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Gambling Bone16/9813 B

Culture
Tlingit
Material
bone, ivory and hide
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
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Gambling Bone16/9813 A

Culture
Tlingit
Material
bone, ivory and hide
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
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Belt3202/3

Woven belt with bone attachments. Wide belt is made in a tight basket weave from thin strips of light and dark brown leather. Buckle is made of two pieces of bone, smoothly carved into rectangles, with a prong nailed to one that fits into a tube joint in the other. Several figures are etched into the bone, including a hunter and a woman in lightweight clothing, and tools such as an oil lamp, ulu, and chopper, among others. Back of belt has similar pieces attached, with images including a walrus and person paddling a boat. Two small undecorated buttons and a long undecorated loop are also attached to the back. Many of the images are accompanied by small Inuktitut syllabics.

Culture
Inuit
Material
skin, bone, paint and metal
Made in
Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada and Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pouch3202/2

Sealskin pouch. Small bag is rounded on bottom with a flap covering the opening at top. No handles are present. Bag is made from light brown leather with dark brown piping at the edges, and circular and square patches of the same set at regular intervals on front and edge for decoration. A curved piece of bone, flattened on front surface, serves as a handle for the flap and is etched and painted with the silhouette of a seal. A tie is attached to two of the decorative circles on the front, which loops over the bone to hold the pouch closed.

Culture
Inuit
Material
seal skin, bone and paint
Made in
Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada and Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3194/25

Whale bone figure. A woman stands on a small, irregularly shaped platform, wearing a parka that gathers at the waist and falls to the knees, slightly longer on the back hem. The hood is up over her head and her round face has carved nose, eyes and mouth in a downcast expression. Arms are held down and slightly away from her sides. The edge of the parka at hood, wrists, and bottom hem have an encircling, incised line for decoration.

Culture
Inuit
Material
whale bone
Made in
Spence Bay, Nunavut, Canada and Taloyoak, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Scoop3174/3

Small horn scoop. Wide and curved at bottom edge. Side walls curve in slightly over the interior of the scoop. Top comes to a point and has a small hole bored through it. Exterior is smooth and shiny, showing layers of grey, brown and tan, with flaking and brown accretions at bottom. Interior is rough and dark and shows the grain of the horn.

Culture
Tibetan
Material
animal horn
Made in
Tibet
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thimble3174/2

Horn thimble. Dark grey object is tubular in shape with a whole piercing centre. Thimble and hole are both wider at bottom and narrow toward top. Exterior is carved with three lines of round, shallow divots, regularly placed. A fine line has been carved around top and bottom edges. Top and bottom sides have been roughly sheared.

Culture
Tibetan
Material
yak horn
Made in
Tibet
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Lamp3152/1 a-h

Model stone oil lamp. Lamp (part a) is triangular in shape, concave on top surface, with intersecting ridges on the base that come to a point at centre. Bone wick (part b) is wide and slightly curved, carved with a series of regularly spaced grooves at top. Wood posts attach it to holes along the lamp's long edge. The small stone pot (part c) is rectangular, with a twisted, rigid sinew rope tied though holes at each corner. Rope fits into ridges carved into one end of the bone pot holder (part d), which bends in the centre and sits in a hole on the lamp’s edge. Lamp rests on a triangular stone stand (part e) with a raised ring at centre. Three wooden posts (part f, g, h) support the lamp above the stand.

Culture
Inuit
Material
soapstone stone, bone, wood and sinew
Made in
Inukjuak, Quebec, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2990/757

Whale vertebra figure resembling the head of an owl. Two transversal holes represent the eyes; relief nose and flat base. Organic residues in the base (possibly fibre). Unbroken.

Culture
Chancay
Material
bone
Made in
Lima, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pendant2990/755

Bird pendant, made of polished bone. Pointed beak is facing upwards, square and incised body with a small suspension hole at its back; triangular base. Orange-red and black pigment in grooves. Well preserved.

Culture
Nasca
Material
bone and paint
Made in
Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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