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OrnamentK4.299

Ornament made from a band of metal bent into a c shape with the ends folded back on the outside with a serrated edge. The ornament is one half copper and one half iron, meeting horizontally along the middle, and it is incised with a geometric design featuring cross-hatched elongated almond shapes at the centre and scallop shapes at the edges.

Culture
Southern African
Material
copper metal and iron metal
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Carrying CaseN2.1092 a-c

A house-shaped rectangular carrying case (a) called sagejū (提重) with a peaked roof containing a copper rectangular brazier and a square copper water container with round openings and lid at top (b-c) known as kandōko (燗銅壺); part b is twice the size of part c and has two lids. Also attached to top of containers are handles of bail type. Red and black iron bound wooden framed sagejū with copper flap-style lids on the top.

Culture
Japanese
Material
lacquer, wood, copper metal and iron metal
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Coin2189/319

Late Roman coin of Constantius II. Obverse: Diademed, draped bust of Constantius, facing right. Reverse: Helmeted soldier charging to the left with a shield on left arm, spearing falling horseman.

Culture
Roman
Material
copper metal
Made in
Europe ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonA2482

Spoon that has a small bowl with a long handle flattened at the butt end which has an incised design of a bird near the tip. The bird's head is in profile facing downward along the lower portion of the upper end of the handle. Bird has a circle in tapering oval in ovoid eye with a curved beak. Four pinched rectangular designs incised in decreasing size down along the lower portion of the handle from the beak. Has a two-feathered side wing and a four-feathered tail. Word 'SKAGWAY" is scratched on the back of the bowl.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
copper metal
Made in
Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: CopperA1738 a-b

Two fragments (parts a-b) from a larger copper. The first piece (part a) is relatively rectangular with an orange/bronze-coloured zig zag band across the middle. The second piece (part b) is relatively rectangular with angular sides and is undecorated while also curving inward along one side.

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
copper metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RingK2.133

A closed loop, horseshoe-shaped metalwork piece whose depth is formed from twelve rods of metal bent into the same shape. The twelfth rod is coiled with thin wire. There is a cylindrical rod through each curled edge of the horseshoe, connecting all the rods.

Culture
West African
Material
copper alloy metal
Made in
West Africa, Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleA4254

Rattle in the shape of copper with a rounded circular protrusion in the centre. Centre part has painted design on both sides. One side has a black profile bird head with red accents facing to the left side and having the upper portion bordered by green. The other side has a face with circular black eyes surrounded by a green area with black brows and three equally spaced inverted red u forms above, a black nose, and a red mouth outlined by black and having a green circular halo-like feature. The lower portion is divided into two vertically bisymmetrical halves by black.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
copper metal, metal, paint and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleA5259

Copper rattle consisting of two rounded pieces put together and inset into a cylindrical brown wood handle, creating a full rounded circular rattle surrounded by a circular red halo-like projection feature. Pieces are bolted together. Designs consisting of animal faces carved and painted on both sides. One face has black oval in oval eyes outlined by a tapering oval, red nostrils, and an open red mouth showing sixteen plain teeth. A small inward facing profile face is on top at either side. In between, there is a black split u with a green outlined u form and a black u form above. Underneath the mouth, there is a pair of inward pointing fins made of a black circle a green u form, and a black split u. The other face has a black ovoid in a green ovoid eyes, red nostrils, and an open black outlined red mouth showing two plain teeth. An inverted red u form that has a green oval within is on top at either side. In between, there is a black split u with a green u form and a pair of black split u's above. Underneath the mouth, there is a black circle at either side with curving engraved lines inward toward a black form that has a red centre in the middle.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
copper metal, fibre, wood and paint
Made in
Blunden Harbour, British Columbia, Canada ? or Ba'as, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleA6100

Light brown wood rattle consisting of two rounded pieces put together, each with a semi-cylindrical handle, creating a full rounded oval rattle. Along either sides of each piece, there is a hole to bind the two pieces together with wire. Pieces are also bound together at the top with wire. Handle is bound with brown string. Designs consisting of a face, possibly a bear and a whale? One face has black ovoid in ovoid eyes with an inverted black u form above with a plain oval within at either top side and a horizontal, red oval mouth with extending upper side lines. The other face has black outlined thin ovoid eyes with red nostrils and a black outlined open red mouth showing twelve plain teeth. Above this face, there is an inverted black outlined u form that has two plain dots at either lower side with an inverted black split u above.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, paint, copper metal and cotton fibre
Made in
Blunden Harbour, British Columbia, Canada ? or Ba'as, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BraceletC1345 a-b

The bracelets are thin, black and ribbed. There is a small piece of metal wrapped around a section of the bracelet.

Culture
I-Kiribati
Material
brass metal and copper metal
Made in
Nonouti, Gilbert Group, Kiribati
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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