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Halibut HookA7452

Two carved wooden arms lashed together in a "v" shape. Iron spike lashed at an acute angle to main arm. Shank of darker coloured wood is carved with a boat shape design in deep relief flanked by two figures (heads of creatures?). A hole is drilled through the shank and the leader line secured through this hole.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, fibre and iron metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA4278

Brown wood whistle that is rectangular in cross section and comes to a tapering end and is bound in three places with white twine, one near each end and one near the middle. While the wider end is solid, there is a hollow through the tapering end where there is a taper cut rectangular hole nearby on one side. Seams are sealed with pitch.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, fibre and resin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleA4275

Rattle made of five pecten scallop shells of different sizes joined on wire. Wire is doubled and twisted in an angled figure eight formation with brown cloth around the top loop.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
scallop shell, fibre and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA7973

Tapering cylindrical four-reeded brown wood framed ivory(?) whistle that has a knob at the wider end. Bound with brown cord around the middle and around the knob itself. The end opposite to that of the knob end has four hollows through it connected by an x-formation and four taper cut semi-oval holes nearby around the sides. Sealed with resin gum.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
ivory ?, fibre, wood and resin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA8432

Brown wood whistle that has a hollow, bottle-like shape with two ridges as it comes to a tapering end. Bound in three sections with mint green string, one near each end and one near the middle.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Halibut HookA1411

Wooden barbed hook with short length of cord attached. Two carved wooden arms lashed together in a "v"-shape. Bone point lashed at an acute angle to main arm. Both point and secondary "v" lashings bound with root. Hole drilled through shank and leader line secured. One hook attached to end of a weighted cross pole by a short leader.

Culture
Tsimshian: Gitxaala
Material
bone, fibre, wood and root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Canoe BailerA1423

Small cedar bark canoe bailer with wooden handle. The outer bark is on the exterior surface and some has been removed from each end where the bark has been folded up and pleated. The ends have been secured to the wooden handle with strips of bark. There is a small hole in the handle near the centre, which goes all the way through.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo
Material
cedar bark and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LeisterA1427

Fore-section of "leister-type" fish spear. Two diverging wooden fore-shafts, the end of each fitted with a sharp wooden barb projecting inward and backward. Hafted with leather thong and cedar root. Two fore-shafts bound together with twine.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
wood, fibre, root and leather skin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA8161

Brown triple reed whistle that is rectangular in cross section and bound in four sections with brown twine, two near each end and two near the middle. While the wider end is solid, there are three hollows through the smaller end where there is a taper cut semi-oval hole nearby at either side, two side-by-side on one side and one on the other side.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA8159

Brown wood whistle that is circular in cross section and comes to a tapering end and is bound in two sections with beige twine, one near the middle and one near the wider end. While the wider end has a slit, there is a hollow through the smaller end where there is a bulging taper cut elongated semi-oval hole nearby on one side.

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