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ArrowK5.106

Arrow with a tapering point shaped from dark brown hardwood that has been inserted into a long reed shaft.

Culture
Zulu
Material
pigment, wood and reed grass
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Head RingA6083

Head band of tightly knitted red string lined with a fine burgundy coloured cloth. Four bundles of red-dyed cedar bark attached to the upper edges of the ring. Additional rectangular pieces of bark backed with cloth attached to two sides.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
dye, cedar bark and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Head RingA6082

Head ring consisting of a circular frame of thin strips of red cedar wrapped around a red cotton ring.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, cotton fibre, cedar bark and eagle feather
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA6193

Brown double reed whistle that is square in cross section and comes to a tapering end and is bound in brown twine around the tapering end. While the wider end is solid, there are two hollows through the smaller end where there is a bordered taper cut semi-oval hole nearby on one side and a bordered taper cut square hole on the opposite side. Pine pitch along the sides.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar wood, fibre and resin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA4300

Dark brown wood whistle plainly carved and bound in three places with white string, two near each end and one near the middle. While the wider end is solid, there is a hollow through the smaller end where there is a taper cut rectangular hole nearby on one side.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA4298

Brown wood whistle that is rectangular in cross section and comes to a tapering end and is bound with white twine around near the middle. While the wider end is solid, there is a hollow through the tapering end where there is a taper cut semi-oval hole nearby on one side.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA4297

Brown wood whistle that is semi-oval in cross section and bound in three sections with brown twine, two near each end and one near the middle. While the wider end is solid, there is one hollow through the smaller end where there is a taper cut semi-oval hole nearby on one side. Underneath the hole, a face is lightly pencilled in with ovoid in ovoid eyes, curved oval eyebrows, and a downturned mouth.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and graphite mineral
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA6249

Yellow-brown wood whistle that is rectangular in cross section and bound in one place with brown twine near the wider end. While the wider end is solid, there is a hollow through the tapering end where there is a taper cut semi-oval hole nearby on one side.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA6248

Brown tube-shaped whistle with a rounded end and bound with green string at the open end.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar wood and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA4296

Light brown wood whistle that is square in cross section and bulges near the middle where it is bound with brown twine. While the wider end is solid, there is a hollow through the smaller end where there is a taper cut rectangular hole nearby on one side. One side has a faint pencil ovoid ('eye'?) form.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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