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HookC1157

Fish hook. Rounded wooden shaft decorated with abalone shell inlay along the inner concave curve. Has no leader. Barb secured to shaft with twisted flax.

Culture
Maori
Material
abalone shell, wood, flax fibre and human bone
Made in
New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Trumpet Horn2663/11

Ritual trumpet known as kangling (རྐང་གླིང་།) made of hollow human shin bone or thigh bone wrapped with a cord and covered with a wax-like substance. The bell is of hammered copper with a brass trim. Bands of brass 2/3 in length above bell and at mouthpiece.

Culture
Tibetan
Material
copper metal, fibre and human bone
Made in
Tibet
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Trumpet HornEe4.46

Ritual trumpet known as kangling (རྐང་གླིང་།). One end is a large darkened thigh bone, dark brown with two holes bored through one end. The other end is capped with a metal cap with a small hole in its centre. Half of the thigh bone towards the metal-capped end is wound in gold-coloured metal wire; running from this wire towards the other end are four decorative bands of metal with raised designs that, excepting the central band, are each set with three red and blue stones or minerals.

Culture
Himalayas
Material
human bone, metal, mineral ? and goat skin
Made in
Asia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skull DrumEe4.45

Double-sided drum made of two human skulls known as thod-rnga (ཐོད་རྔ) and also known as damaru (ཌ་མ་རུ་), but the latter also refers to double-side drums made of different materials. The skulls are placed top to top with each opening covered with skin. A decorative metal band with raised patterning and red and green-coloured round stone-like objects mounted on it covers the joint in the centre. Attached to the metal band is a length of twined string with an egg-shaped, pitch-covered weight at the other end.

Culture
Himalayas
Material
human bone, sheep skin, fibre and metal
Made in
Asia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skull Drum2664/3 a-b

Double-sided drum made of two human skulls known as thod-rnga (ཐོད་རྔ) and also known as damaru (ཌ་མ་རུ་), but the latter also refers to double-side drums made of different materials. The skulls are placed top to top with each opening covered with sheet or goat skin. Join is wrapped with blue cotton cloth and dark red wool, with cords of braided hide ending in knobs attached to each side. Hide strips partially covered in brown corduroy project from one side, ending in tassels in poor condition. Part b is a detached cord with metal-wrapped tassels.

Culture
Tibetan
Material
human bone, sheep skin ?, fibre, dye and goat skin ?
Made in
Tibet
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Trumpet Horn2663/12

Ritual trumpet known as kangling (རྐང་གླིང་།) made of hollow human shin bone or thigh bone wrapped with a cord and covered with a wax-like substance. The bell is of hammered copper with a brass trim. Bands of brass 2/3 in length above bell and at mouthpiece. Small turquoise stone on band. The bell of the horn is loose.

Culture
Tibetan
Material
copper metal, fibre, stone and human bone
Made in
Tibet
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skull BowlEe4.37

Ritual bowl known as kapala (ཀ་པ་ལ་) made from the top of a human skull.

Culture
Tibetan
Material
human bone
Made in
Tibet
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearIe301

Spear, nearly round in cross-section, straight unadorned shaft tapering slightly to point. Lanceolate point part of human arm bone is eighteen cm. long to the shaft and hollow for two-thirds of the length. Cut away to leave a flat projection which is bound to the shaft. Mounting covered by a sleeve of woven rattan six cm. wide. Point and sleeve are coloured with red ochre.

Culture
Kewa
Material
human bone, ochre pigment, rattan and palm wood
Made in
Iapi, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HookC1162

Rounded wooden shaft decorated with abalone shell inlay along the inner concave curve. Barb is secured with a twisted string. Has no leader.

Culture
Maori
Material
flax fibre, human bone, wood and abalone shell
Made in
New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HookC1163

Rounded wooden shaft decorated with abalone shell inlay along the inner concave curve. Barb is secured by a twisted flax string.

Culture
Maori
Material
abalone shell, wood, human bone and flax fibre
Made in
New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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