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MaskA8361

Small face with large recurved nose. Nose raised by adding extra piece of wood. Five small extensions radiate from head. Colours are red, green, black and white.

Culture
Nuxalk
Material
alder wood, paint and metal
Made in
Bella Coola, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC1668

The head is broken off but was set into a light yellow-brown wood shaft, then into a cane shaft. Has a lance-olate leaf-shape-like point. The shaft has a shiny lacquer look.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood, stem ?, skin and resin
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC1671

Long, slender spear with a white stone point, a wooden shaft, and a bamboo handle. Yellow and white spots near the head. Remnants of white paint (?) on the shaft. Chipped stone head is wrapped and secured with pitch to the shaft.

Culture
Australian
Material
stone, wood, resin, bamboo grass and skin
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC1672

Metal truncated lance-olate leaf-shaped point fastened to wood fore-shaft with pitch and then to a cane shaft in the same manner. The light yellow-brown stem ? shaft is wrapped with sinew near the end and has a shiny lacquer look along the upper portion.

Culture
Australian
Material
iron metal, resin, stem ? and fibre
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA7588

Rectangular wooden whistle with an inset, protruding mouthpiece at one end; four holes; inlaid shell button; bound at mouthpiece and end with cord.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
shell, fibre and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear ThrowerC1610

One side has a carved herring bone design. The back is plain. One end has a peg, the other has a handle formed of resin.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood, resin and sinew
Made in
Northern Territory, Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentH2.67 a

Feathered ornament consisting of three strings of white and dark blue beads each with a tuft of red, orange and yellow feathers with black colouring attached. There are three tufts altogether. Each is bound with twine and black resin.

Culture
Shuar ? or Achuar ?
Material
feather, glass, fibre and resin
Made in
Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear ThrowerC1591

Spear thrower with flat handle made of wood that has a round stick attached at one end by pitch, and two pieces of white shell attached at the other by pitch. Handle tapers towards ends.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood, shell and resin
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bonito Fish FigureC378

Dark brown fish on base with several horizontal bands composed of several rows of triangular pieces of inlaid pava shell, and decorated with inlaid pava shell triangles on fins and around head. Two dorsal fins, tail fin, two pectoral fins, and one ventral fin; long, tapered nose.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
pava shell, milky pine wood and stain
Made in
New Georgia, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Stringed Musical InstrumentH1.264

Small, guitar-like instrument with a rounded back covered by a full armadillo pelt (head included). Body is carved from light brown wood, with ten sinew strings laid over a dark brown wooden neck with brass frets and a wooden nut. A peanut-shaped headstock holds ten machine heads--one of which is missing--which protrude from the back.

Culture
Andes
Material
armadillo skin, sinew, wood and brass metal
Made in
La Paz, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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