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Spear PointK4.254

Point that has a conical-shaped handle with a crisscross band around the top. Blade of point is round at one end and tapers at the tip. Has a central ridge. Handle is hollow and has bits of material inside.

Culture
Central African
Material
steel metal
Made in
Congo
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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HookA2.296 a-b

Fish hook (b) and lure (a) attached to each other with a short length of sinew.

Culture
Inuit
Material
bone, walrus tusk, steel metal and sinew
Made in
Alaska, USA ?
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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ArrowA2.553

Wrapped nock with fletching attached at ends, not middle. Caribou antler fore-shaft with triangular steel arrowhead.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
steel metal, caribou antler, sinew, feather and wood
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowA2.552

One dull barb on fore-shaft with triangular point. Plain shaft in two parts with wrapped nock and two feathers.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
feather, steel metal ?, caribou antler, sinew and wood
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowA2.551

Wrapped nock and two feathers. Caribou antler fore-shaft with one barb and triangular shaped steel point.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
wood, sinew, steel metal, caribou antler and feather
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearK4.250

Spear with wooden cylindrical shaft and a four-sided metal spear tip with a conical ferrule. The shaft widens towards the butt end, which tapers slightly at the end and inwards before it widens abruptly, the division between the two sections marked by three bands carved into the shaft. There is a brass (?) tack on the side of the shaft at the butt end.

Culture
Central African
Material
steel metal, wood and brass metal ?
Made in
Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowK4.218 a-d

Set of three arrows, each with a steel point lashed to hardwood shaft with thong and fletched with eight to ten vanes of dark brown feather: a) has a pointed, leaf-shaped blade; b) has a blade that flares outwards at the sides and is arched at the top; c) has arched sides that curve inwards slightly near the top and come to a point. (Part d is missing.)

Culture
Southern African
Material
steel metal, wood, feather, fibre and resin ?
Made in
Zambia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowA2.541

Plain shaft with no fletching. Triangular point (part of a saw blade?) on a short caribou antler fore-shaft.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
wood, sinew, caribou antler and steel metal ?
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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