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Feast DishA1785

Carved wooden, oval shaped dish (łuk’wa) with centre concavity. Made from a single piece of wood, the bowl represents the upper body of a killer whale. One end has the whale’s head in red and black, carved in shallow relief with its mouth open. On the sides, below the mouth is the blowhole, cutout and outlined in red. Behind the hole are the side fins incised with horizontal lines. At the opposite end is a crouched male figure with his head facing upwards and its arms outstretched holding onto the back of the killer whale. The figure has black hair, a black belt and wrist bands. (Repaired with copper wire).

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
paint, cedar wood and copper metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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KnifeK4.267 a-b

Knife and sheath (parts a-b) consisting of a wooden sheath (part b) decorated with brass tacks and wrapped with thin copper wire. A protrusion with a hole through it near the top of the sheath appears to be part of the carrying apparatus. The wooden sword handle (part a) is narrow in the middle and flares toward either end.

Culture
Shona ?
Material
copper metal, wood and brass metal
Made in
Mashonaland, Zimbabwe
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag1444/20

Small, rectangular shaped bag made of a long piece of fabric folded and sewn along the sides. The opening has a drawstring closure and a braided strap on either side that is tied together at the top. The drawstring has a copper(?) coin attached through a circle hole in the metal. The bag is decorated with stripes of embroidered geometric designs in orange, blue, yellow, dark green and beige.

Culture
Eastern Indonesian
Material
cotton fibre, copper metal ? and dye
Made in
West Timor, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentK2.47

Ornament composed of twisted bands of copper and iron bent into a c shape with knobs at the ends.

Culture
Hausa
Material
copper metal and iron metal
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentM5.19

Silver plated copper chain and cross pendant in the form of an elaborate three barred Russian Orthodox cross, hung on a heavy scrollwork chain. The pendant is circular in shape with a scalloped edge and circles on the middle of edge. The inner portion has heart-like shaped cutouts that gives the centre its cross-like appearance.

Culture
Russian ?
Material
silver metal and copper metal
Made in
Russia ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceK4.101

Necklace composed of three bands of copper wire covered in alternating sections of tin and copper wire wound around each thicker wire. Copper chain tassel with coiled tin at the front.

Culture
Maasai ?
Material
copper metal ? and tin metal
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CoinEdz2311

Coin, round, with a four-sided hole at the centre, a rim around the outer edge and a centre hole. The obverse has four characters, and the reverse has four characters. Xianfeng zhongbao (top-bottom-right-left) in more relaxed style Chinese characters on obverse; boo fu left-right (mintmark) in Manchu, yi shi top, bottom (one-ten=value 10) in Chinese on reverse. File marks; dot obverse near top-right corner of centre hole; large hollows in rims; rim pits; depression on reverse rim top-right.

Culture
Chinese
Material
copper metal and iron metal
Made in
Fuzhou, Fujian, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HandleA2.416

White-yellow bone handle with two copper rivets and part of a wooden tang remaining.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
bone, wood and copper metal
Made in
Bathurst Inlet, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PointA2.289

Copper point attached to a short bone shaft.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
bone and copper metal
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PointA2.275

Copper point attached to a tapering bone shaft with jagged barbs carved along one edge.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
bone and copper metal
Made in
Taijiak, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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