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Arrow3194/28

Arrow. Metal projectile point is a long triangle in shape, thin with sharpened edges. It fits into a slot on the tip of the shaft that is tightened by a small amount of wrapped sinew. Sinew attaches three long, light brown feathers to the end of the shaft, which is painted red and has a notched tip.

Culture
Kainai
Material
wood, feather, metal and sinew
Made in
Alberta, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bow3194/27

Bow. Back is straight, with gentle curving of each limb. Belly is painted orange, back is covered with striped green snakeskin, and tips are covered in leather. Where limbs start to curve, bow is wrapped with strands of glass beads in pink, blue, green and yellow. The grip is covered with hide and cotton. String is made of twisted sinew, attached to each end of the bow by a tied off loop.

Culture
Kainai
Material
wood, sinew, snake skin, skin, cotton fibre, glass and plant fibre
Made in
Alberta, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drum3149/5

Small drum. Sides constructed from tin-like metal formed into a low cylinder, covered with brown paper. Both ends of the cylinder are covered with stretched skin that is fastened with strips of sinew sewn through the edges, that then criss-cross around the cylinder. The drum's top surface has two threads in pink and blue across it, tied around small pieces of wood, and fastened to sinew on either side.

Culture
South American
Material
tin metal ?, skin, sinew, cotton fibre and paper
Made in
South America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Lamp3152/1 a-h

Model stone oil lamp. Lamp (part a) is triangular in shape, concave on top surface, with intersecting ridges on the base that come to a point at centre. Bone wick (part b) is wide and slightly curved, carved with a series of regularly spaced grooves at top. Wood posts attach it to holes along the lamp's long edge. The small stone pot (part c) is rectangular, with a twisted, rigid sinew rope tied though holes at each corner. Rope fits into ridges carved into one end of the bone pot holder (part d), which bends in the centre and sits in a hole on the lamp’s edge. Lamp rests on a triangular stone stand (part e) with a raised ring at centre. Three wooden posts (part f, g, h) support the lamp above the stand.

Culture
Inuit
Material
soapstone stone, bone, wood and sinew
Made in
Inukjuak, Quebec, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowAa40 a-b

Metal double-barbed point (part a) with rough metal shaft (part b), fitted and sinew-wrapped in socket of shaped wooden section. This is inserted into a reed section, sinew-wrapped and glued with pitch. Intermittent wrappings of sinew continue down length of shaft. The end of the reed is notched.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
metal, wood, reed grass, sinew, adhesive and poison resin
Made in
Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowAa39 a-b

Metal double-barbed point (part a) with a bark-covered fore-shaft, fitted into a sinew-wrapped reed (part b). The arrow is a series of reed and wood fitted together and glued with black pitch. The reed sections have further pitch-blackened sinew wrapping at the centre, end, and near the bark fore-shaft.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
reed grass, wood, metal, bark, sinew and adhesive
Made in
Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Snare, Ground SquirrelE/2185 A
Kayak Carving3040/99 a-e

Carving of a kayak (part a) with a separate seated figure (part b), float (part c), harpoon (part d), and a kayak paddle (part e). There is thread attached to the harpoon and the float to represent a skin line. (Originally had skin lines).

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk, sinew and cotton fibre
Made in
Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ptarmigan SnareE/1387 A