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Pile DriverA4484

Stone slab with grooves for four fingers and the thumbs.

Culture
Nuxalk
Material
stone
Made in
Bella Coola, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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AdzeC482 a-b

A carved black wood handle (part a) with a 7-shape. A black oblong stone (part b) inserts into the shorter downward angled wood, around which braided fibre is coiled.

Culture
Fijian
Material
wood, fibre and stone
Made in
Viti Levu, Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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AdzeC483

Handle and head made of wood, stone adze fits into head and is held into place by fibre rope.

Culture
Fijian
Material
plant fibre, stone and wood
Made in
Viti Levu, Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureA7017

Spherical carving with a human face on one side and the body and tail of a fish on the other. Detail is in relief; surface is polished.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
steatite stone ?
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureA7235

Stone carving of a woman sitting on the back of a large fish, in front of the dorsal fin. Carved from mottled white-grey stone.

Culture
Tsimshian ? or Gitxsan ?
Material
stone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bird RattleA8047

Rattle in the shape of an eagle with inlayed abalone shell eyes and a face carved on its underside. The wings that extend upward from the top of the body have bird's heads depicted along their proximal edges, and defined feathers. The body of the bird is incised with crescent-shaped and short straight lines. The hooked beak is also engraved with a crescent shape. The face on the underside of the bird has an open mouth with eight visible teeth, and two oval-shaped eyes which are outlined and capped with eyebrows. A faint line is visible along the lower portion of the bird where the two pieces were glued together after the pebbles were inserted. The rattle has a dark brown finish. The letter "A" is carved on top of the eagles head with an oval shape directly below it.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun' ?
Material
stone ?, adhesive, stain, wood and abalone shell
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PipeA17170

Short, horizontal, black-green stone pipe. A snake head with mouth open forms the mouth piece. Flared tubular bowl with incised geometric designs around the outside.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
stone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentA17184

Necklace-like ornament made from an unevenly shaped, roughly circular stone pendant strung on a hide thong.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
igneous stone and rawhide skin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pile DriverA4010

Heavy stone pile driver, sculpted to fit the user's hands, with grooves on both sides for fingers and thumbs. On one side a nose-shaped ridge has been carved in the middle. Together with the grooves (representing the eyes) this side appears to have a face-like image.

Culture
Nuxalk
Material
granite stone ?
Made in
Bella Coola, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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KnifeC145

Knife with elongated obsidian blade that has a central ridge and curved sides that come to a point at the tip. The handle is oval in cross-section and tapers to a tip. There is a diamond-shaped design incised into both sides of the reddish-brown clay handle, and the design has been coloured with white pigment.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
obsidian stone, clay, lime pigment and wood
Made in
Admiralty Islands, Manus, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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