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Bag Handle1570/7

White-yellow long and narrow bone piece with small hole in centre. On one side there is a black coloured double line that extends the length of the piece, a set of short double line marks that angle diagonally towards the centre hole, and four sets of three short line marks above the long double line. On the underside, there is a single black coloured line mark extending the length of the piece.

Culture
Yup'ik ?
Material
walrus tusk
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TuskB691

Two curved tusks tied together at one end with brown fibre cording. Tusks are hollow and taper to a point. The other end of each tusk is wrapped with a band of reddish-brown woven grass(?). The overall colour of the tusks is white, yellow, and brown.

Culture
Assamese ?
Material
tusk, grass ? and fibre
Made in
Assam, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatB688

Cone-shaped hat with woven red and yellow stripes. Tuft of red horse(?) hair is attached to the top of the hat. Three curved tusks are attached to one side of the hat. The bottom portion of the hat is unpainted. The rim of the hat is woven of light brown coloured grass.

Culture
Assamese ?
Material
grass ?, horse hair ?, tusk and paint
Made in
Assam, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Story Knife1570/1

A lightly coloured piece with a blade and a handle decorated with carved lines painted black. The blade has two lines going across the top with five sets of two small arrow -like lines equally spaced alongside. Another shorter line goes across the bottom only halfway along the blade with four short diagonal lines stemming off of it. The handle is carved into an animal with eyes. Along the handle there are six protruding nodules carved out with holes. There is a geometric pattern in between the handle and the blade.

Culture
Yup'ik
Material
walrus tusk
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cribbage Game Board1449/2 a-b

A game board (part a) with a peg (part b) to help it stand level. The back of the board is carved with a picture of a black seal on an ice float chased by a polar bear. The front of the board is carved with two dark walruses and one black seal on an ice float.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk ? and ink
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gavel1449/1 a-b

A rectangular piece (part a) with a hole made in the middle of one side. An animal figure (part b) lying down with its forelimbs pointing forward and a carved face with black eyes and nose.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk ? or paint ?
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Carving1542/27 a-d

Small green stone with three white-yellow carved birds sitting on it. The birds sit on different angles, affixed to the stone by pegs on their bottoms that fit into three small holes in the stone.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk, bone and stone
Made in
Repulse Bay, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Carving1542/21 a-b

A bone stand (part a) with two birds on it. One bird (part b) has become detached from the stand.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk, bone and pigment ?
Made in
Spence Bay, Nunavut, Canada and Taloyoak, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model KayakNa683 a-h

Model kayak made with light brown skin stretched over a wooden frame. A series of wooden tools and equipment--paddles, fishing spear, harpoon, sled runners, etc--are painted green and red and tied to the kayak with skin straps.

Culture
Yup'ik
Material
skin, wood, walrus tusk ?, paint and metal
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Body MaskIe415

Tumbuan 'mask' or body costume. Conical shape made of a wooden frame and wrapped with a large piece of mulberry bark that is painted with a vertical striped pattern in dark brown, light brown and orange. Along the bottom edge is a long fringe of sennit(?) dyed red and black; the sides have two red tufts. Attached to the front is an oval shaped wooden mask covered in white clay. The face has a long forehead, protruding brow, nose and red tongue. The septum has boar tusks running through; eyes are inlaid with shell. Around the eyes and nose is black and white spotted detailing. Above the mask are black feathers, a large tuft of sennit ? dyed black and painted red and white. The top back has a fibre woven plate, an erect woven handle and a pink and blue fabric decoration with white feathers. The top sides have wooden handles painted black, red and white.

Culture
Asmat
Material
palm leaf, clay, paint, feather, wood, shell, cotton fibre, plant fibre, mulberry bark, boar tusk and dye
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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