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LeisterA1427

Fore-section of "leister-type" fish spear. Two diverging wooden fore-shafts, the end of each fitted with a sharp wooden barb projecting inward and backward. Hafted with leather thong and cedar root. Two fore-shafts bound together with twine.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
wood, fibre, root and leather skin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Canoe BailerA1428

Small cedar bark canoe bailer with wooden handle. Outer bark is on the exterior surface, but has been removed from the ends which have been pleated up and tied with strips of bark to a wooden handle. There are flat-ended knobs at each end of the wooden handle, one of them is quite chipped. The bailer is slightly warped, with one end slanting inwards.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun'
Material
wood and cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Totem PoleA8200

Small totem pole depicting (bottom to top) a beaver at the base, a bear holding a salmon, a bird holding a copper, a whale with a human face, an eagle on top, then a bear with two small human figures in front. The pole is painted in blue, black, brown, green, red, yellow and white.

Culture
Haida ?
Material
copper metal and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Speaker's StaffA8195

Long, wooden staff with a red painted, carved, spiral head that comes to a point at the top. The undecorated, cylindrical shaped base ends with a large four sided spike protruding out.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, pigment and steel metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Speaker's StaffA8173

Long, wooden staff, cylindrical in shape consisting of a carved handle with a whale figure depicted. The front part of the handle has a carved human face, the back has a fluke while the top is a projecting dorsal fin.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA8161

Brown triple reed whistle that is rectangular in cross section and bound in four sections with brown twine, two near each end and two near the middle. While the wider end is solid, there are three hollows through the smaller end where there is a taper cut semi-oval hole nearby at either side, two side-by-side on one side and one on the other side.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA8159

Brown wood whistle that is circular in cross section and comes to a tapering end and is bound in two sections with beige twine, one near the middle and one near the wider end. While the wider end has a slit, there is a hollow through the smaller end where there is a bulging taper cut elongated semi-oval hole nearby on one side.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
fibre and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA8157

Brown wood whistle that is oval in cross section and comes to a tapering end and is bound in two sections with brown twine, both near the middle. While the wider end is solid, there is a hollow through the tapering end where there is a taper cut semi-oval hole nearby on one side.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
fibre and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA8155

Brown wood whistle that is rectangular in cross section and comes to a tapering end and is bound in four sections with brown twine, one near each end and two near the middle. While the wider end is solid, there is a hollow through the smaller end where there is a taper cut round cornered rectangular hole nearby on one side. Seams are sealed with pitch, but parts are splitting.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
fibre, wood and resin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA8154

Brown double reed whistle that is square in cross section and bound in three sections with green string, two near each end and one near the middle. While the wider end is solid, there are two hollows through the smaller end where there is a taper cut rectangular hole nearby at either side.

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