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Gambling Game PiecesA17075 a-d

Whale bone game pieces (parts a-d). The two "female" bones (a, d) have black lines about half an inch from each end painted on narrow bands of white paint. The "male" bones (b-c) have black lines half an inch from each end plus two red lines in the centre about half an inch apart. These painted bands are also applied to wider bands in white paint. The game pieces are cylindrical with flat ends, and are yellow-white in colour.

Culture
Coast Salish: Musqueam
Material
paint and whale bone
Made in
Musqueam, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowC1062

A plain cane shaft is stained dark but undecorated. The base of the point is wrapped with string tied in a series of half hitches. The point is elaborately carved in a geometric pattern of squares, and the tip of the point is bound with a bone barb.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
stem ?, bone, fibre and wood
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowC1063

A cane shaft carved with dark vertically linear designs on a natural background. The base, near the pointed end, and the end of the shaft, are wrapped in thin cane strips. The point is plain wood which is decorated with a 7.5 cm sleeve of woven brown and yellow grass. The tip of the point has four irregular bone barbs.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bone, stem ?, wood and grass
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowC1066

A plain cane shaft is stained dark but undecorated. The base of the point is wrapped with string tied in a series of half hitches. The point is elaborately carved in geometric pattern consisting of dots and diamond shapes, and the tip of the point is bound with a bone barb.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
fibre, bone, wood and stem ?
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HookC1162

Rounded wooden shaft decorated with abalone shell inlay along the inner concave curve. Barb is secured with a twisted string. Has no leader.

Culture
Maori
Material
flax fibre, human bone, wood and abalone shell
Made in
North Island, New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HookC1163

Rounded wooden shaft decorated with abalone shell inlay along the inner concave curve. Barb is secured by a twisted flax string.

Culture
Maori
Material
abalone shell, wood, human bone and flax fibre
Made in
North Island, New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentC119

A curled fish hook shape with three notches at one end.

Culture
Ni-Vanuatu
Material
bone
Made in
Vanuatu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HookC943

A cylindrical brown mineral and bone hook decorated with hair tassels near the barb. Has an attached string line.

Culture
Eastern Polynesian ?
Material
fibre, agate mineral, hair and bone
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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AwlA9258

Ulna bone awl with point broken off.

Culture
Coast Salish ?
Material
bone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear2642/9

Light brown coloured wooden spear with yellow-brown woven plant material near the tip of the spear with dark brown resin that holds seven sharp spikes on each side of the tip.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bone ?, resin ?, wood and bamboo grass
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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