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ArrowA2.551

Wrapped nock and two feathers. Caribou antler fore-shaft with one barb and triangular shaped steel point.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
wood, sinew, steel metal, caribou antler and feather
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearK4.250

Spear with wooden cylindrical shaft and a four-sided metal spear tip with a conical ferrule. The shaft widens towards the butt end, which tapers slightly at the end and inwards before it widens abruptly, the division between the two sections marked by three bands carved into the shaft. There is a brass (?) tack on the side of the shaft at the butt end.

Culture
Central African
Material
steel metal, wood and brass metal ?
Made in
Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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QuiverK4.245 a-aa

Dark brown leather quiver (part a) and twenty-six arrows (parts b-aa). Twenty-two of the arrows (parts b-w) consist of iron arrowheads of various shapes and sizes bound to bamboo shafts with feather fletchings at the end. Parts x-aa also have bamboo shafts ending with feather fletchings, but narrow to a sharp point at the tip and do not have arrowheads.

Culture
East African
Material
feather, iron metal, bamboo grass and leather skin
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowK4.218 a-d

Set of three arrows, each with a steel point lashed to hardwood shaft with thong and fletched with eight to ten vanes of dark brown feather: a) has a pointed, leaf-shaped blade; b) has a blade that flares outwards at the sides and is arched at the top; c) has arched sides that curve inwards slightly near the top and come to a point. (Part d is missing.)

Culture
Southern African
Material
steel metal, wood, feather, fibre and resin ?
Made in
Zambia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearK4.240

Spear with metal point that flares slightly at the ends and has a ferrule that fits overtop the end of a wooden handle. The butt end of the handle is tapered.

Culture
Central African
Material
wood and metal
Made in
Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearK4.239 a-b

Spear head and shaft (part a) and handle (part b). Spear head is flat and triangular with a long shaft that splits into three ridged strands that have been braided, then the strands reconnect to form the remainder of the shaft which ends in a larger cylindrical segment that fits over the top of the handle. The handle is cylindrical and tapers towards the end.

Culture
West African
Material
iron metal and wood
Made in
Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearK4.236

Dark brown wooden spear with a silver-coloured, leaf-shaped point of native processed iron. Plain shaft with wrapped iron ferrule.

Culture
Southern African
Material
iron metal and wood
Made in
Mwinilunga, Zambia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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StoolK4.235

Four-legged stool with saucer-like seat and knobs at the ends of the legs. Carved out of one piece of wood. Cracks in seat held together with metal staples.

Culture
Luo ?
Material
wood and metal
Made in
Kenya ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonA2.468

Dark brown spoon with a white bone handle attached by three metal rivets.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
bone, horn and metal
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentK4.144

Ornament composed of a band of metal bent into a c shape with a peak that runs along the length of the centre on the outside. The ornament is engraved with a geometric pattern of triangles composed of cross-hatching and a band of cross-hatching at each edge.

Culture
East African
Material
brass metal
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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