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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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BowK4.237

Bow made from a crooked branch bound with skin (?) at the tapered ends.

Culture
Maasai
Material
wood and skin ?
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LadleA2.466

Ladle with a translucent yellow-white bowl bound with a strip of skin to a tapering wooden handle.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
musk ox horn, wood and skin
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SnowshoesA2.548 a-b

Wooden frame snowshoes with two crossbars, rawhide latticework and straps; both curve upwards slightly at the blunt toed front.

Culture
Arctic America ?
Material
wood and rawhide skin
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SnowshoesA2.546 a-b

Oval shape with upturned fronts. Twisted and interlaced skin. The harness to hold boots is of braided twine.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
wood, rawhide skin and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SnowshoesA2.544 a-b

Pair of leaf-shaped, light brown wooden snowshoes; one end is rounded and sharply upturned while the other tapers gently to an extended point. Three wooden crossbars separate the rawhide latticework into three main sections, with a mesh-like pattern at the two ends and open, rectangular grid-like strapping in the centre. Tufts of red fabric and bristly white hair are tied along the centre of the front and back panels.

Culture
Inuit ?
Material
wood, rawhide skin, fibre, caribou hair ? and dye
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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