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SwordB510

Sword and sheath. Carved in form of bird-- the head and neck being the handle. Dark finish; bound with braided cord.

Culture
Thai
Material
wood, iron metal and brass metal
Made in
Thailand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Knife BladeB509 a-c

Long, flared, slightly curved blade (a) with a tapering tang; blade has a blunt, squared end with a barb at one corner. A tube-like double ferrule (part b), with raffia-like fibres tied through it, loosely rests on the tang.

Culture
Cambodian
Material
iron metal and plant fibre
Made in
Cambodia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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KnifeB507

Curved, serrated blade attached to the centre of a large, roughly s-shaped wooden handle; handle has a brass band covering the joint between separate segments. One end is blunt; other end tapers to a point.

Culture
Cambodian
Material
wood, iron metal and brass metal
Made in
Cambodia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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KnifeB506

Long, flared blade attached to a cylindrical wooden handle; handle is plain with two bands and a ferrule. Blade angles away from the handle, has a slight curve and a blunt end with a barb at one corner.

Culture
Cambodian
Material
iron metal and wood
Made in
Cambodia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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KnifeB265 a-c

Two connected sheaths (a), one holding a long knife (b) and one a short dagger (c). The end of the bone sword handle is elaborately carved and decorated with blond, brown, red and black hair. The handle grip is wrapped in black fibre. The blade is in a flat wooden sheath lashed together with black, brown and natural fibre. The dagger has a carved wooden handle and is enclosed in a betel leaf bark sheath trimmed with red fibre. There is woven cord pulled through holes in the dagger's sheath.

Culture
Bidayuh
Material
wood, iron metal, fibre, bark, plant fibre, goat hair and bone
Made in
Kalimantan, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Harpoon HeadA8089

Iron point with two long barbs embedded in and riveted to a copper fore-shaft with twin barbs. The fore-shaft is bound with twine and attached to a thin rope (presumably the retrieval line). Detachable harpoon head.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
iron metal, fibre and copper metal
Made in
Port Renfrew, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearB764

The red-brown wood shaft (part a) is decorated with red and black stiff hair, either goat hair dyed red or mithune (wild buffalo), as well as long red-brown hair. There are metal deltoid-shaped points at both ends, one of which is loose (part b).

Culture
Naga
Material
iron metal, horse hair and wood
Made in
Nagaland, India ? or Assam, India ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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KnifeB239

The end of the dark brown, carved, wooden handle has six large, spouts which hold black hair. The wooden handle is fitted into a wrapped brass wire handle grip. The blade is thin where it meets the handle and gets thicker towards the point.

Culture
Bidayuh
Material
hair, brass metal, wood and iron metal
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SickleB757

Sickle with a smooth wood handle and a curved metal rosette. The blade has designs of spirals and dots on it and the blade edge is serrated.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
iron metal and wood
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearB755

Spear with tufts and fringes of black and red stiff hair along the dark brown wooden shaft, and a conical metal tip. The hair is either goat hair or wild buffalo (mithune). Two segments of the spear are covered in short hair that flares outwards at the ends: the longest section is at the end of the spear with the shorter conical tip; the shorter section is at the centre of the spear and has a tuft of long hair at the spear tip end.

Culture
Naga
Material
iron metal, hair and wood
Made in
Nagaland, India ? or Assam, India ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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