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BeadsCd335

Three beads, one grey-brown seed, a small bone, and a roughly hemispherical dark brown nut shell.

Culture
Egyptian
Material
seed and bone
Made in
Egypt
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CharmNb3.1308

Charm carved from a section of dark and light brown horn and decorated with the nose, eyes, and eyebrows or ears of a figure. There are two slight protrusions at the top edge over the eyebrows or ears with a notch between them, and the section of horn tapers towards the bottom of the object.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
horn
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Container905/7

A horn (amuwara and/or ngamuwar) container with a skin lid and band of skin looped through tip of horn and through lid on concave side. Coil of metal wrapped around band, close to lid. Skin of lid and and parts of band still have fur attached. Three groups of long dark brown hair are attached to the band.

Culture
Turkana
Material
horn, metal, hair and skin
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeadCd286

Bead carved from bone with five raised bands.

Culture
Egyptian
Material
bone
Made in
Egypt
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HandleA2.442

Curved bone handle with a length of rawhide attached at both ends; handle has scalloped edge to fit against fingers.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
bone and rawhide skin
Made in
Bathurst Inlet, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureNa1299

Stylized fish with wide, exaggerated, horizontal mouth across front and round, black, inset eyes above. There is a transverse hole drilled through the inner portion of the mouth. Ridges on each side of central bump on body which tapers to tail. Tail is aligned longitudinally and has five parallel channels extending in from concave edge. Bottom has two sets of bumps on either side indicating gills?

Culture
Inuit
Material
baleen ? and bone
Made in
Kangiqsualujjuaq, Quebec, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureNa1209

Stylized, seated gull carved from weathered whale bone. Dense bone appears only at top of head and along part of one side. The rest is porous, darker bone. Bird's head is raised up with open beak and circular indentations for eyes. Series of parallel channels indicate wings. Clawed feet extend slightly out at front.

Culture
Inuit
Material
whale bone
Made in
Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada and Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureNa1275 a-g

Figure kneeling on one leg in front of a round hole in a flat rectangular platform (a) a smaller figure also kneels beside the hole. The larger figure is dressed in a parka with the hood down. His hair is indicated by a series of lines. Facial features include curved ears, a long straight nose, deep, small oval eyes and a small straight mouth. In his raised right hand he holds a leister spear (e) with a wooden shaft and three ivory prongs (g) attached to the shaft with wrapped thread. The leister holds a fish (part b). In the other hand he holds an ivory jig hook on a thread, tied to a wooden handle (d). The smaller figure has his hood up and similar facial features as the larger figure. A separate spoon (c) has a detachable wooden handle (f). Disc number inscribed on bottom reads E8 503.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood, stone and bone
Made in
Kangiqsualujjuaq, Quebec, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureNa1199 a-b

Stylized sloping antler figure (part a) held by a peg onto leaf shaped bone platform (b). Figure is long and slender with head at one end, single front limb holds up figure from peg in platform. Inset baleen eyes in curved orbits, flares out at wide nose with drilled nostrils, deep mouth above curved chin. Dense white antler on top of head, porous grey antler at face and at thinner portions of figure. There are two limbs stretched out behind extended belly. Feet rest on leaf stem. Leaf platform is long, thin and tapers on both ends. The surface is uneven. Four characters are inscribed on bottom of platform.

Culture
Inuit
Material
bone, baleen and antler
Made in
Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada and Qamanittuaq, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubIh226

Cylindrical handle that flares outward at the bottom with geometric designs on the lower half consisting of the main compressed longitudinal zig zags surrounded by a horizontal row of zig zags at the upper end, separated from the bone or shell inlaid star design along the upper half. There is a bone or shell inlaid star on the bottom end of the handle. Carved melon-shaped head that has many thin protrusions all around and a large boss on the end with a bone or shell inlaid star design.

Culture
Fijian
Material
wood, bone ? and shell ?
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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