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Lime Container1543/3 a-b

Container made of a hollow bone decorated with incised geometric lizard patterns. One end is plugged with a piece of light brown wood while the other has a removable wooden stopper in the shape of a man's bust; the man's face is recessed except for the nose; ears and a headdress protrude from the head; shoulder is undecorated.

Culture
Eastern Indonesian
Material
bone and wood
Made in
West Timor, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Kayak1339/2 a-k

Brown coloured model kayak boat (part a) that widens in the middle and tapers to a point at the front and back end. A human figure (part b) with a grey coloured carved face is wearing a light yellow coloured hooded parka and mittens with red coloured stitching. Attached to the front and back of the boat by three skin bands are the following objects: part c is a white-yellow point that attaches to a large T-shaped skin bag by skin cording; part d is a long blunt bone-tipped spear with thin fibre cording around the wood handle; part e is a long paddle with two wide paddle ends; part f is a large hooked spear with three additional barbs around its handle; part g is a rectangular-shaped knife; part h is a slightly larger rectangular-shaped knife found with the human figure; part i is a long pointed spear; part j is a small hooked spear; part k is a long wood paddle(?) with two indented knobs at its centre.

Culture
Inuit
Material
skin, wood, bone and fibre
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pipe1060/14

The pipe has a long stem that widens at one end and tapers at the other. On the tip of the narrow end is thin metal strip around the body of the stem which is attached to the white-yellow coloured mouthpiece. At the wider end of the pipe there is cone-shaped white-yellow coloured bowl that has a hole leading to the stem of the pipe. On the very tip of the wider end of the stem, there is a metal strip around the body of the stem and a small wooden knob protruding from its end.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood and bone ?
Made in
Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pipe1060/15

A brown wooden pipe with a bone mouthpiece. Brass(?) fittings affix the mouthpiece and bowl to the stem.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood, bone and brass metal ?
Made in
Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask2655/45

A white bone inlay mask, possibly portraying death, with the eyes and mouth cut out. There are two small holes, one at either side, at the top of the mask.

Culture
Mexican
Material
metal, wood and bone
Made in
Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BaseNa1659

The overall base is octagonal in shape, is white-yellow in colour and at one end, has a centred circular hole through to the other side. On the other end of the of base near its centre, there is a small wooden dowel coming through from the underside that is light brown in colour. On the underside of the piece, there are two longer wooden dowels near the edges of the piece and on the opposite side, the dowels appear to be missing leaving two holes present. Near the centre of piece there is a shorter dowel coming through from the top surface.

Culture
Inuit
Material
bone ? and wood
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Knife2516/14 a-b

Knife (part a) with long steel blade. Top edge at blade tip is carved out in notched pattern and the blade itself curves slightly lengthwise. Base of bone handle has interwoven wires wrapped around it, upper area has incised designs and tufts of pink, black and off-white hair sticking out of protrusion openings. The wood scabbard is made of two pieces held together with 15 encircling dark brown grass bands. There are also two designs of interwoven light and dark grass forming circular patterns. The wood of the scabbard (part b) has two areas of incised designs and four areas with pink, black and off-white hair tufts. At the back of the scabbard is a thin pod-like sheath attached, which has a woven grass handle and a string attached through a slit. A piece of stiff folded pig skin(?) protrudes from the bottom opening of the scabbard. There is a group of tufts of hair at the bottom of the scabbard. The wood of the scabbard appears to have been stained.

Culture
Bidayuh ?
Material
wood, metal, pod ?, pig hair ?, stain ?, dye ?, pig skin ?, cotton fibre, human hair ?, grass ? and bone
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Knife2516/10 a-b

Knife with long blade and highly decorated scabbard. The blade has carved designs near tip and near handle. Bone handle has inter-woven wires wound around lower part and incised designs covering upper part. Tufts of pink, dark brown and off-white hair are attached at protrusions of handle. Blade has blackened throughout all non-sharpened areas. Part b is a wooden scabbard with four large areas of inlaid bone carving covering much of front, attached by bent metal pins. The bone carving closest to top has a fang-like protrusion sticking sharply out. Between the carvings are many tufts of red, black and white hair and two beadwork bands. The sides are held together with grass bands. At back is a thin pod-like sheath, attached by a grass band and by the woven handle protruding through an opening in the sheath. Dark brown pitch(?) is rubbed over the edges and undecorated areas of the front of the scabbard.

Culture
Iban
Material
wood, metal, bone, pod ?, pig hair ?, dye ?, human hair ?, glass and grass
Made in
Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Knife2516/9 a-b

Bone-handled knife (part a) with long pointed metal blade. Base of bone handle has thick band of inter-woven wires wound around it, top has incised designs. At top and protrusion of handle there are tufts of hair, some dyed red, and longer strands of dark human hair. Blade has darkened to almost black in some areas. Part b is a wooden scabbard with incised designs in upper section, and at bottom. It has 14 dark brown double bands of grass encircling it. There are two woven circular designs made of light and dark coloured grass, among the bands. On the upper part there are 14 rows of light coloured grass wound around and through the wood underneath the incised design. Attached to the back of the scabbard is a thinner scabbard that appears to be made from a seed pod(?) which is lashed onto the scabbard with string and wire. There is a braided grass handle attached at the back of the scabbard, and a tie of cotton printed fabric tied to the handle. The wood of the scabbard has a red stain(?) over most of its surface and there is another longer tuft of hair attached behind the scabbard.

Culture
Iban
Material
wood, pod ?, human hair, cotton fibre, stain ?, metal, pig hair ?, grass ?, steel metal and bone
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bow DrillNa1712 a-g

An object in seven parts. Part a is a curved, white-grey section of antler with a skin strap strung from one end to the other. Part b is a white-yellow skin bag with a braided sinew string attached near the top; all seven pieces fit into the bag. Affixed within the bag is a commercial, blue and white square sticker with an image of an igloo with the words "canadian eskimo art." Parts c--f are cylindrical wooden sticks that have chisel-like bone (?) prongs attached to one end surrounded by a grey ring of antler; the sticks are also narrower at the centre than at the ends. Part g is a short, yellow-brown segment of bone with a circular indentation in its centre.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood, skin, sinew, antler and bone
Made in
Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, Canada and Igluligaarjuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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