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Model Kayak3058/1

Model kayak. Thin pieces of bent wood tied together with sinew make a rigid interior frame that is covered with a single piece of stretched hide, sewn together along the top of the kayak. Two harpoons (?) with wood handles attached by sinew to bone heads are held to the model in front of the cockpit, strapped in place by two thin, horizontal deck lines of hide. A carved piece of bone is positioned directly in front of the cockpit. Two holes have been bored through its base, which hold the deck lines in place.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
seal skin, wood, sinew and bone ?
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arrow3081/4 a-b

Arrow with a long wooden shaft, tapering slightly and reddening toward the nock. Fletching is attached to shaft with a wrapped thread at feather tops and sinew at bottoms. At the tip, the point head (part b) is cast in copper with several serrations along the barbs, and a long, thin bone base sunk into the shaft and secured with wrapped sinew and string.

Culture
Tlingit ?
Material
wood, bone, feather, sinew, copper metal and fibre
Made in
Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arrow3081/2 a-b

Arrow with long wooden shaft (part a), tapering slightly and reddening toward nock. Fletching is attached to shaft with wrapped thread at feather tops and sinew at bottoms. At opposite end, a long, thin bone shaft (part b) is sunk into the wood and secured with wrapped sinew. The point head sits in a notch in the bone, and is cast in copper with serrations along the barb bottoms.

Culture
Tlingit ?
Material
wood, bone, feather, sinew, copper metal and fibre
Made in
Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arrow3081/1 a-b

Arrow with a long wooden shaft (part a), tapering slightly and reddening toward nock. Fletching is attached to shaft with wrapped thread and sinew at feather tops and sinew at bottoms. At the opposite end a long, thin bone shaft (part b) with notching along its length is sunk into the wood and secured with wrapped sinew. The point head is cast in copper with serrations along the barb bottoms and is nailed to the bone.

Culture
Tlingit ?
Material
wood, bone, feather, sinew, copper metal and fibre
Made in
Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ornament43.87.60

Gift as a memorial to Dr. Harlow Brooks

Material
bone
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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Spoon3051/23

Horn spoon with carved designs on handle. Goat horn bowl with two rows of incised linear design on top. The bone handle has horn inlay elements and carved designs, including a pair of eyes on each of two sides (one of the inlays for the 'eyes' has fallen out), and circular and oval inlays on the front. The tip of the handle is carved of horn.

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
mountain goat horn and bone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spoon3051/22

Horn spoon with carved designs on handle. Goat horn bowl with two rows of incised linear design on top and a crosshatched and carved design on the bottom, near the handle. The bone handle has horn inlay elements and carved designs, including a pair of eyes on each of two sides (three of the inlays for the 'eyes' have fallen out) and four diamond inlays on the front. The tip of the handle is carved of horn.

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
mountain goat horn and bone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dagger2948/31

Bone dagger. The body of the dagger is formed from a cassowary leg bone, partially cut to expose the hollow interior and shaped into a fine point. The head of the bone is wrapped with a woven plant fibre casing, continuing into five thin strands of woven fibre. These each attach to two groups of blue seeds attached to short grey and long, fine black feathers. The woven casing around the thick end of the dagger has three painted bands of orange pigment. At the bottom point is a small incised cut running in a band across the bone. The head of the bone is red, with the remainder of bone yellow-brown to brown.

Culture
Asmat
Material
cassowary bone, cassowary feather, cotton fibre, seed and pigment
Made in
Atsy, Papua, Indonesia ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dagger2948/30

Bone dagger. The body of the dagger is made from a bone that has been shaved away on one half to reveal the hollow interior of the bone. The surface of the bone is covered in marks and is stained with dirt. A faint carved mark appears on the underside of the dagger. The midsection of the piece is circumscribed with a thin, black, carved ring. The head of the bone is wrapped in a thickly woven plant fibre casing. This woven casing has seven strands coming off of it which are decorated with two sets of two blue or white seeds each and sets of two black beads connected to bundles of brown and black feathers. The tops of these seven bundles are wound with the same strands of natural fibre, and some of the strands extend past the length of the black feathers.

Culture
Asmat
Material
cassowary bone, cotton fibre, seed and cassowary feather
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dagger2948/29

Bone dagger. The body of the dagger is made from a bone that has been shaved away on one half to reveal the hollow interior. The surface is covered in marks and is stained with dirt. The tip has been broken off. The head of the bone is wrapped in a woven plant fibre casing. This casing has ten strands coming off of it, each of which is decorated with blue and red seeds and black beads, culminating in bundles of brown and black feathers. The tops of these bundles are wound with the same strands of natural fibre. The casing around the head of the bone is otherwise undecorated aside from a single string of fibre that forms a large loop extending upwards from the casing.

Culture
Asmat
Material
cassowary bone, cassowary feather, cotton fibre and seed
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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