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Pendant3157/167

Small figure carved from shell. Three holes indicate the figure's eyes and mouth. The figure has very short arms and legs with defined fingers and toes. There is a hole drilled through the figure's head. The back of the figure is plain.

Culture
Andes ?
Material
shell
Made in
Peru ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spindle3157/166

Small piece of wood, which tapers to points at both ends. There is a section of light brown reed or grass wrapped around the centre of the shaft.

Culture
Chancay ?
Material
wood and grass ?
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spindle3157/165

Small piece of wood, which tapers to points at both ends. There is light reddish-brown cotton fibre ? loosely wrapped around the centre of the shaft.

Culture
Chancay ?
Material
wood and cotton fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Needle3157/164

Small wooden needle. The needle is varying colours of brown. The body is cylindrical, tapering to a sharp point, and a single hole through the other end.

Culture
Chancay ?
Material
wood ?
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Weaving Tool3157/163

Small bone weaving sword. The tool is quite flat, and tapers in to a pointed tip, which has broken off. Printed in ink on one side, "LA ISLA - 63 - SUP - WALLACE - CON".

Culture
Meso-American
Material
bone
Made in
Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Weaving Tool3157/162

Small bone weaving tool. The shaft tapers in to a rounded tip. The handle is decorated with two carved birds, facing one another. The birds have circular eyes, and horizontal lines on their bodies. Below the birds, is a rectangular area with two rows of four circles with dots in each centre that match the birds eyes. There is a small hole drilled through the shaft just below the designs.

Culture
Moche ?
Material
bone
Made in
Chile
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shell3157/161

Conch shell with inlay decoration. Black and red inlay around the tip, lip, spiral and some of the holes.

Culture
Meso-American ?
Material
shell
Made in
“Central America” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Miniature Pot3157/160

Small ceramic pot. The base is circular with a slight lip. The body is composed of two spheres, the smaller on top of the larger sphere. On top of the upper sphere is a beige four-pronged crown-like feature with red dots.

Culture
Meso-American ?
Material
clay and paint
Made in
“Central America” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blowgun Dart3157/159

Cylindrical wooden dart (part a) with wood fragment (part b). The wooden dart (part a) tapers slightly along the shaft. There is a small, thinner section of wood extending from the wider end. There is a hole through the centre of the wood down the shaft. Plant fibre has been wrapped around the shaft near the tapered end. There are marks indicating that there was another section of plant fibre wrapped near the opposite end, which is no longer part of the object.

Culture
Meso-American ?
Material
wood and plant fibre
Made in
“Central America ?” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3157/158

Carved wooden figure. Figure's arms are down at side with legs slightly apart. The hair and eyes are made using seeds. There is a feather wrapped around the figure's right arm, and pieces of animal skin tied around both the neck and waist. The figure's right ear has a small hole in it - possibly indicating a piercing?

Culture
Chamba
Material
wood, seed, feather and skin
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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