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SnowshoesNa721 a-b

Two piece wood frame construction with three wooden crossbars. Pointed heel and toe, with the toe sharply bent, starting at the top cross-bar. Toe piece is open, otherwise hexagonal hide netting covers the spaces between the bars. Centre netting is attached around the frame, over cloth and leather. Diagonal strips cross over and under the horizontal strips in all sections, except adjacent to the toe hole. The section above and below the toe and foot section attach through the holes in the frame, to the outside. A hide strip runs the length of the outside, for these sections. The bent toe section has a hide strip which attaches through the side, on the inside to the bottom of the frame. Hide strips hold the toe and tail ends through holes in the top and the inside of the frame. 'b' has copper wire at the bottom lashing.

Culture
Cree
Material
wood, flax fibre, metal and rawhide skin
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NetC551

Limb from tree with two alternate branches which are bent and lashed together to form an oval. The net is lashed to the frame by vegetable fibres. Plain branch handle with bark still attached.

Culture
Fijian
Material
plant fibre, wood and fibre
Made in
Viti Levu, Fiji
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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Elbow AdzeA6436

Wedge-shaped blade of dark, coarse stone. Deep groove and knob along top face toward the butt end (to hold lashings securely). Lashed with hide strip to a carved wood hafting platform from which an acutely angled branch provides a handle.

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
stone, skin and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Elbow AdzeA8541

Iron or steel blade with flaring, unifacially bevelled, curved bit. Lashed with leather thong to a carved hafting platform with an acutely-angled branch providing a handle.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
wood, leather skin and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Elbow AdzeA6077

Elbow adze greenstone (nephrite?) blade rectangular in shape with a bi-facially bevelled and curved bit. Lashed with hide strips to a carved wooden hafting platform with an acutely-angled branch providing a handle.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
wood, skin and stone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaulA1104

A rounded piece of coarse dark stone, which is flat on both ends and has a deep circumferal groove around the middle for holding hafting lashings. Lower edge is flattened to sit firmly on hafting. Head is lashed with cedar root to carved wood hafting platform. Extending from this is a curving branch which acts as a handle.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
wood, root and stone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear PointK5.41

Spear with triangular-shaped steel spearhead that has a central ridge and has been decorated with undulating low relief lines along the length of its shaft. The end of the spear shaft is secured within the top of the broken wooden shaft with strips of hide.

Culture
Zulu
Material
steel metal, wood and skin
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PotA2.480

Rounded, grey-black stone pot broken into four pieces--pieces are lashed together with leather ties.

Culture
Inuit
Material
skin and stone
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleK4.63

Series of reeds lashed together with braided grass in three places, one on each side and one series of stitching down the middle. Seeds are inside and make noise when object is moved.

Culture
Tonga
Material
seed, reed grass and fibre
Made in
Zambia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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