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FigureA2.228

Miniature, carved, brown canine (wolf or dog?) with a stripe of mottled white dentine down the centre. The animal is standing upright on its hind legs, with a long tail curled behind. Entire figure is mounted on a base made from a cross-section of brown and white walrus tusk.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk and adhesive
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model KayakA2.528 a-k

Model kayak made of mottled brown skin stretched over a wooden frame (part a). A parka-clad figure with face and hands made from carved walrus tusk (?) sits in the cockpit. Parts b--j are various model harpoons and gaffing devices--all made from wood, tusk, metal, and skin--strapped to the top of the kayak with skin straps. Also included is a dark brown model seal bladder float (part k) attached to the kayak via a skin harpoon line tucked underneath the human figure's right arm.

Culture
Inuit
Material
skin, walrus tusk ?, wood, fibre and metal
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Needle CaseA2.341

Needle case. Two brown wooden plugs at the ends of an ivory-coloured tube--tube in encircled at three points by linear geometric designs in black. One brown plug is rounded, the other a protruding, triangular point.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk ?, wood and pigment
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Trumpet Horn2663/11

Trumpet made of hollow bone wrapped with a cord and covered with a wax-like substance. The bell is of hammered copper with a brass trim. Bands of brass 2/3 in length above bell and at mouthpiece.

Culture
Tibetan
Material
copper metal, fibre and bone
Made in
Tibet
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Game1155/3

Elliptically shaped piece of leather with multiple holes cut through it. End of leather piece is tied to a long leather strip, upon which eight carved yellow-white and brown bone(?) segments are strung. The other end of the strip is tied to the looped end of a long metal needle-like object.

Culture
Plains
Material
skin, bone ? and metal
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Case2663/1 a-d

Part a is a case of heavy brown leather, rounded at the top and bottom edges with rounded protrusions below thick blue silk cord which is threaded through horizontally. Parts b-d are three tapered, hollow, brown-stained, cylindrical bone holders which are found inside case.

Culture
Tibetan
Material
leather skin, silk fibre and bone
Made in
Tibet
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Trumpet HornEe4.46

Trumpet like horn. One end is a large darkened bone (human?), dark brown with two holes bored through one end. The other end is capped with a metal cap with a small hole in its centre. Half of the bone towards the metal-capped end is wound in gold-coloured metal wire; running from this wire towards the other end are four decorative bands of metal with raised designs that, excepting the central band, are each set with three red and blue stones or minerals.

Culture
Himalayas
Material
bone, metal and mineral ?
Made in
Asia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DrumEe4.45

Double-sided drum made from the tops of two skulls (human or simian), joined back to back with rawhide skin pulled over the open ends. A decorative metal band with raised patterning and red and green-coloured round stone-like objects mounted on it covers the joint in the centre. Attached to the metal band is a length of twined string with an egg-shaped, pitch-covered weight at the other end.

Culture
Himalayas
Material
bone, skin, fibre and metal
Made in
Asia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleD2.148

A hollow bone whistle with one end cut diagonally and four small holes along one side with five horizontal decorative lines.

Culture
Plains
Material
bone
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bobbin726/1

Thin cylindrical piece of bone that has a recessed area and a knob at one end and a metal loop with beads strung onto it at the other end. White thread is wound around recessed area. Eleven small and two deep grooves go around just above recessed area; deep grooves are painted red; similar groove pattern at beaded end. A name, Caroline, is written lengthwise on bobbin in small dots; line of alternating red and green larger dots on other side from name. The beads vary in size; the colours of the beads in order are: pink, clear, pink, white with painted flowers, clear, pink, and clear.

Culture
English
Material
bone, metal, glass ? and paint
Made in
United Kingdom and Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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