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FrontletA7311

Vertically rectangular wood piece. Abalone bird design with human arms and legs. Plain face has oval abalone shell inlaid eyes surrounded by a tapering black oval and a blue area, a black beak that is red down the middle, and an open red mouth showing one oval abalone shell inlaid tooth. The red limbs are bent togehter with two vertically rectangular abalone shell inlaid pieces in between. Red all around and bordered by square shale inlaid pieces around the sides and the top.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
shale stone, wood, abalone shell and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleA8054

Rectangular-shaped rattle with bear's face carved on one side and a raven design on the other. Lines delineating the bear's ears, eyes, nostrils, mouth and chin are engraved into the surface. The bear's mouth is oval-shaped with eight teeth visible. Traces of white paint are present within the grooves of the teeth. Black paint has been applied to the muzzle area and brow region of the bear's face. Black paint is also applied to the sides of the rectangular rattle, but not the handle. The handle, like the high relief areas of the rattle, is stained a dark brown colour. The raven depicted on the opposite side is in a seated position with wing extended. The wing has five feathers, while the tail which curves slightly upwards has three. Black and white pigment highlights the engraved areas of the raven also.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun'
Material
wood, adhesive ?, stone ?, paint and stain
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC884

Cylindrical wooden club tapering to a sharp point at bottom end. Head of the club is made from a spherical black stone pieced through the centre by the club's shaft; small, white shells are inlaid in the stone around the points of contact with the shaft.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
wood, shell, stone and resin ?
Made in
New Ireland, Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC885

Dark brown wooden club that tapers to a point. The club's head is made from a spherical stone pieced through the centre by the shaft. A small amount of pitch remains on the interior of the stone.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
wood, stone and resin
Made in
New Ireland, Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaulA3435

Maul made from a large piece of stone lashed to a slender wooden handle. Cylindrically-shaped section of rough stone - flat on either end with a large circumferal groove around the middle to secure the hafting lashing. Flattened on one side to sit firmly on hafting. Lashed to carved wood hafting platform with hide strips from which a curving branch provides a handle. Shallow circumferal groove near handle butt.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
stone, wood and skin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: MaulA7332

Oval, bell-shaped, dark brown-grey stone with small knob on top.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
sandstone stone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Elbow AdzeA6436

Wedge-shaped blade of dark, coarse stone. Deep groove and knob along top face toward the butt end (to hold lashings securely). Lashed with hide strip to a carved wood hafting platform from which an acutely angled branch provides a handle.

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
stone, skin and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pile DriverA6438

Decorated slab of stone with grooves for fingers on one side and grooves for thumbs on the other side. Above the thumb grooves are two carved eyes.

Culture
Nisga'a
Material
stone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BladeC1143

A thin black stone with a rectangular shape.

Culture
Maori
Material
stone
Made in
Canterbury, New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BladeC1144

A smooth grey stone that has a thin flat oblong rectangular shape with one side flat and the other side curving convexly. Both sides taper at an angle, creating an edge at one end which is more flared than the other end.

Culture
Maori
Material
stone
Made in
Auckland, New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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