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Effigy Figure3275/7 a-c

Wooden male figure in standing position, with two large, flat feet, its knees slightly bent. Head is large with a carefully carved face. Mouth is a thin line, a small nose protrudes above, eyes are almond shaped and made of bone with a small hole carved at centre. Ears have two anterior curls, and have remnants of blue paint at back. Upper arms hang at sides, with forearms and hands (parts b and c) separate pieces that attach at elbows to allow positioning at an upward angle. A loin cloth is wrapped around figure’s waist, mainly brown-grey in colour with a stripe of orange around the waistband. Cloth covers a prominent phallus.

Culture
Toradja
Material
wood, cotton fibre and bone ?
Made in
Sulawesi, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gambling Game Pieces3259/36 a-c

Three cylindrical bone game pieces. Part a has circular pieces of brass(?) capping each end. Engraved around the cylinder ends are circles with dots inside. Part b is hollow, and engraved with a repeating pattern of four holes in a diamond-like design, at each end, and five holes around the horizontal central groove. Part c is hollow, and engraved with a repeating pattern of circles with dots inside, arranged in a zigzag around each end; at the centre is a horizontal groove.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
metal and bone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Soul Catcher3260/131

Soul catcher made of a tubular piece of grizzly bear shin bone, flared at each open end. The ends are split partway to look like open animal mouths. Eyes are carved above each mouth with incised designs to indicate nostrils. A human-like face and torso, with hands raised to his chin, is carved at top centre, with two small holes drilled at either side of face.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
bear bone
Made in
Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fishing Net3259/39

Fishing net made of knotted hide cord, which is bundled with a length of cord wrapped around the centre. Some cord fits through a small rectangular toggle made of antler.

Culture
Dakelhne: Nadleh Whut'en
Material
moose skin ? and antler
Made in
Nautley, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3259/35 a-c

Three small carvings in the shape of worm-like creatures(?), with tapered bodies and engraved details. Part 'a' has a body with ringed sections. The head has large ovoid eyes, an open mouth and a defined snout or nose. Head and tail curve downwards. Part 'b' has a body with lengthwise sections down the back, and ringed sections on the underside. Head has large ovoid eyes, an open mouth and a defined snout or nose. Head and tail curve downwards. Part 'c' has three circles along the back, and two oval shapes on each side. The head has large ovoid eyes, an open mouth and a defined snout or nose. The head and tail curve upwards.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
antler
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Amulet3260/48

Bone amulet in animal (frog or toad?) form with wide, toothless mouth, large eyes, and forelegs positioned on either side. The back is carved with twelve faces - divided into two groups facing opposite directions of two rows of three faces. Small remnant of a hide cord at one side. Three sides are bordered with a twisted rope design.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
bone and rawhide skin
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Leister3204/16

Leister type spear made of wood, bone, sinew, steel. Handle is a long, straight, squared rod of wood with a flat butt. At top a thick wrapping of rawhide with hair connects handle to spear head. Head is made of two curving outer arms of horn, thick at top where each holds a metal spike over a central piece of bone barbed at its end.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood, rawhide skin, horn ?, bone and metal
Made in
Holman, Northwest Territories, Canada and Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Amulet3260/47

Amulet carved from antler in the shape of a side-facing killer whale, with engraved designs all over the front side. Abalone inlay for eyes, teeth, nostrils and the various ovoid decorations around its body. The back is uncarved and undecorated.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
caribou antler and abalone shell
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Weaving Tool3157/163

Small bone weaving sword. The tool is quite flat, and tapers in to a pointed tip, which has broken off. Printed in ink on one side, "LA ISLA - 63 - SUP - WALLACE - CON".

Culture
Meso-American
Material
bone
Made in
Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Weaving Tool3157/162

Small bone weaving tool. The shaft tapers in to a rounded tip. The handle is decorated with two carved birds, facing one another. The birds have circular eyes, and horizontal lines on their bodies. Below the birds, is a rectangular area with two rows of four circles with dots in each centre that match the birds eyes. There is a small hole drilled through the shaft just below the designs.

Culture
Moche ?
Material
bone
Made in
Chile
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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