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Sickle Handle1027/9 a-b

Wooden handle (part a) with metal band (part b) at one end. Handle is decorated with four sets of carved rings alternating groups of three and four.

Culture
Western Indonesian
Material
wood and metal
Made in
Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HandleA2.442

Curved bone handle with a length of rawhide attached at both ends; handle has scalloped edge to fit against fingers.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
bone and rawhide skin
Made in
Bathurst Inlet, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Handle ?Na1140

Rectangular walrus tusk ivory slab with hole in one end. Flat surface angles slightly from hole to end. Other surface is convex. End opposite hole and sides are rounded. Central core of mottled dentine shows on convex surface. Coated in varnish or resin.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk and lacquer ?
Made in
Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Line Drag HandleNa1134

Part of a seal drag handle in the shape of a seal's head. The back slopes to a flat end. Longitudinal hole drilled into head from back. Two holes through bottom to longitudinal hole (front hole is at an angle). Down curved incised line indicates mouth, notches at nostrils on flattened snout. Round inlaid eyes with central depressions. Mottled brown. Small hole on either side behind and slightly below eyes.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Line Drag HandleNa1133

Part of a seal drag handle in the shape of a seal's head; back slopes to flat end. Longitudinal hole drilled into head from back. Three holes through bottom to longitudinal hole (the one below the chin is at an angle). Inlaid eyes, holes for nostrils on flattened snout, straight line below indicates mouth. Mottled brown.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Line Drag HandleNa1129

Part of a composite line drag handle in the shape of a mitten with the thumb pulled in parallel to rounded and inwardly curving finger section. Round hole runs through from front to back at the centre base of the mitten. A semi-circular hole runs from the bottom surface connecting with round hole. Two smaller holes on either side of semi-circle. Parallel lines run around the circumference of the bottom of the mitten with a series of small perpendicular lines extending up from both lines. On the centre of the convex outer surface is a raised vertical band with parallel dotted lines on either side.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HandleNa1113

Bowhead whale shaped handle or toggle with a rectangular hole transversely through centre; oval incised flippers at bottom corner of hole, just before inlaid eyes and beginning of mouth incision which follows long tapering snout. Narrows before tail flukes at back.

Culture
Inuit
Material
adhesive, baleen ? and walrus tusk
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Line Drag HandleNa1106

Cylindrically shaped stylized seal; slope sided flat-topped appendage at centre around oval hole. Seal head at one end with incised circle and dot eyes, downturned mouth, nostrils and triangular line at muzzle. Square, indentation at top of head; flippers at other end with hole between. Top, non-appendage side has 3 rows of circle and dot motif. Mottled dentine visible, longitudinally, along under side at centre and across seal's head.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk and pigment ?
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hatchet HandleAc242

Light brown wood shaft with a slightly flared butt end that continues into an upturned angled knob end which is elbow-like, and randomly pierced with brass-headed tacks and one silver metal one. Both ends darkly coloured. Shaft's circumference above knob end is wrapped with brass wire and pierced with three brass nails. Knob's base has large hole at angle into centre.

Culture
Chokwe
Material
wood, metal and brass metal
Made in
Luma Kasai, Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HandleSf526

A round handle surmounted by a sculpture of two anthropomorphized birds with up-thrust beaks and wings spread. The long thick legs and stance are more human-like than avian.

Culture
Andes
Material
copper metal
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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