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Tool2948/178

Needle. Two phalanges of a flying fox bound together with very fine white fibre and clear adhesive tape towards the tips, almost covering them.

Culture
Asmat
Material
flying fox bone and tape adhesive
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tool2948/176

Needle. Two phalanges of a flying fox bound together with very fine, white fibre and clear adhesive tape towards both ends of the tool.

Culture
Asmat
Material
flying fox bone and tape adhesive
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear2948/155

Long bamboo spear. A carved bone head with eight barbs in two staggered rows, bound to a narrow wooden upper shaft with string and wax. This is decorated with carved diagonal patterns filled with lime and is inserted into a larger bamboo shaft and bound with rattan and beeswax. The lower shaft has been thinly shaved towards the join and a few thin lines have been scratched around the top and butt.

Culture
Asmat
Material
bamboo grass, wood, bone, plant fibre, rattan, bee wax, ochre pigment and lime pigment
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear2948/153

Long spear with carved bone head. The edges of the head have four barbs each, staggered, along the sides. Head is bound to a narrow wooden shaft with string and wax. The convex side has remnants of a light green dye over the middle half of the head. The wooden shaft is carved into diagonal patterns filled with lime. It is inserted into a slightly larger bamboo shaft and bound with rattan and wax. The shaft has been thinly shaved towards the join and a few thin lines have been scratched around the shaft just below this. The nodules have been shaved smooth.

Culture
Asmat
Material
bamboo grass, wood, bone, plant fibre, rattan, bee wax ?, ochre pigment and lime pigment
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Nose Ornament2948/50

Pig bone nose ornament, noticeably wider at one end. A broad ring has been carved at centre, with long arches on both sides of the bone, forming ends that appear as crescents from the front or as arrow points from a top view. The bone has been polished.

Culture
Asmat
Material
bone
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Nose Ornament2948/48

Pig bone nose ornament, slightly curving, noticeably wider at one end. A column of over three centimetres in length has been carved at centre with crescents at its ends on opposite sides. These in turn form ends that appear as crescents from the front or as arrow points from a top view.

Culture
Asmat
Material
bone and pigment
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Nose Ornament2948/47

Pig bone nose ornament. The bone has been carved to leave a central ring. On both sides two thin arms sprout on opposite sides of the ring for a couple of centimetres, culminating in molar-like shapes with four spikes.

Culture
Asmat
Material
bone and pigment
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Nose Ornament2948/46

Pig bone nose ornament, slightly curved, noticeably wider at one end. A central column of over two centimetres in length has been carved, and at its ends are long arches on opposite sides. These in turn form ends that appear as crescents from the front or as arrow points from a top view.

Culture
Asmat
Material
bone
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hook1922.953 A-C

Three bent wood hooks with bone barbs lashed on with bark. The hooks have the remains of sinew leaders on the lower arm. A) B) are halibut hooks, C) is a cod hook.; Good.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
hemlock wood ?, bone and bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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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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