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Harpoon1768/32

Overall brown in colour. Barb attached with metal pegs to bone carved in shape of human head. Skin looped through head, bound with sinew in middle and ending in a loop, which is also bound by sinew.

Culture
Inuit ?
Material
bone, metal, sinew and skin
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Knife1768/30

Bone handled metal knife. Blade inserted in handle and bound together with skin strips. End of handle has small grooves surrounding an animal face (baby seal?).

Culture
Inuit ?
Material
bone, skin and metal
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket1719/42 a-b

Twined, square basket with rim larger than base. Part b is a lid in the shape of a square pyramid with a flat tip and a lip that fits inside the bottom part. Two handles cross the basket; handles are of skin with root coiled around them; exterior is decorated with false embroidery; band of alternating brown and dark brown trees at rim; one brown and one dark brown moose ? on opposite sides; one brown and one dark brown butterfly ? on other opposing sides.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, cedar wood, skin, grass and dye
Made in
Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada and Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket1710/8

Bulbous, rounded basket with a flat back and fitted lid that is attached via a leather strip in a hinge-like manner; lid has a mail slot-like opening in its centre. Repeated geometric designs in black, red and white-yellow cover the top and front sides. A looped strap of leather and string is attached to the back.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
cedar root ?, cotton fibre, skin, cherry bark, dye and bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Boomerang1366/1

A long curved wood boomerang with a skin band wrapped around it.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood and skin
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Baby Carrier1719/12 a-c

Large oblong cradle (part a) with protruding curved handle, two skin straps attached at either end, a skin cover (part b) , and a piece of fibre cording (part c). Cradle has overall light and medium brown checkered weaving pattern, and is decorated with alternating diagonal rows of black and red cherry bark.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
cedar wood, plastic, skin, fibre, cedar bark, cherry bark, cedar root and grass
Made in
Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada and Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Child's Dress1689/9

Small red dress with beadwork. The dress has a v-neck, short sleeves and flared skirt. There are rectangular beadwork panels on the upper front, back and sleeves. The panels have a triangle motif in yellow and black on white ground. The inside is unlined.

Culture
Plains
Material
wool fibre, cotton fibre, deer skin ?, deer sinew ? and glass
Made in
Alberta, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Neck Ring1689/4

Long tubular beaded neck ring with alternating sections of red, green, and white beads. Each section has row of ten beads and is separated by a single row of black beads. At each end, there is a section of light green coloured beads with a single row of black beads and a double row of blue beads. Metal button at one end, attached with cord.

Culture
Zulu ?
Material
glass, fibre, skin ? and metal
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cuff1689/1 a-b

Two brown skin pieces with the ends attached to each other to make a conical-like formation tapering into a smaller end than the other. Round metal circles decorate the outer edge rims along the top and the bottom. Round metal circles also make an outlined design of a horse-shoe or crescent-like-shape.

Culture
Plains
Material
skin, steel metal ? and brass metal
Made in
Alberta, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model GunCi19

Model soapstone rifle. Leather strap is attached to barrel through a metal ring, and to the butt through a hole carved in the stone. Inscriptions on both sides of the barrel, and a circle within a circle inscribed at the end of the butt, at top edge of butt, and behind chamber for bullet and locking mechanism. Hollow area underneath barrel near front.

Culture
Turkish
Material
soapstone stone ?, metal and leather skin
Made in
Cyprus
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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