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KnifeE142

Knife with a light brown, horn, handle attached by nails to a steel blade that widens then the bottom tapers to a point.

Culture
Maya ?
Material
horn and steel metal
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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KnifeE143

Knife with a dark brown, horn, handle attached by nails to a steel blade tapers at the bottom to a point.

Culture
Maya ?
Material
steel metal and horn
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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D-AdzeA2248

Wooden D-adze painted green. Blade has been made from a file. Leading end flared to a slightly-curved sharp edge. Bound onto wooden handle with a rawhide and leather thong bindings. Handle has shaving-deflecting upturned ridge at front and heavy grip. Decorated with curving parallel incised lines at back. Was painted green - partly worn off.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
steel metal, skin, wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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D-AdzeA2249

Wooden D-adze; blade has been made from a file. Leading end flared to a slightly curved sharp edge. Bound onto wooden handle with rawhide strip. Squared-off wooden handle with bulbous back end carved to resemble snout, head and breast of a bird-like animal.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wood, steel metal and skin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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D-AdzeA8080

D-handled adze composed of a wooden handle bound to a slightly flaring curved steel blade with metal wire. The blade has two bored indents. The handle has an almost parallelogram shape, a slight protrusion at the front and two bumps at the back with a curved indent between them.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
metal, steel metal and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Speaker's StaffA8195

Long, wooden staff with a red painted, carved, spiral head that comes to a point at the top. The undecorated, cylindrical shaped base ends with a large four sided spike protruding out.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, pigment and steel metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ceremonial DaggerA3552

Ceremonial dagger. Bulbous wooden handle, embellished by two round skulls with sunken eyes and nostril and teeth grooves that are nailed to either side of a dark coloured triangular shaped piece that then holds the rectangular metal blade and is secured with two nails.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and steel metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearK5.128

Spear with metal spearhead that has a short cylindrical shaft, rounded edges, and a pointed tip. The spearhead is bound with a leather strip to the wooden shaft. The shaft flares from a thin cylindrical shape to a much thicker cylindrical shape at the butt end. The shaft is decorated with three slightly raised bands where it begins to flare outwards.

Culture
Ndebele
Material
wood, leather skin and steel metal
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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KnifeA4032

Knife composed of a worn chisel. Chisel is fitted through a slot at one end. Exterior of slot is embellished by a carved representation of a monster-like creature. Creature has a tuft of human hair on his head. Long handle is attached to the head and blade. Knob at the end of the handle has a hollowed hole and is in the shape of a human head(?).

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, human hair and steel metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearA3630 a-b

Thick wooden spear with a cylindrical shaft that is carved in two sections with interlocking ends. The top of the spear (part a) is carved in the form of a sea lion transforming into a whale with an eagle perched on its neck. The whale/sea lion figure has a metal dagger-like blade protruding from its mouth, two human hands at its sides, and round mirror insets for eyes (one missing). The bottom of the lower half spear (part b) is carved into a humanoid face, eyes closed, with two large, protruding zoomorphic ears. Spear is painted with black and red.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
silver alloy metal ?, steel metal, metal, glass, wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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