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Blow Dart1437/2

A dart with a wood base and a stem that does not have an arrow point.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
bone, poison resin and wood
Made in
Botswana ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blow Dart1437/1

A dart with a long arrow point and a wood base wrapped around with fibre string.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
bone, fibre, poison resin and wood
Made in
Botswana ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Heddle PulleyAg67 a-b

Bird-shaped figure in the formation of a v-shape. No eyes, but has a beak with a hole through the side of the neck. The belly projects outward with a ridge along the middle. A small tail is at the back. The legs form a v-shape and each have a hole through them. On a base (part b).

Culture
Senufo
Material
wood and resin
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blowgun1327/2

Blowgun with long, cylindrical bamboo shaft and conical, slightly bulbous wooden end. Bands of incised geometric designs near ends and one third of the way along the shaft from the wooden end. Metal coiled around open end and held in place with resin. Two bands of braided plant fibre at conical end.

Culture
Southeast Asia
Material
bamboo grass, metal, wood and resin ?
Made in
Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blowgun1327/1

Blowgun with long, cylindrical bamboo shaft and conical, slightly bulbous wooden end. Bands of incised geometric designs near ends. Metal coiled around open end and held in place with resin. Two bands of braided plant fibre at conical end.

Culture
Southeast Asia
Material
bamboo grass, metal and resin ?
Made in
Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Staff1262/251

Tall, cylindrical, brown wooden staff with the top quarter covered in a dark, resin-like substance. The top quarter is marked off by a band of woven wicker-like material would around the shaft. Above this band is another woven band from which two upwardly curving tusks emerge on opposite sides. Directly above the tusks the top of the staff splits into a trident-like shape, each "prong" a carved humanoid figure in a sitting position.

Culture
Philippines
Material
wood, tusk, plant and resin ?
Made in
Philippines
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Axe988/13

Pick-like object with a large amount of cracking, brown clay covering the juncture of the handle and the spike. Spike and upper part of the handle are wound in string with strips of yellow wicker-like material woven thought it. Tip of the spike is ringed with a band of resin set with rows of white-grey shells.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
cassowary bone, resin, clay, fibre and wood
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fan1176/34 a

The fan has thin black-brown feathers and a decorated handle. The handle is made from a piece of wood doubled over and covered in a thick black substance, possibly resin. Pushed into the black substance are many teardrop-shaped gray seeds.

Culture
Western Indonesian ?
Material
feather, wood, resin ? and seed
Made in
Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Harpoon1158/4

Bone harpoon that articulates with bone capped long wooden shaft. Skin ties lash the harpoon to the shaft. Small wooden hook on one side of wood shaft. Resin(?) spots on harpoon, near articulated joint, covers metal screws.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood, bone, skin and resin ?
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear Thrower1366/4

Oblong spear thrower that is curved along length and has pointed ends. One end has a ball of resin around it and a leather thong wrapped three times around it forming a loop for hanging; other end has a wooden point attached with tightly wound grass; point is oriented toward the other end. An adhesive label is in the concave surface.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood, resin, leather skin and sinew ?
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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