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Model of a Harpoon with Head and Line38.703a-b

Gift of Frank K. Fairchild

Culture
Eskimo
Material
ivory, wood, rawhide hide and iron metal
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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Small Model of Boat34.5603.2

Gift of Dr. Clark Burnham

Culture
Native American
Material
wood and iron metal
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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Drag Handle shaped like a bear's head86.224.168

Drag handle of a looped leather cord which laces through the underside of a bear's head. Y-shaped, incised mouth; inlaid, circular nostrils, eyes inlaid with metal; lightly sculptured ears; two concentric incised lines around neck with three pairs of short perpindicular lines. The neck is notched on one side. CONDITION: Stained in stripe on bottom. Long crack on each side of proper right eye. Shorter cracks around proper left eye. Leather stiff and dry.

Culture
Eskimo
Material
ivory, iron metal and hide
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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Money2815/21

Long thin piece of twisted iron known as a kissi penny. A twisted shaft separates a roughly shaped rounded flat end, and a short dual-pointed end, running perpendicular to the shaft.

Culture
Kissi
Material
iron metal
Made in
Sierra Leone ? or Liberia ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Money2815/20

Long thin piece of twisted iron known as a kissi penny. A twisted shaft separates a roughly shaped rounded flat end, and a short dual-pointed end, running perpendicular to the shaft. Part of the flattened end has been removed.

Culture
Kissi
Material
iron metal
Made in
Sierra Leone ? or Liberia ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Money2815/22

Long thin piece of twisted iron known as a kissi penny. A twisted shaft separates a roughly shaped rounded flat end, and a short dual-pointed end, running perpendicular to the shaft. Part of one side of the flattened end is bent over on itself.

Culture
Kissi
Material
iron metal
Made in
Sierra Leone ? or Liberia ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Money2815/23

Long thin piece of twisted iron known as a kissi penny. A twisted shaft separates a roughly shaped rounded flat end, and a short dual-pointed end, running perpendicular to the shaft. Part of the flattened end is bent at a 90 degree angle.

Culture
Kissi
Material
iron metal
Made in
Sierra Leone ? or Liberia ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Money2815/24

Long thin piece of twisted iron known as a kissi penny. A twisted shaft separates a roughly shaped rounded flat end, and a short dual-pointed end, running perpendicular to the shaft. Part of the flattened end has been removed.

Culture
Kissi
Material
iron metal
Made in
Sierra Leone ? or Liberia ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Altar Lamp2815/3

Altar lamp made of iron. The central part of the lamp is made of a long, thin bar of iron, bolted to a bent metal base with four legs. At the top, a shallow bowl is bolted to the main bar, with paddles hanging to the left and right, chained to upwardly bent bars. Above the bowl is a figure with bent arms and raised hands, fingers spread. It wears a long, curved headdress.

Culture
Bamana
Material
iron metal
Made in
Mali
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tool2815/1

Implement with a long wooden handle holding a long, narrow, metal blade. The handle is slightly flared at the bottom and clubbed at the top. Through a hole in the clubbed portion, the metal blade has been inserted at a downward angle. It tapers to a sharp flair at the working end, and a cylinder of metal has been attached at the other to prevent the piece from slipping through the hole in the wood. A ring has been inserted into the flared end of the handle.

Culture
West African ?
Material
wood and iron metal
Made in
West Africa, Africa ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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