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Skinning Tool1003/4

Flared metal blade bound by sinew and cloth to the curved end of an L-shaped wooden handle.

Culture
Plains
Material
wood, metal, sinew and fibre
Made in
Alberta, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DragNa1691

A wood frame curved into a circular object and held together with metal nails. Dark brown leather skin has been stretched across and fastened to the frame with sinew. More long strips of light leather skin are attached to the frame at four sides.

Culture
Inuit
Material
leather skin, wood, metal and sinew
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Kayak1158/1

Dark brown skin kayak over wood frame. Prow has different coloured skin. Wood framed and screwed rim over cockpit. Skin on inside of cockpit is tied to sides of wooden frame with sinew. Skin straps across the deck in front and behind cockpit are screwed on. Short angled piece of antler(?) tied with skin at one side of wooden cockpit frame.

Culture
Inuit
Material
seal skin ?, wood, metal, sinew and antler ?
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ladle1187/8

A large wood spoon with a long handle that has a triangular protrusion in between the handle and its flat rounded end. Sinew is tied below the triangular protrusion.

Culture
Afghan
Material
wood and sinew
Made in
Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ladle1187/6

A wood ladle with a deep bowl and a handle that curves from bottom of the bowl of the spoon and then straightens out with a flat round protrusion at its end. Sinew is looped around near the top of the handle.

Culture
Afghan
Material
wood and sinew
Made in
Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CarvingNa1605 a-e

Miniature dog sled with four sled dogs, all carved from white walrus tusk. Sled is packed with a grey-white piece of fur lashed down with black string, upon which the parka clad driver sits. The four sled dogs are harnessed with sinew, but the sinew line connecting them to the sled is broken.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk, skin, sinew and fibre
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model PotNa1630

Model stone cooking pot. A relatively deep small rectangular grey stone dish with a handle, possibly made of sinew, tied at opposite ends.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone and sinew ?
Made in
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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Model StoveNa1701

Square, stone base with a canopy of stone, bone and sinew. Suspended from the sinew in the canopy is a cylindrical skin bag and rectangular stone vessel. Directly underneath the vessel is a larger, elliptical, stone vessel supported by three bone legs.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone, sinew, skin and bone
Made in
Coral Harbour, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Miniature KnifeNa1699

A small ulu tied to a small stone dish. The dish is black in colour and is a shallow V-shape, slopping upwards from the narrow end. The narrow part of the dish has a small knob protruding from its base and has a pierced hole where white-yellow strands of sinew extend to the ulu. The ulu is made entirely of off-white bone with a T-shaped handle, and is pierced with a hole and strung with sinew connecting it to the dish.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone, bone and sinew
Made in
Coral Harbour, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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