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DrillA2.395 b

Plain drill with cylindrical handle that is relatively flat on one side and tapers to a rounded point at the bottom. Skin is wrapped around the end near the short metal point.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
wood, iron metal, rawhide skin and antler ?
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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EarspoolK4.49

Two plain brown wood cylindrical ear plugs, each with a hole drilled through the centre, and attached to one another with skin.

Culture
Kikuyu
Material
wood, bark and skin
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ToggleA2.131

Crescent-shaped toggle carved from dark brown horn; looped thong tie attached to a hole drilled though the centre.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
walrus skin and horn
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PipeK4.39

A small dark brown-black bowl with four bosses and a hide loop attached.

Culture
Central African ?
Material
skin and stone
Made in
Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ToggleA2.304

Crescent-shaped toggle carved from mottled light brown horn; leather tie attached to a hole drilled though the centre.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
skin and musk ox horn
Made in
Bathurst Inlet, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearK4.253

Spear with forged head, the sides of the curved, and cylindrical handle. The handle is wrapped with a strip of copper where the head fits into the handle, and below the metal is a band of hide (?). The butt end of the handle is wrapped with a thick strip of steel.

Culture
Central African
Material
copper metal, wood, metal, steel metal and skin ?
Made in
Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Burden BasketA8827

Burden basket made of coiled cedar root woven together with cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?). Simple coiled work with bifurcated stitches and an elongated watch-spring base construction. The upper half is decorated with a meander motif in black bark on white grass, two on each side or end. The lower half has a "cluster of flies" pattern (checkerboard strips) in black cherry bark. Two rawhide loops on one of the wider sides.

Culture
Coast Salish: Squamish
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, dye, cherry bark and rawhide skin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Harpoon HeadA2.295 a-b

Metal harpoon head (a) with a pivoting barb at the tip and a seal skin sheath (b). Thong ties are attached to both the harpoon head and the case.

Culture
Siberian Yupik
Material
steel metal and bearded seal skin
Made in
St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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QuiverK4.245 a-aa

Dark brown leather quiver (part a) and twenty-six arrows (parts b-aa). Twenty-two of the arrows (parts b-w) consist of iron arrowheads of various shapes and sizes bound to bamboo shafts with feather fletchings at the end. Parts x-aa also have bamboo shafts ending with feather fletchings, but narrow to a sharp point at the tip and do not have arrowheads.

Culture
East African
Material
feather, iron metal, bamboo grass and leather skin
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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QuiverK4.244

Large, rectangular, dark brown woven quiver with overwrapped edges and a leather strap; leather strap has a wide shoulder pad covered with fur.

Culture
East African
Material
stem ? and skin
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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