narrow strip of white, also scalloped, and a black interior panel. On this panel sits the emblem of an eagle, wings spread, head to the side, atop a whale in profile, tail up. Over 2200 buttons in shell and abalone outline the crest and borders of the blanket. A half circle is cut out of the top edge to fit around the wearer’s neck. A strip of black felt sits to the side, to be fastened around the neck.

Culture
Nuxalk and Heiltsuk
Material
wool fibre, shell, abalone shell, fibre and plastic
Made in
North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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