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Harpoon3128/3 a-b

East Greenland harpoon. Part a is a long, straight, wooden shaft, squared at the bottom where it is capped with a cut square of tusk, and narrowing along its length toward the tip. At the shaft’s midpoint several holes are bored into the wood, in which are inserted a hook and nubs of bone. The harpoon’s head is made from carved narwhal tusk, its shape long and rounded, thicker through middle and narrowing at end where a small piece is attached. Part b is an intricately designed throwing board. The board is rectangular, thin in profile, and concave on its underside. The base is wide, narrowing to tip where a shaped piece of bone is inset. Along the board’s upper surface are nailed 41 tiny seals carved from bone. Narrow strips of bone line the edges. The throwing board has three holes along the body that allow it to attach to the harpoon shaft by the nubs and hook.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood, narwhal tusk, bone and metal
Made in
Greenland
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Harpoon3128/1 a-b

Harpoon. Part a is a partial wooden shaft that curves slightly along its length, with a squared base at bottom. Head is carved of walrus tusk and tapers to a point, with carved rings at neck, attached to the shaft with hide ties. Part b is the bottom element of the shaft, also made of wood, straight and slightly squared along the length and tapering at butt. Top has an inset square of tusk, with several short hide ties piercing the wood just below. Several small holes are bored into the shaft of parts a and b, some with nubs of tusk emerging. A necessary piece connecting parts a and b is missing.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood, walrus tusk and leather skin
Made in
Greenland
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cribbage Game Board3131/22

Cribbage game board. Object is carved in the shape of a fish, balancing on four peg legs, with a wide head and rounded snout, eyes set far apart on top of head. Down the back of the creature are bored four lines of small, evenly placed holes and among these are etched images of animals such as seals, walrus, fish, whales, and people fishing and driving a dog sled. The etchings have been darkened, with an ink or pigment, for visibility.

Culture
Inuit
Material
ink ? and walrus tusk
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3100/22 a-c

Soapstone figure of a man with hunting tools. The figure is kneeling, his right arm raised, a hole bored through the fist to hold a tool. The other arm is held at his side with a similar hole in the fist. He wears a parka with hood pulled over his head, as well as leggings and boots. Parts b and c are made of tusk: a long spear and a knife.

Culture
Inuit
Material
soapstone stone and tusk
Made in
Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Warrior Charm3084/1

Body adornment (karawut) woven of bark and fibre. The object is coloured with ochre, charcoal and lime, and takes a basic human shape with head at top, protruding nose running down the length of the face, large open eyes, and open mouth below nose. At bottom are two thin legs with dangling cowrie shells as feet. The chest is thickly padded. Lines of cowrie shells are sewn onto the torso and upper legs, and boar tusks, two per side, are attached along the midpoint edges. At back, a short loop of fibre is attached at mid-upper shoulder.

Culture
Abelam
Material
hibiscus bark, sennit fibre, boar tusk, cowrie shell, ochre pigment, charcoal pigment and lime pigment
Made in
East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Napkin Ring3040/106

Napkin ring made from tusk. No decoration. Smooth both inside and outside.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk
Made in
Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Napkin Ring3040/105

Napkin ring made from tusk. No decoration. Smooth both inside and outside.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk
Made in
Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Napkin Ring3040/104

Napkin ring made from tusk. No decoration. Smooth both inside and outside.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk
Made in
Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cane3040/103

Cane made from a narwhal tusk. The handle is carved from walrus tusk and is attached by ivory pegs. The handle is carved in a bear head shape, with open mouth and black inset eyes and nostrils at one end and a closed human fist at the other end. The distal end of the cane has an inserted iron peg. The body of the cane has a long, grooved spiral design.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk, baleen ?, iron metal and narwhal tusk
Made in
Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Walrus Figure3040/102

Carving of a walrus in stone. The hind flippers are tucked under the walrus' body and the body is resting on the front flippers. Walrus has incised eyes and nostrils. Tusks are attached by glue. Stone is dark grey with black horizontal bands.

Culture
Inuit
Material
adhesive, stone and walrus tusk
Made in
Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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