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Arrow PointNa1017

Small, triangular-shaped metal head with 18.1 cm. Long shaft hollowed out on back, one large gouge on front. Metal shaft inserted in wood and both bound with sinew. Top and bottom of split feather bound onto both sides of shaft's notched nock end with sinew.

Culture
Inuit
Material
feather, metal, wood and sinew
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arrow PointNa1016

Small, triangular leaf-shaped metal point with 9.5 cm. Long, slightly squared shaft inserted in wooden shaft, is bound with sinew.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood, sinew and metal
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arrow PointNa1015

Triangular leaf-shaped metal point inserted in wooden shaft and bound in two places with sinew. 5.5 cm. Angular cut halfway up shaft has wood piece bound on with sinew in three places. Top and bottom of split feather bound onto both sides of shaft's nock end with sinew.

Culture
Inuit
Material
sinew, feather, metal and wood
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskIe426

Cylindrical shaped fibre and wood Tago ? mask with a conical shaped head and a long face that curves lower then the straight across back. The face is painted white with brown and black detailing. The eyes are open and outlined in a brown fish-like shape. The wooden nose projects out while the mouth is made of two boar tusks adhered facing the opposite direction over top of black painted detailing. The sides have rectangular sections painted with diagonal lines; a circular fibre ring hangs on either side with two kinds of shells and feathers. On top of head is a rounded cap of dark fibre with a lighter fibre bushy top knot. Feathered arrow-like stick sits in the middle of the head.

Culture
Tami
Material
boar tusk, wood, feather, paint, shell, grass and bark fibre
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowNa991

The triangular copper arrow point is inserted in a bone shaft and held in place by three copper pins with a wedge of slightly different material that has been added on. The bone shaft is inserted in the wooden one and lashed on with sinew. About 5cm. above this, a v-shaped cut has been made through the shaft and a glue-like substance used to hold it together. There is another cut about 30cm. above it which is held together with sinew lashed around it. The end is notched and there is sinew wrapped around it.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood, bone, copper metal and sinew
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowNa990

The metal arrow point is slender with rounded edges. The shaft is also metal and has squared edges, the underside of which is hollowed out. It is inserted in a wooden shaft and lashed on the sinew cord. One-third of the way along the shaft there is a nick out of it. 10cm. below the end a v-shaped cut has been made through the shaft and a glue-like substance used to hold it together. The end is notched.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood, metal and sinew
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowNa989

Diamond-shaped copper arrow point. It is inserted into a wooden shaft and lashed with sinew cord which is beginning to unwrap. The end of the shaft is notched and lashed with sinew.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood, copper metal and sinew
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowNa988

The small triangular shaped tip has a blunt end and a long shaft with square edges made from one piece of copper. It is inserted in the wooden shaft and lashed on with sinew cord. The end is notched.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood, copper metal and sinew
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa ClothIi5

Tapa cloth with geometric patterns of straight lines and zigzags. Predominant patterns are width-wise with dark brown diagonal lines, zigzags, and triangles.

Culture
Samoan
Material
paint and paper mulberry bark
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FibreAa50

Tan vegetable fibre. One end is smooth, the remainder is pounded into a soft, very light mass.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
plant fibre
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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