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Pile DriverA4010

Heavy stone pile driver, sculpted to fit the user's hands, with grooves on both sides for fingers and thumbs. On one side a nose-shaped ridge has been carved in the middle. Together with the grooves (representing the eyes) this side appears to have a face-like image.

Culture
Nuxalk
Material
granite stone ?
Made in
Bella Coola, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC884

Cylindrical wooden club tapering to a sharp point at bottom end. Head of the club is made from a spherical black stone pieced through the centre by the club's shaft; small, white shells are inlaid in the stone around the points of contact with the shaft.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
wood, shell, stone and resin ?
Made in
New Ireland, Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaulA3435

Maul made from a large piece of stone lashed to a slender wooden handle. Cylindrically-shaped section of rough stone - flat on either end with a large circumferal groove around the middle to secure the hafting lashing. Flattened on one side to sit firmly on hafting. Lashed to carved wood hafting platform with hide strips from which a curving branch provides a handle. Shallow circumferal groove near handle butt.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
stone, wood and skin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: MaulA7332

Oval, bell-shaped, dark brown-grey stone with small knob on top.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
sandstone stone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pile DriverA6438

Decorated slab of stone with grooves for fingers on one side and grooves for thumbs on the other side. Above the thumb grooves are two carved eyes.

Culture
Nisga'a
Material
stone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BladeC1144

A smooth grey stone that has a thin flat oblong rectangular shape with one side flat and the other side curving convexly. Both sides taper at an angle, creating an edge at one end which is more flared than the other end.

Culture
Maori
Material
stone
Made in
Auckland, New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BladeC1145

A smooth black stone with a flat oblong rectangular shape that has one side slightly curving convexly while tapering at a sharp angle to a point and the other side slightly curving convexly while tapering slightly to a point, creating a straight edge which is more flared than the other end.

Culture
Maori
Material
stone
Made in
Auckland, New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Axe HeadC97

A well shaped smooth grey stone with a long thin shape that is triangular in cross section. Has notch for securing to handle. One side is consistently flat, except for a horizontal bump. Two other sides are rounded side-by-side mirror images of each other with a tapered concavely curving triangular section at an angle in between them to one end, creating a straightened edge.

Culture
Cook Islanders
Material
stone
Made in
Cook Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Axe HeadC98

A well finished smooth grey stone with a long thin shape that is triangular in cross section. Has a notched area ground into it for securing to wood handle. One side is consistently flat, except for a horizontal bump. Two other sides are rounded side-by-side mirror images of each other with a tapered flat triangular section at an angle in between them to one end, creating a rounded edge.

Culture
Cook Islanders
Material
stone
Made in
Cook Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PounderC100

White semi-translucent stone with a fish tail shape at the handle end and round at the base.

Culture
Cook Islanders
Material
stone
Made in
Mangaia, Cook Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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