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HarpoonE257 a-b

Plain cylindrical wood shaft (part a). The metal point (part b) has five barbs, alternating on each side. The two pieces (parts a and b) are attached to each other with rope.

Culture
Sumu
Material
wood, fibre and iron metal
Made in
Musuwas, Nicaragua
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD3.203

Birch bark basket with a circular top and a square bottom. Birch bark is bent and laced together with root lashings. A split twig rim covers the top edge of the basket and is overcast with thin strips of root; a strip of bark is laced underneath the rim as reinforcement. Red and green beads are featured around the top of the rim. A strip of rawhide is strung from one side of the rim to the other as a handle.

Culture
Mi'kmaq ?
Material
birch bark, cedar root, glass and rawhide skin
Made in
Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MoneyC275

Shells are placed overlapping one another all along one of the flat sides. Shells are tied onto a braided bark core.

Culture
Tikopian
Material
spondula shell, fibre and bark
Made in
Tikopia, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Harpoon HeadE271

Iron harpoon head with a wooded, cylindrical handle wrapped with twisted cotton twine. The harpoon head has a short cylindrical body that tapers to a point; four barbs. There is circular rubber stop between the harpoon head and the handle along with a loop of heavy, twisted cord attached to the base.

Culture
Seri
Material
iron metal, wood, cotton fibre and rubber
Made in
Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RingA2310

Two rings of twisted, shredded cedar bark bound one on top of the other. Bound at one point with a large knot and bundle of shredded cedar bark.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Head RingA2312

Base consists of a thin wide strip of bark overlaid with seven horizontally laid wood strips. These are bound on alternative diagonal angles with a wrap of thin twisted cedar bark string. Four bundles of cedar bark are sewn onto the top edge of the ring (spaced evenly). An extra piece of bark is sewn onto one side. The inside of the ring is lined with cotton cloth.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark, cotton fibre, fibre and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowD4.105

Arrow with hard wood point and plain cane shaft, with a feathered end. Deer sinew wrapped around shaft at arrow end, where feathers are attached, and at butt end.

Culture
Navajo ?
Material
stem ?, deer sinew, feather and wood
Made in
Arizona, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowD4.107

Arrow with caane shaft and feathered end. The point is of hardwood, triangular in cross section and long and tapering (inserted into shaft).

Culture
Navajo ?
Material
stem ?, deer sinew, feather and wood
Made in
Arizona, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowA8397

Arrow composed of a long cedar shaft with two feathers bound to the end with thin dark brown fibrous material, and the tips of the feathers are bound with off-white string. Point missing.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar wood, feather and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowA8396

Arrow with a double-barbed copper point that has two other barbs that point outwards perpendicular to the shaft of the arrow tip at the base of the arrow head shaft. Plain cedar shaft with remains of feathers bound to shaft near butt end with thin dark brown fibre.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar wood, fibre, feather and copper metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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