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Knife551/3 a-b

The knife (part a) has a light brown wood handle which has a circular base, a cylindrical hand-grip, and a t-shaped guard from which the metal blade tapers slightly and then becomes a blunt point sharpened at both edges and sides. The sheath (part b) is made of skin with a piece of skin tie at the back, and it is partially covered with three rows of wire metal, two at either ends and one in the middle.

Culture
Sudanese ?
Material
metal, wood, brass metal and skin
Made in
Sudan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dart Quiver1082/2 a-e

The quiver (part a) is a red-brown skin case with a light brown skin handle stitched with fibre and beaded at the top rim with white beads. The bow (part b) is a light brown curved wood stick with fibre string linking the two ends. The darts (parts c-e) are made of light brown wood sticks which have long pointed tips and sinew(?) wrapped around at their ends.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
skin, wood, fibre and sinew ?
Made in
Botswana ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Outer ParkaA2.507

Men’s outer coat, or parka, of caribou fur. The coat is waist length, has a close fitting pointed hood and a long rectangular backtail. The hood and the hem are trimmed with a band of white caribou fur. There is a white band of fur on the upper part of the sleeves. Paired white fur fringes are attached below the white bands on the sleeves and around the backtail. A small piece of white fur is inserted on the back between the shoulders. A tape of depilated skin is sewn on the inside along the tail.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
caribou skin and caribou sinew
Made in
Bathurst Inlet, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Inner LeggingsA2.505 a-b

Pair of women’s inner leggings (part a-b) of caribou skin with the fur on the inside. The leggings have a close fit for the foot and ankle and expand like a funnel reaching above the knee at the back of the leg and tapering up on the front to form a loop that can be attached to the trousers belt. A narrow tape of depilated skin is sewn along the edge on the skin side.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
caribou skin and caribou sinew
Made in
Bathurst Inlet, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skin998/7

Yellow-brown piece of hide with one high, narrow corner flaring out into a roughly rectangular shape. A line of thick stitching runs from the bottom right corner into the centre of the piece, holding together a long cut in the hide.

Culture
Dunne-Za
Material
skin and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shadow Puppet1191/1

Shadow puppet of human figure with black coloured face, long red headdress, red tunic and yellow, green and black boots. Wooden rod with metal attachment is connected to the neck and hands of the figure.

Culture
Chinese
Material
skin, paint, wood and metal
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shadow Puppet1180/2

Shadow puppet of a dragon. Black head is decorated with yellow dots and black triangular designs. Mouth and tongue are red. Long curved body is decorated with black and yellow scales.Tail is fanned out and decorated with yellow line designs at tips and black line designs at its base. Four legs with sharp claws are along the length of the body. Two long sticks with metal rods are attached to the tail and the head of the puppet.

Culture
Chinese
Material
horse skin, wood, metal and paint
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sword1060/42 a-b

Long metal sword (part a) with decorative leather casing (part b). End of sword handle is metal-tipped, has series of red coloured scalloped edges and ends with a green scalloped piece that holds the blade. Beyond the green piece is the sword sheath or casing. Body of casing is shaped by a series of six thin-edged knobs that are spaced with three narrow areas and are decorated with two large centralized shield-like knobs on either side of the sword. Each are decorated with interwoven geometric designs made of black, light-yellow and dark red grasses(?). Attached to the two large central knobs are two brown toggles with two strands of looped black cording. Hanging downwards from the central knobs are two long and wide overlapping leather flaps with spaghetti-thin pieces of leather. The long flaps are decorated with intricately cut and dyed geometric designs, as is the tapered, oval-shaped tip of the swords' sheath.

Culture
West African
Material
skin, metal, grass ? and dye ?
Made in
“Gambia” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fire KitNa1711 a-d

Fire-making kit includes a dark-brown coloured seal skin pouch (part a) with gathered rim containing plant-like materials and bits of black cloth, a white-grey coloured crescent-shaped stone (part b), a rectangular-shaped dark grey flint piece (part c), and a light brown-yellow square piece of paper (part d).

Culture
Inuit
Material
seal skin, moss, flint mineral, stone, paper and fibre
Made in
Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, Canada and Igluligaarjuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dipper1718/34

Oval-shaped dipper with long grey coloured bone handle protruding from one of its sides. The base of the dipper is yellow in colour, the band around its rim and the inside of the dipper are dark brown in colour. The dark-brown portions of the piece are covered with small white coloured hairs that are inherent to seal skin.

Culture
Inuit
Material
seal skin, sinew and bone
Made in
Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, Canada and Igluligaarjuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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