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KnifeC145

Knife with elongated obsidian blade that has a central ridge and curved sides that come to a point at the tip. The handle is oval in cross-section and tapers to a tip. There is a diamond-shaped design incised into both sides of the reddish-brown clay handle, and the design has been coloured with white pigment.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
obsidian stone, clay, lime pigment and wood
Made in
Admiralty Islands, Manus, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BurinC1326

A black obsidian stone piece that has a shortened fan-like shape with a small handle-like feature. One side is concavely smooth while the other side is convexly smooth with a ridge along the middle.

Culture
Rapa Nui
Material
obsidian stone
Made in
Easter Island
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BurinC1328

A black obsidian stone piece that has an irregular shape and a handle-like feature. One side, though semi-convexly rounded, is flat. The other side has been concavely flaked off multiple times.

Culture
Rapa Nui
Material
obsidian stone
Made in
Easter Island
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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KnifeC1330

A reddish-black obsidian stone piece that has a fan-like shape which is convexly rounded on one side and concavely flaked off on the other side with a handle.

Culture
Rapa Nui
Material
obsidian stone
Made in
Easter Island
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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KnifeC1331

A reddish-black obsidian stone piece that has a relatively deltoid leaf-like shape which is flat on one side and has been concavely flaked off twice at both edges with a ridge in between on the other side. Has a short handle.

Culture
Rapa Nui
Material
obsidian stone
Made in
Easter Island
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BurinC1332

A reddish-black obsidian stone piece has an irregular circular shape with jagged edges and a short handle-like feature. One side is convexly smooth coming to an apex on one edge while the other side has been concavely flaked off multiple times.

Culture
Rapa Nui
Material
obsidian stone
Made in
Easter Island
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PointE123

Black, pressured flaked obsidian stone point with a defined tip, corner notches, concaved stem and a flat base.

Culture
Central Mexico ?
Material
obsidian stone
Made in
Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureE124

Small obsidian stylized figure with a large triangular head and rectangular torso with hands folded across. The figure tapers at the bottom with two hexagons. The face is carved in relief. There is a large stroke on the back which is otherwise flat.

Culture
Central Mexico ?
Material
obsidian stone
Made in
Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA3714

Female human face mask. The mask is yellow with a protruding nose and the features painted on in various colours. The tiny pointed teeth are white. The lips, nostrils, chin and a band over the forehead are painted red. The eyebrows and outlining of the nostrils and lips are blue. The cheek area has a blue curl and a white area outlined in red. Beside the eye there is a white hourglass shape with two red triangles. The eyes are white, outlined in red with round black obsidian centres. The flat top of the mask is unpainted. (Similar to A3713).

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Huu-ay-aht
Material
wood, paint and obsidian stone
Made in
Bamfield, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA3713

Male human face mask. The mask is yellow with a protruding nose and the features painted on in various colours. The lips, nostrils and a border around the entire face are painted red. There are two thick black diagonal lines under the nose. The eyebrows and outlining of the nostrils is blue. The cheek area is also blue with yellow dots around the edges. The eyes are white and diamond shaped with round black obsidian centres. The back and flat top of the mask is unpainted. (Similar to A3714).

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Huu-ay-aht
Material
wood, obsidian stone and paint
Made in
Bamfield, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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