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Divination BasketK4.330 a-r

Woven root basket (part a) and divination contents (parts b-r). The coiled basket has watch-spring and splint weave at base. The contents of the basket are: b) short piece of horn pierced at tip and base; c) desiccated hoof; d) cowrie shell; e) part of seed pod; f) cocoon covered with sticks; g) wooden thread spool; h) disc of copper; i) carved, cylindrical wood object; j) carved wooden effigy; k) fruit pit; l) wood with wax coating; m) fragment of black plastic or bakelite; n) stone; o) ball of wax; p) smaller ball of wax; q) ball of wax with hollow centre; r) fragment tar-paper with two nails.

Culture
Chokwe ? or Ovimbundu ?
Material
horn, root, wood, shell, metal, copper metal, stone, hoof, cocoon, wax and pod
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentK4.142

Sections of coiled copper and iron wire. Very little relief linear design on one side only. Shaped like a pointed v-shaped open mouth.

Culture
Maasai
Material
iron metal and copper metal
Made in
East Africa, Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowA2.540

Plain feathered shaft. Small copper point set into caribou antler fore-shaft with one long barb. Shaft in two parts.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
wood, feather, sinew, caribou antler and copper metal
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowA2.539

Leaf shaped point on a long shaft. The shaft is plain and has no feathers. Shaft is made of four pieces of wood joined by a scarf joint.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
wood, sinew and copper metal
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowA2.538

Plain shaft with feathered end. Leaf shaped point with one long barb.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
wood, feather, sinew and copper metal
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowA2.537

Wrapped nock, without feathers. Leaf shaped point on a long copper shaft.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
wood, sinew and copper metal
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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KnifeA2.452

Ulu type knife. Large, sharply flared metal rounded blade. Blade is attached at its apex via two metal rivets to a short, curved, yellow-brown handle.

Culture
Inuit
Material
steel metal, copper metal and walrus tusk
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Copper OreA2.449

Piece of copper ore.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
copper metal
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fire KitA2.448 a-d

Fire starter kit. Pieces a-c range from 7.6 to 12.7 cm in diameter. Two pieces (a-b) are iron pyrite, each in a caribou skin bag. Part c is a piece of copper. Part d is a skin bag of moss (for tinder).

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
iron pyrite mineral, moss, copper metal and caribou skin
Made in
Bathurst Inlet, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeltB415

The belt is long and narrow with silver beads sewn onto a doubled red wool band. The beads are sewn in five long rows and completely cover the red band except for the ends. The fibre used for sewing is brown.

Culture
Bidayuh
Material
silver metal, fibre, copper alloy metal and wool fibre
Made in
Kalimantan, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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