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Gambling Game PieceA17076

Wooden game piece stained red-brown. The stick is triangular in shape with a thicker top that tapers into a point. Carved into the top is a thunderbird in profile. The remainder of the piece has a carved scalloped edge on each side. There are two nails in the top of the stick, one just below the bird and another near the point that fasten it to a game board (A17073 a-b).

Culture
Coast Salish: Musqueam
Material
yellow cedar wood, metal and stain
Made in
Musqueam, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleA7540

Rounded hardwood rattle composed of two complementary parts connected with wooden pegs and wire. Plain surface.

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
metal and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Leister SpearA7562

Spear composed of two metal points secured to two wooden arms that are bound at an angle to a central length of wood from which emerges another metal point. The arms are wrapped with cherry bark and the ends are covered in fabric.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
fibre, wood, metal, cherry bark and leather skin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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StaffC1290

Cylindrical, black wooden staff with one flat end and an acorn-shaped finial on the other. Rusted nails at evenly spaced intervals line one side of the staff; remnants of material stuck beneath some nails.

Culture
Oceania
Material
paint, wood and metal
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerIb265 a-b

Cylindrical container (part a) covered with black and brown rattan bands around both the container and lid (part b). Wire is wrapped around the top and bottom with chains at the ends. String handle is attached to the wire on top.

Culture
Dayak ?
Material
rattan, bamboo grass, iron metal and brass metal
Made in
Borneo, Indonesia ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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AxeC1198

Simple straight, cylindrical, brown wood handle with wrapped braided rings of fibre and a sleeve near the axe head. The iron axe head is in the shape of a Danish hand axe and is stamped with 'Lyons'.

Culture
Cook Islanders
Material
fibre, iron metal and wood
Made in
Cook 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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Fishing CreelD1.283

Fishing creel constructed of simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches) with a rounded base that tapers slightly at the front and angles upwards towards the back across a trapezoidal lid with a trapezoid-shaped hole in the centre. The basket has a parallel coiled base and watch-spring lid construction. Overcast edges. Partial imbrication on lid with five checkerboard shapes with cat-tail grass interiors and cherry bark exteriors. Sides have five similar shapes with cat-tail grass exterior, dark or red cherry bark with different middle colour (crabapple?). Red leather straps with a metal buckle attached at reverse with leather thongs attaching the lid to the base and acting as a closure.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, crabapple bark, cherry bark, rawhide skin, leather skin, dye and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DaggerA7566

Dagger type knife with double-edged blade. Composed of a long flat steel blade riveted between a two-piece ivory handle. The sides of the handle arch inwards and the ivory is a dark yellow colour. An arc-shaped ring of metal with a serrated outside edge protrudes from the butt end of the handle.

Culture
Northwest Coast ?
Material
ivory and steel metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNd651

Coiled basket with bifurcated stitches; parallel splint base construction; partially beaded and imbricated. The design consists of three vertical zigzag lines in phase alternate with solid diamond shapes; above wire - sets of three vertical lines; rim is imbricated in red. Four rawhide ties. Wire splint.

Culture
Tsilhqot'in
Material
metal, fibre, rawhide skin, cherry bark and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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