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SwordEj138 a-b

Sword (a) with brown wooden hilt and handle with hexagonal brass ring edge; pointed lip edge and rounded brass insert on both sides; half pear shaped steel blade. Scabbard (b) of two pieces of wood held together by raffia and cotton braided rope with four tassels. Brown upper border with raised square halfway where it is held in place by circular centre of four petal design. Brown curved border with linear design decoration.

Culture
Malay
Material
steel metal, grass, paint, cotton fibre, brass metal and wood
Made in
Asia ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SwordEdz1359 a-b

Double edged straight steel sword (a) with sharp triangular point and cast copper alloy decorations at hilt and end; handle is wood carved in straight longitudinal lines. 8 Chinese characters on one side of sword and 4 on the other. Scabbard (b) is green and black mottled lacquered wood with cast metal decorations at both ends, and 3 raised bands along body. All metal shows central symbol surrounded by floral design, rounded and/or scalloped at edges. Metal is patinated, black with green spots at hilt. Lacquer is worn, and chipped. Sword coated from both edges in dried brown liquid; rust at hilt.

Culture
Chinese
Material
copper alloy metal, lacquer, paint, fibre, wood and steel metal
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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KnifeNa700

Ulu type knife. Rounded metal blade and ivory handle. The blade is crescent shaped, with a horizontal, yellowed ivory handle attached to it via a metal shank.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk and steel metal ?
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearAa43

Lanceolate-shaped metal point, slightly ridged by sharpening, has a cylindrical length which fits into the wood shaft. Sinew is wrapped around one section of the shaft, at the metal, and the wood join.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
grewium wood, steel metal and sinew
Made in
Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SwordCc2 a-c

Sword (part a) with scabbard (part b) and cord (part c). Sword has a double-edged blade with two crescents on either side at the hilt end. Hilt is covered with brown leather decorated on each side with a star of four intersecting lines on one side and two n's on other side. Pommel is decorated with brass and steel caps superimposed on each other. Grip is covered with black leather. Scabbard is brown leather stretched and sewn over a wood frame with two brown leather rectangular straps. There are two tin bands at either end wrapped around and decorated with excised star and punched dots to make a stippled line around all edges. Chape of scabbard is tan leather and edged with tin. Cord of red and green wool with a tassel at either end is braided over a central core and knotted to the straps.

Culture
Nupe ?
Material
steel metal, leather skin, wool fibre and wood
Made in
Kano, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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D-AdzeA7365

D-adze with a blade has been made from a file. Leading end flared to a slightly curved sharp edge. Bound onto wooden handle with leather thong fastened through a hole in the handle. Handle is well polished wood carved with a bird's head and beak on the back end.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
steel metal, leather skin and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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D-AdzeA3518

Narrow steel blade. Leading end flares to a slightly curved sharpened edge. Bolted onto a whale bone handle with the shaving-deflecting ridge at the front and an unturned curve at the back.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
whale bone and steel metal
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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KnifeA6894

Long wooden handle hafted and nailed to a short, curved blade with an extended tang.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
leather skin, steel metal and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DaggerA7566

Dagger type knife with double-edged blade. Composed of a long flat steel blade riveted between a two-piece ivory handle. The sides of the handle arch inwards and the ivory is a dark yellow colour. An arc-shaped ring of metal with a serrated outside edge protrudes from the butt end of the handle.

Culture
Northwest Coast ?
Material
ivory and steel metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FrontletA8360

Bird's head in centre with two smaller heads above and below it. Painted blue, red and black, inlaid with abalone shell. Eyes inlaid with pierced metal discs over abalone.

Culture
Nuxalk
Material
wood, steel metal, copper metal and abalone shell
Made in
Bella Coola, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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