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Shawl Needle2878/2 b

Silver coloured darning needle.

Culture
Kalash
Material
steel metal
Made in
Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Knife2939/4

Ulu type knife with a triangular steel blade with a rounded bottom sharpened to a fine edge. The blade’s bottom corners are sharp and the sides are unequal in length and curvature. The blade is embedded into a slit in a cylindrical piece of smooth bone and glued in place.

Culture
Inuit
Material
steel metal and bone
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Scraper2939/1

Seal skin scraper. Steel blade is triangular in shape, with a curved bottom edge and uplifted corner points. The handle is a curved piece of bone with a protruding point near the distal end, flattening at the proximal where the blade meets the bone. The two are attached with a large metal nail.

Culture
Inuit
Material
steel metal and bone
Made in
Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Knife2939/5

Ulu type steel knife. The blade has a wide, ovular shaped body. The handle and blade are made of one continuous piece of metal. The handle widens as it reaches the blade.

Culture
Inuit
Material
steel metal
Made in
Denmark
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dance Apron2922/7

Dance apron made of dark red felt with a dark blue wool backing, green and black appliques, beaded designs and rows of bells. The designs are beaded and appliqued plant-like shapes, copper shields and geometrical shapes, surrounding a flower on a long stem. Smaller copper bells hang in three rows at the bottom of the apron, with seven larger silver coloured bells decorating a plant shape above the bottom band. The left, right and bottom edge of the blanket have a scalloped edge. Red cotton apron ties hang on each side.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wool fibre, glass, plastic ?, cotton fibre, copper metal ? and steel metal ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arrow2927/3

Footed arrow consisting of a wood and antler shaft and a steel arrowhead. The wooden part of the shaft has fletchings of two dark feathers held on at both ends by tightly wrapped sinew. Its nock end is oblong. The other end has a both a hole and a slit cut into it lengthwise to facilitate the hafting of the antler component. It is also wrapped with sinew. The antler component is inserted into the hole of the wooden part and is attached to the arrowhead by a socketed tang. It has barbs carved into the two sides that oppose the edges of the arrowhead.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood, antler, steel metal, feather and sinew
Made in
Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arrow2927/5

Footed arrow consisting of a wooden and antler shaft and a steel arrowhead. The wooden part of the shaft has fletchings of twowhite feathers held on by tightly wrapped sinew. Its nock end is oblong and has about a centimeter of wrapped sinew on the shaft above it. The other end has a both a hole and a slit cut into it lengthwise to facilitate the hafting of the antler component. It is also wrapped with sinew. The antler component is inserted into the hole of the wooden part and is attached to the arrowhead by a socketed tang. It has barbs carved into the two sides that complement the edges of the arrowhead. The arrowhead is almost pentagonal in shape.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood, antler, feather, steel metal and sinew
Made in
Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arrow2927/6 a-b

Footed arrow consisting of a wooden shaft (part a) and an antler shaft attached to a steel arrowhead (part b). The wooden shaft has fletchings of two dark feathers held on by tightly wrapped sinew. Its nock end is oblong and has about a centimeter of wrapped sinew on the shaft above it. The other end has a diagonal cut out of it that forms a point to which the antler can be hafted. It is also wrapped with sinew. The antler shaft has a complementary diagonal cut to the wooden shaft and is attached to the arrowhead by a socketed tang. The arrowhead is almost pentagonal in shape and the edges adjacent to the tip are beveled sharp.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood, antler, feather, steel metal and sinew
Made in
Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Knife2902/27 a-b

Knife (a) with sheath (b). Blade is long and narrow, coming to a sharp point. Handle is cylindrical, made of metal and antler. Sheath is metal with embossed designs, and is wrapped in dark red fabric with a tassel on the end. The tip of the sheath is flattened and has a wood guard on the inside.

Culture
Thai
Material
steel metal, wood, cotton fibre, antler and silver metal
Made in
Thailand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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