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Gambling Game PiecesA8176

Set of seven game pieces (parts a-g) made from beaver teeth. The teeth have a natural colour of pink and cream. They are semi-circular in shape and are decorated with series of incised lines and circles. Each piece differs in decoration. Some of the teeth have a fibrous material on the inside. One has black fibre twine wrapped on the outside, another has a small piece of red fabric.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun'
Material
beaver tooth
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SwordC409

Tapered, cylindrical, brown wood shaft that has four rows of teeth with opposing sides of equal length. Shark teeth are secured by twisted fibre string. The longer sides have fifty-three teeth while the shorter sides have twenty-two teeth. A band of triple black hair interwoven with woven palm leaf decorates the wider end of the toothed portion. Three equally spaced bands of black hair are along the length of the toothed portion.

Culture
I-Kiribati
Material
shark tooth, palm leaf, hair, fibre and wood
Made in
Nukunau, Gilbert Group, Kiribati
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SwordC414

Tapered, rounded cylindrical, red-brown wood handle. Wood is carved into five oval shaped, evenly spaced, forms. Fifty shark's teeth line each of the two sides of the wood and are secured by twisted fibre string. Woven black and yellow fibres form coloured bands at both ends of the 'blade'.

Culture
I-Kiribati
Material
wood, shark tooth and fibre
Made in
Nukunau, Gilbert Group, Kiribati
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SwordC413

Tapered, cylindrical, brown wood shaft that has four rows of teeth with opposing sides of equal length. Shark teeth are secured by twisted fibre string. The longer sides have thirty-eight teeth while the shorter sides have sixteen teeth. Bands of single black hair interwoven with woven palm leaf decorate both ends of the toothed portion. Three equally spaced bands of black hair are along within these interwoven bands at both ends.

Culture
I-Kiribati
Material
wood, fibre, shark tooth, hair and palm leaf
Made in
Nukunau, Gilbert Group, Kiribati
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ToothK2.185 b-d

Three canine teeth (parts b to d) with holes drilled in them. One half of each tooth is white while the other half is slightly brown in colour. Holes are drilled into the brown portion.

Culture
Mambila
Material
tooth
Made in
Taraba, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentC530

A rounded curved pointed white-brown tooth that has a a hole drilled through both sides at the larger end.

Culture
Fijian
Material
tooth
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceC132

Ten whale teeth with holes drilled into them, attached together by a braided, brown coir fibre cord.

Culture
Fijian
Material
whale tooth and plant fibre
Made in
Fiji ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentC977

The tusks form a circle with their bases connected with red fabric and woven bands attached to the centre where there are two teeth.

Culture
Asmat ?
Material
bark, fibre, tooth and boar tusk
Made in
Papua, Indonesia ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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StaffC523

Wood staff handle with a tooth mounted cross-wise on top. Tooth is yellowed with age and has a red spot on the top. One end of the tooth is pierced.

Culture
Fijian
Material
wood and whale tooth
Made in
Viti Levu, Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ToolA2.392

Metal spokeshave with a short handle made from a yellow-white sperm whale tooth. Blade curves downwards from the handle into a flat middle section with a beveled edge, then curves back upwards, ending in a rounded notch with a circular hole through its centre (missing handle?).

Culture
Inuit
Material
iron metal and sperm whale tooth
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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