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Necklace2600/59

A string of eye teeth from various animals, interspersed with white and occasional red and blue beads. Teeth are positioned in descending order, so that the largest are in the middle of the string, with smaller ones on either side. String is made from corded vine fibre.

Culture
Wounaan
Material
tooth, glass and plant fibre
Made in
Pimia River, Choco, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Nebet Miale Tata2523/3

Mask is circular in shape with one rounded end and one pointed end (overlapping underneath the head), and is made out of earth. It has brown-red, white, and light white-brown painted sections. It has a black painted face, white eyes with black pupils, a projecting nose, and a brown mouth with six painted teeth. At either side of the mouth is a long tooth projecting upwards. A long piece of grass(?) is attached at the top of the head.

Culture
Ni-Vanuatu
Material
earth, tooth and paint
Made in
Malakula, Vanuatu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shark Tooth SpearC766

Very long wooden spear with a thick, cylindrical handle and a long spearhead that tapers to a point; both sides of head are lined with dozens of shark's teeth affixed to the wood with fibrous twine.

Culture
I-Kiribati
Material
wood, shark tooth and fibre
Made in
Gilbert Group, Kiribati
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentC534

A fat curved pointed white-brown tooth.

Culture
Fijian
Material
tooth
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentC532

A long hollow thin curved pointed white-brown tooth.

Culture
Fijian
Material
tooth
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentC531

A small hollow thin curved pointed white-brown tooth.

Culture
Fijian
Material
tooth
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tabua1650/5

Twined rope with a whale tooth attached where the ends meet. Tooth is held to rope with some grass through a hole in the tooth and a metal loop around one end of the rope.

Culture
Fijian
Material
fibre, sperm whale tooth, metal and adhesive
Made in
Nadroga-Navosa, Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure1436/1

A small figure standing with its hands together as if in prayer. The figure is carved with a face and a headdress, a necklace, and wings.

Culture
South India
Material
whale tooth
Made in
Goa, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Stretching Tool898/3

Long light-brown coloured wooden dowel that fits tightly into corresponding holes in white-coloured bone pieces at each end. At one end, the bone piece is large, round in shape, and flares up slightly at its edges. The other bone piece is smaller, with two narrow pieces that flare inward towards the dowel.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood and whale tooth
Made in
Kap Dan, Greenland
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace294/107

Beaded necklace with a metal hook and eye closure; beads are strung on the bottom half of the necklace, alternating between beads of white circular shell, rounded red stone, and small brown teeth, with a single cylindrical bead of green stone in the centre.

Culture
Andes ?
Material
stone, shell, tooth, metal and fibre
Made in
Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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