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DishC471

Plain wood dish with a leaf shape, pointed at both ends and a rounded bottom with a side tab for hanging the braided hair looped cord.

Culture
Fijian
Material
hair and wood
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HookC443

Shell shaft of the hook secured to separately carved bone barb with fibre. Tassels of hair decorate the barb end. Fibre is also lashed to the length of the shaft, from the barb and extending past the shaft ending in a bundle of excess fibre.

Culture
Tuvaluan
Material
bone, shell, fibre and hair
Made in
Tuvalu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceC457

Human teeth strung on fibre cord with strands of human hair twisted randomly in among the teeth. A pink leaf shaped shell is attached to the bottom of the necklace.

Culture
I-Kiribati
Material
fibre, human hair, human tooth and shell
Made in
Gilbert Group, Kiribati
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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Herring HookA8185

A bundle of lines of twined horsehair or gut. To end of each line is fastened a thin brass rod with a very sharp point, bound with thread on to its line at an opposed angle, thus acting as a hook.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
brass metal, intestine and horse hair
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC1022

Tapered cylindrical handle with geometric pattern of vertical rows of triangles on the lower half. Carved melon-shaped head that has nine small protrusions all around and a boss on the end. Braided hair cord tied around the handle.

Culture
Fijian
Material
wood and hair
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubD2.76

Stone club. Black and white horsehair cords wrapped around shaft and stone, embellished with red feathers. Large stone head attached at one end.

Culture
Iowa
Material
wood, stone, horse hair and feather
Made in
Oklahoma, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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AwlC1559

The shaft of the bone is thin and round, with seven bands made up of three lines. One end of the bone is pointed, while the other end is covered in black resin with a fibre securing the brown hair on top of the resin.

Culture
Australian
Material
bone, hair, resin and fibre
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SwordC411

Tapered, cylindrical, brown wood shaft that has four rows of teeth with opposing sides of equal length. Shark teeth are secured by twisted fibre string. The longer sides have forty-eight teeth while the shorter sides have nineteen teeth. Bands of double black hair interwoven with woven palm leaf decorate both ends of the toothed portion. Two bands of black hair are around near the wider end and the middle within these interwoven bands at both ends.

Culture
I-Kiribati
Material
shark tooth, hair, fibre, wood and palm leaf
Made in
Nukunau, Gilbert Group, Kiribati
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ParflecheD2.102

Painted rawhide, tied in three places on one side, with a piece of spotted fur inside (like fawn). The painted design consists of a central red diamond shape outlined with green, and red, on a blue background outlined with red.

Culture
Blackfoot
Material
rawhide skin, hair and paint
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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