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Button Blanket3260/59

Dark blue button blanket with red border at top and sides. Main central image made of dentalium shells is a beaver. Triple rows of small buttons along most of red border.

Culture
Haida
Material
wool fibre, cotton fibre, dentalium shell, shell and glass
Made in
Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Amulet3260/47

Amulet carved from antler in the shape of a side-facing killer whale, with engraved designs all over the front side. Abalone inlay for eyes, teeth, nostrils and the various ovoid decorations around its body. The back is uncarved and undecorated.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
caribou antler and abalone shell
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spoon3260/43

Horn spoon with a carved handle. Multiple figures carved all the way up the handle to the point: a killer whale at the tip of its handle, with a human figure below, then a second whale with a halibut in its mouth, and just below its snout a raven. Handle attached to bowl by copper rivets.

Culture
Haida
Material
abalone shell, copper metal and mountain goat horn
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dagger Handle3260/39

Dagger hilt, or pommel, of walrus tusk or sperm whale tooth. Main section is the shape of a bear head, with a smaller bear crouching over the top of the lower head. Inlaid abalone eyes, teeth, nostrils and ears. A human figure extends right through the large head, its legs and knees protruding from each side of the main mouth, and the soles of its feet serving as teeth for the bear.

Culture
Haida
Material
walrus tusk ?, whale tooth ? and abalone shell
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dagger3260/30

Dagger with a long, narrow blade, sharpened on both edges. Carved horn pommel in the shape of an animal head. Handle is wrapped with a hide strip and has a small piece of hair attached. Creature has inlaid abalone eyes.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
iron metal, mountain sheep horn, rawhide skin, abalone shell and hair
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pendant3157/167

Small figure carved from shell. Three holes indicate the figure's eyes and mouth. The figure has very short arms and legs with defined fingers and toes. There is a hole drilled through the figure's head. The back of the figure is plain.

Culture
Andes ?
Material
shell
Made in
Peru ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shell3157/161

Conch shell with inlay decoration. Black and red inlay around the tip, lip, spiral and some of the holes.

Culture
Meso-American ?
Material
shell
Made in
“Central America” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pendant2990/885

Thirty-six necklace pendants with different shapes, ends cut off to form a spiral cone, and horizontally pierced for suspension. Eleven are large; fifteen medium and ten are smaller. Slightly eroded.

Culture
Paracas
Material
shell
Made in
Teojate, Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shell2990/873

Fifty shell blanks for bead manufacturing. Some have irregular and round shapes; others are worked to circular discs. Worn and partially broken.

Culture
Paracas
Material
conch shell
Made in
Teojate, Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Beads2990/868

Twenty shell beads made from conch. Rounded and perforated for threading. Fourteen have plano-convex shape and sixteen have flattened sides. Slightly broken, worn and eroded.

Culture
Paracas
Material
conch shell
Made in
Teojate, Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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