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BowlA17146

Brown wood dish in the shape of a frog shape. Has circular abalone shell inlaid eyes surrounded by a plain carved tapering oval, nostrils, and a thin open mouth. Crouching on its back legs with the fore legs bent forward. Rim of dish decorated with seven mollusk opercula.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
abalone shell, wood and operculum shell
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonA5326

Dark brown-black spoon that has a shallow bowl with a carved handle. Handle has four bear's heads and a raven head at the tip. Eyes of the animals are inlaid abalone.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
abalone shell and mountain goat horn
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureC426

Standing female figure with carved oblong base. Figure has inlaid yellow-white shells for eyes and navel, and has pierced ears on sides of head just below her cheeks.

Culture
Fijian ?
Material
shell, wood and pigment
Made in
Fiji ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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StaffC436

Tapering staff with shaped handle inlaid with roundels of pearl shell; wood has a dark finish.

Culture
Cook Islanders
Material
shell, wood and stain ?
Made in
Rakahanga Atoll, Cook Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear ThrowerA7021

Intricately carved wooden spear thrower, or atlatl, with two finger holes at proximal end. A portion of the distal end is missing. The dorsal surface is incised with lines that function as a spear groove. Central form is a feather-crested lightning snake on a human figure, on the ventral surface as a weight. The figures have white inlaid eyes. The eye material appears to be bone, covered with a resin coating? The carved figure culminates in an unusual bifurcated tail. Inlaid eye is missing from right side of the human face.

Culture
Coast Salish: Swinomish ?
Material
bone ? and yew wood
Made in
Washington, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LadleA7284

A dark brown ladle that has a deep bowl and a small handle carved in the form of an animal head. The exterior of the bowl has a grooved v-line from the neck down along the sides. The animal's head has round, cream-coloured inset eyes (beads) surrounded by a plain carved circle, slight ears and forehead, a nose with nostrils, and a mouth.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
mountain sheep horn and bone ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonA7289

Horn with a carved, tapered handle and a shallow bowl. Handle is carved in the shape of a person with mother of pearl inlay at stomach and hat; a yellowish inlay at eyes is unidentified. Bowl has design of incised lines that form two bands with one straight and one inverse scalloped edge.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
mountain goat horn and mother of pearl shell
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bird RattleA8047

Rattle in the shape of an eagle with inlayed abalone shell eyes and a face carved on its underside. The wings that extend upward from the top of the body have bird's heads depicted along their proximal edges, and defined feathers. The body of the bird is incised with crescent-shaped and short straight lines. The hooked beak is also engraved with a crescent shape. The face on the underside of the bird has an open mouth with eight visible teeth, and two oval-shaped eyes which are outlined and capped with eyebrows. A faint line is visible along the lower portion of the bird where the two pieces were glued together after the pebbles were inserted. The rattle has a dark brown finish. The letter "A" is carved on top of the eagles head with an oval shape directly below it.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun' ?
Material
stone ?, adhesive, stain, wood and abalone shell
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonA7292

Spoon carved from one piece of black and brown mountain goat horn with a shallow, slightly curved bowl that tapers slightly towards the tip, and a tapering handle carved with a humanoid face and a band above the head with vertical lines carved into it. The spoon is inlaid with abalone shell at the junction between the bowl and the handle.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
abalone shell and mountain goat horn
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowA6838

Wooden bow that tapers towards the ends, with a slight curve, an indented centre, and notches at either end. Shallowly carved fish design with abalone shell inlay on one side.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
wood and abalone shell
Made in
Hartley Bay, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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