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HookC1125

Rounded wooden shaft decorated with abalone shell inlay along the inner concave curve. Bone barb secured to shaft with a twisted fibre string.

Culture
Maori
Material
abalone shell, wood, fibre and bone
Made in
New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HookC1157

Fish hook. Rounded wooden shaft decorated with abalone shell inlay along the inner concave curve. Has no leader. Barb secured to shaft with twisted flax.

Culture
Maori
Material
abalone shell, wood, flax fibre and human bone
Made in
New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt1128/8 a-b

Man's brown leather belt, trimmed with white painted grommets and brown metal studs; fastened with a narrow leather strip and metal buckle. Two leather loops on bottom edge for attaching tools. Two tools attached: a knife (18.3 cm) with metal blade, wood and bone handle, leather and bone sheath; ovoid leather pouch (approximately 33 cm long), trimmed with yellow and red wool fabric, yellow and green rickrack and light yellow-brown reindeer fur. Small square of plastic tape (reflective tape?) glued on at centre back; evidence that two other squares of tape had been attached but have fallen off.

Culture
Sami
Material
skin, metal, wool fibre, cotton fibre, reindeer skin, wood, bone, plastic, paint and dye
Made in
Sweden ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Club2670/2 a-b

Round-headed club with intricately carved bands. There are bone inlays at the butt end of the shaft and the top of the head. There were four inlays around the sides of the head, but only one remains. The shaft is also intricately carved and has two areas where there were once inlay (now gone). The round inlay at the top (part b) is carved into many small points all around the perimeter.

Culture
Fijian
Material
wood, bone and metal
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cribbage Game BoardA2.221

Main body is that of a walrus with another creature that has the walrus's tail in its mouth. Two birds, decorated with black and red, sit on top of the walrus's tail. Four sea animals carved in relief, two of which are decorated with black. On either sides of these four sea animals is a row of six sets of ten holes for the game.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk and ink ?
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureNa1596

Miniature owl-like animal carved from white-yellow tusk with round black insets for the eyes and nose. Figure is standing with wings spread straight to its sides, as if prepared for flight.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk and baleen ?
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureNa1599

Miniature bird with wings stretched behind it carved from white-yellow tusk with two black insets for eyes. Figure is mounted on a thick base with a rounded front of the same material.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk and baleen ?
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureNa1604

Miniature, hopping rabbit-like figure carved from white-yellow tusk with two round black insets for eyes.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk and baleen ?
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureNa1603

Miniature, standing dog-like animal carved from white-yellow tusk with two black insets for eyes.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk and baleen ?
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Lace-Making Pillow524/4

Blue lace making pillow, fully set up for lace making, with work in progress. The pillow is square with rounded corners, tightly stuffed with grasses or straw, covered with blue linen textile. A parchment lace-making pattern is pinned into position on the pillow; there is a length of finished lace, the near end of which is still in process. Approximately 60 threads and bobbins are attached and approximately 125 steel pins hold the thread in position on the pattern. Twenty-one spare bobbins are held in a pocket on the right hand side. A triangular pin cushion holds extra pins.

Culture
English
Material
cotton fibre, linen fibre, grass, wood, metal, glass, bone, clay, parchment paper and dye
Made in
United Kingdom and Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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