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HookA2.296 a-b

Fish hook (b) and lure (a) attached to each other with a short length of sinew.

Culture
Inuit
Material
bone, walrus tusk, steel metal and sinew
Made in
Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonA2.468

Dark brown spoon with a white bone handle attached by three metal rivets.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
bone, horn and metal
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear PointA2.212

Thick, dark brown piece of bone tapering to a point at one end.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
bone
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear PointA2.211

Thick, dark brown segment of bone with one tapering, pointed end.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
bone
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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KnifeA2.452

Ulu type knife. Large, sharply flared metal rounded blade. Blade is attached at its apex via two metal rivets to a short, curved, yellow-brown handle.

Culture
Inuit
Material
steel metal, copper metal and walrus tusk
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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KnifeA2.450

Ulu type knife. Flared metal blade with a rounded, beveled edge on the bottom. Top point of the blade is attached by two rivets to a metal shank that connects to a short, horizontal handle of yellow-brown tusk.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
steel metal and walrus tusk
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureA7542

Stylized zoomorphic carving with designs painted in black, white and green. A totem-like figure of a bird standing on a fish (broken) sits in the centre of a long, arched piece of whale bone; the head and forelegs of a bear are carved at each end of the bone piece. Images of three whales are painted on either side of the bone.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth ?
Material
whale bone, wood, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gambling Game SticksA7104 a-bbbb

Seventy-nine wooden gambling sticks (parts b-bbbb) in a deer hide bag (part a). The sticks are cylindrical in shape and are of uniform size; each has red and/or black line markings in centre. A few have an old white adhesive tag attached. Nine pieces are inlaid with abalone shells of different designs; one is missing its inlay. The inside of the bag has remnants of an old red and black Northwest Coast design. The strap of the bag has a carved bone(?) window-shaped ornament attached.

Culture
Haida
Material
skin, bone ?, abalone shell, wood, paint and lacquer
Made in
Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CrossbowB765 a-b

Two perpendicular pieces of wood forming a crossbow. Longer piece has long piece of twisted fibre attached to each end. Shorter piece has simple scroll and herring bone patterns. Bone plate in centre.

Culture
Thai
Material
wood, fibre and bone
Made in
Thailand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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KnifeB265 a-c

Two connected sheaths (a), one holding a long knife (b) and one a short dagger (c). The end of the bone sword handle is elaborately carved and decorated with blond, brown, red and black hair. The handle grip is wrapped in black fibre. The blade is in a flat wooden sheath lashed together with black, brown and natural fibre. The dagger has a carved wooden handle and is enclosed in a betel leaf bark sheath trimmed with red fibre. There is woven cord pulled through holes in the dagger's sheath.

Culture
Bidayuh
Material
wood, iron metal, fibre, bark, plant fibre, goat hair and bone
Made in
Kalimantan, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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