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Fish Spear1448/12

Wooden fish spear with long handle that tapers towards the tip where two tufts of plant fibre have been attached. Tip is composed of several long, pointed sticks that emerge from the base of the handle and splay outwards towards the bottom of the instrument. They are attached at the base of the handle with braided plant fibre and held together with cord midway towards the pointed tips. There is a pointed stone at the centre.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, stone and fibre
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ancestor FigureC380

Figure representing a full length nude male. Three curves outline the hairline. High forehead creating protruding eyebrows. A triangular nose with nostrils. Ovoid eyes. Notched effect outlining the oval mouth. Notched effect around the sides of the face and the chin. From the square shoulders, the thin arms are straight at the sides until they are bent at the elbows so that the hands are touching each other at the front where they are holding an object. Has genitalia, rounded buttocks, legs with crease-pointed knees, and stubby feet. Has a metal base.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
chalk stone
Made in
New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ancestor FigureC381

Figure representing a full length nude male wearing a hat and a necklace. The hat is rounded around the head with vertical radiating grooves along the sides surrounded by horizontal grooved lines around the rim. High forehead creating protruding eyebrows. A rectangular nose. Ovoid eyes. Has horizontal slits creating upraised lips which are surrounded by a grooved oval line. Notched effect around the sides of the face and the chin. The necklace consists of four rings attached together with vertical pieces. From the square shoulders, the thin arms are straight at the sides until they are bent at the elbows so that the hands are touching each other at the front. Has genitalia, rounded buttocks, legs with high-pointed knees, and stubby feet. Has a metal base.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
chalk stone
Made in
New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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KnifeN2.895 a-b

Tanto style knife with an elaborately ornamented wooden sheath and handle. The knife handle has two inlaid abalone shell butterflies. The sheath has inlaid and raised floral and leaf designs of mother of pearl, ivory, and lacquer work. There is a small green seal.

Culture
Japanese
Material
wood, copper metal, stone, abalone shell, bronze metal and steel metal
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureN1.611

Miniature, yellow-green carving of a monkey sitting on a water buffalo's back, pulling its horn.

Culture
Chinese
Material
soapstone stone
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ToolA2.417

A relatively flat circular shaped stone with a red-bronze-coloured sheen.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
stone
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureN1.284

A small stone carved into a female head fragment. Hair is accentuated with carved lines and a centre part, with the rest curled up into a bun at the top. Eyes are closed. Eyebrow lines extend into the nose. Compressed mouth and chin.

Culture
Chinese
Material
stone
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubD2.121

Wooden shaft covered with leather ? skin and having a ground stone head attached at one end.

Culture
Plains
Material
wood, skin and stone
Made in
Manitoba, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CarvingA2.261 a-j

Woman (part b) kneeling in front of stone lamp with various implements of stone and walrus tusk. Light grey colour. Her right hand holds an ulu (part i). To her right, there is a large stone chest ? (part d). In front of her, from left to right, there are the following: a rectangular stone piece which tapers down at one end and is covered with a flat layer of walrus tusk (part c), a circular stone dish (part e), and a triangular lamp (part f). Behind these three pieces (parts c, e, and f), there is a three-piece stand (part g) made of walrus tusk, from which hangs two stone moccassin boots on either sides of the rectangular stone cooking container in the middle attached with sinew. There is a small circular stone cup (part h) to one side, held in place with a wooden peg. Everything is on a main base (part a).

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk, soapstone stone and sinew
Made in
Puvirnituq, Quebec, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubD2.79

The ball is covered with hide, then with beading which has two sections of mauve across from each and two sections of turquoise across from each other outlined with red. The shaft is cloth-covered with an orange patterned cloth and with strands of white, turquoise, and dark blue beads wrapped around it. Long black hair is attached at one end, and feather attached to other end.

Culture
Plains
Material
glass, wood, stone, horse hair, leather skin, fibre and feather
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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