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Spear ThrowerC1610

One side has a carved herring bone design. The back is plain. One end has a peg, the other has a handle formed of resin.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood, resin and sinew
Made in
Northern Territory, Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowD2.82 a-e

A set of arrows with wooden shafts, a metal point (copper, iron, or steel) and three half feathers on each. Red and blue painting on wood shafts attached with gut.

Culture
Iowa
Material
sour gum wood ?, hawk feather ?, steel metal, copper metal, iron metal, paint and sinew ?
Made in
Oklahoma, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear PointC1629

The shaft is reddish wood, peeled of all bark. One end is rounded, the other is flattened into a point. A separately carved barb is secured to the point with sinew.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood and sinew
Made in
Ooldea, South Australia, Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Stringed Musical InstrumentH1.264

Small, guitar-like instrument with a rounded back covered by a full armadillo pelt (head included). Body is carved from light brown wood, with ten sinew strings laid over a dark brown wooden neck with brass frets and a wooden nut. A peanut-shaped headstock holds ten machine heads--one of which is missing--which protrude from the back.

Culture
Andes
Material
armadillo skin, sinew, wood and brass metal
Made in
La Paz, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DrumA2228

Circular drum made from deer hide stretched over a circular wooden frame and affixed with nails; three lengths of sinew and leather meeting at back to form a handle.

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
deer skin, sinew, wood and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowA2171

Arrow consisting of a long cylindrical wooden shaft with one notched end and a metal point at the other, secured with wrapped sinew. The triangular point has three notches at its base, above the long fore-shaft. The point is set into the wooden shaft and strands of sinew are tightly wrapped around the hafted area. The opposite end of the shaft has red pigment, possibly ochre, on it. Three grey and white feathers are hafted to this end with sinew, covering the ends of the quill. The end of the wooden shaft has a notch in it and sinew is wrapped around it.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo: Kwantlen
Material
pigment, cotton fibre, sinew, feather, iron metal and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowA2172

Arrow consisting of a long cylindrical wooden shaft with one notched end and a copper point at the other, secured with wrapped sinew. The metal point has three notches near its base, above the long fore-shaft. The point is set into a circular depression in the wooden shaft and secured with sinew which is wrapped around the shaft. The shaft has red-coloured pigment at its opposite end. Two strips of a grey and white feather are hafted to the same end of the arrow, also with sinew. The base end of the arrow shaft is damaged and slightly jagged in appearance.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo: Kwantlen
Material
copper metal, sinew, feather, pigment and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowD4.105

Arrow with hard wood point and plain cane shaft, with a feathered end. Deer sinew wrapped around shaft at arrow end, where feathers are attached, and at butt end.

Culture
Navajo ?
Material
stem ?, deer sinew, feather and wood
Made in
Arizona, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowD4.107

Arrow with caane shaft and feathered end. The point is of hardwood, triangular in cross section and long and tapering (inserted into shaft).

Culture
Navajo ?
Material
stem ?, deer sinew, feather and wood
Made in
Arizona, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowD4.106

Arrow has stone point with orange-red paint ? on tip, and the point is bound to a black fore-shaft. Cane main shaft with feathered end with band of red and band of brown. Fastened with deer sinew. Charcoal-based paint on tip.

Culture
Navajo ?
Material
stone, feather, sinew, stem ? and wood
Made in
Arizona, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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