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AwlE267

Bone awl made from the end of a large burro bone, sharpened to a long, thin point. The handle end is rounded.

Culture
Seri
Material
donkey bone
Made in
Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spindle WhorlA1792

Circular, disk-like piece of bone with a circular hole through the centre.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw ?
Material
bone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spindle WhorlA8389

Spindle whorl, orange-brown with a dark brown grain and carved into a flat disc shape with a circular hole at the centre.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
bone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ToolA774

Spatulate tool. Long flat bone piece, slightly triangular in shape with one wider end and rounded tips. Made from sea mammal bone. The bone has a spongy appearance.

Culture
Coast Salish: Musqueam
Material
bone and plaster ?
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC501

Plain, tapered, brown wood shaft. The point has a bone tip with finely serrated edges along each side fastened with pitch. The upper portion of the shaft from the top down consists of the following: an alongated pyramid shape; a pyramid shape; and a flattened hour-glass-like shape with a central horizontal band outlined by a groove at either end. The shaft tapers to a slightly flared end.

Culture
Eastern Melanesian
Material
bone, resin, plant fibre and wood
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bark BeaterA8433

Bark beater made from bone and shaped like a club. The head is rectangular with a series of fine parallel grooves running lengthwise. Handle has slightly flaring butt end.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
whale bone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gambling Game SticksA149 a-ppp

Leather pouch (part a) and sixty seven (parts b-ppp) bone game pieces. Pouch strap has an ornamental bone carving on the end. One piece (part b) has an inlaid abalone shell dot near the end and an empty hole on the opposite side. Forty five of the thin cylindrical bone sticks (parts c-uu) have incised lines around their centres. The other twenty one pieces (parts vv-ppp) are plain bone.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
leather skin, abalone shell and bone
Made in
Kitselas, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Soul CatcherA150

Five bone soul catchers strung together on a string, carved with both ends open, and stained with red ochre.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
bone, cedar bark and ochre pigment ?
Made in
Kitselas, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Soul CatcherA151

Carved, hollow, cylindrical bone, the centre of which is decorated with crosshatching and dots while the ends have incised lines. Centre is plugged with cedar bark. Attached to a cedar bark chain that has been dyed red.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
bone and cedar bark
Made in
Kitselas, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Halibut HookA1411

Wooden barbed hook with short length of cord attached. Two carved wooden arms lashed together in a "v"-shape. Bone point lashed at an acute angle to main arm. Both point and secondary "v" lashings bound with root. Hole drilled through shank and leader line secured. One hook attached to end of a weighted cross pole by a short leader.

Culture
Tsimshian: Gitxaala
Material
bone, fibre, wood and root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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