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AdzeSa357

Small, polished stone adze, or axe head. Widens to bevelled end, rounded at other, oval in cross-section. Battered along bevelled end. Pitted surface.

Culture
Central America
Material
stone
Made in
Costa Rica
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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AbraderSa356

Coarse ground stone fragment. Flattened oval in cross-section flattened. Surface shows use-wear. Broken at both ends to an overall rhomboid shape.

Culture
Central America
Material
stone
Made in
Costa Rica
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureAf497

Standing wood female figure (ibeji) on oval base. Figure has a long trunk and arms on short stocky legs. Arms are at the sides. Has protruding stomach, breasts, and buttocks. Large head with facial features in relief of large protruding eyes having incised eyelids and eight incised notches on each cheek with three at the forehead. Tall pointed four-sided headdress with knob at top is patterned with incised lines. Recesses filled with indigo dye. Large pierced ears placed far back on the head. Earring of strung horn beads and one jasper. Arm on the right has brass bracelet with spiral incising. Two strings of dark horn beads at waist. Necklace of elongated blue beads with one red jasper bead. Incising at back of head, spine, and stomach. Carved wood piece with dark brown patina and red camwood in areas.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
wood, jasper mineral, stone, horn, brass metal, cotton fibre, indigo pigment and camwood pigment
Made in
Oyo, Nigeria ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureA2437

Mottled white-grey and black stone figure of a human head that is relatively oval in vertical cross section with the lower surface grooved and worn upraised facial features including eyes, a large nose, and a closed mouth.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
igneous stone ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubNb590

A smoothed, L-shaped, grey stone shaft broken at both ends with an axe-like extension from the side. Traces of another extension on other side. Barnacles attached.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
stone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MortarA2610

Rough grey stone that is oval in transverse cross section with a concave upper surface. Animal or fish face carved at either ends that are grooved, each of which has circular eyes and a thin smiling mouth.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
vesicular lava stone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeadsEe27

A string of one-hundred-and-ten beads on white cotton cord, one-hundred-and-four of which are spherical orange-brown seeds with a fine mottled surface that have faint striations. String forms a circle, at one side of which, there are three deep-carved beads of brown wood. At the opposite side, there are two identical beads to which are attached a smaller red-brown seed-bead with a spherical orange-brown seed, knotted on with the ends of the cord on which the beads are strung. Tied around the string of beads is braided white cotton cord, on which an amber ? bead is knotted. Cord is 4.4cm. long.

Culture
Tibetan
Material
seed, wood, amber stone ? and cotton fibre
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureNa676

Two men with woman in centre. Taller man faces woman with hands touching. Separate male figure has hands outstretched and he has holes in his palms indicating an object held, now missing. (Separate male figure has broken off base.)

Culture
Inuit
Material
soapstone stone
Made in
Broughton Island, Nunavut, Canada and Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureNa675

Polar bear of grey and light green marbled stone flecked with black on head and back.

Culture
Inuit
Material
soapstone stone
Made in
Broughton Island, Nunavut, Canada and Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SealEdz1020

Seal carved from one piece of brown soapstone with a blank seal surface. The box-shaped base is surmounted by a carved "temple dog."

Culture
Chinese
Material
soapstone stone
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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