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Bone GameNa1713 a-yyyyyyy

Off-white skin bag (part a), a braided sinew string (part b), and 179 bones (parts c-yyyyyyy).

Culture
Inuit
Material
skin, sinew and bone
Made in
Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, Canada and Igluligaarjuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bow DrillNa1712 a-g

An object in seven parts. Part a is a curved, white-grey section of antler with a skin strap strung from one end to the other. Part b is a white-yellow skin bag with a braided sinew string attached near the top; all seven pieces fit into the bag. Affixed within the bag is a commercial, blue and white square sticker with an image of an igloo with the words "canadian eskimo art." Parts c--f are cylindrical wooden sticks that have chisel-like bone (?) prongs attached to one end surrounded by a grey ring of antler; the sticks are also narrower at the centre than at the ends. Part g is a short, yellow-brown segment of bone with a circular indentation in its centre.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood, skin, sinew, antler and bone
Made in
Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, Canada and Igluligaarjuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fishing Tool1718/35

A small yellow-white oval piece with a concave top and a hole at one end for a braided sinew band.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk ? and sinew
Made in
Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, Canada and Igluligaarjuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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D-Adze1768/41

Carved bone D-Adze. Metal blade attached with screw and hemp(?) fibre. Wolf(?) carved into one end.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
bone, metal and hemp fibre ?
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Club1768/40

Club carved in the shape of a halibut with hole in tail, two eyes on top, nostrils, mouth and gills. Smooth on top surface, rough on bottom. Series of six rows of two gill-like shapes on bottom; seven notches on each side.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Mowachaht
Material
whale bone
Made in
Yuquot, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dagger1768/37

Dagger with long, tapered, metal blade attached to a bone(?) handle. Body of handle wound with skin strips. Top of handle carved like into a bear head with abalone insets. Butt of handle appears to be whale bone.

Culture
Tlingit ?
Material
metal, whale bone, abalone shell, copper metal, skin and bone ?
Made in
Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Harpoon1768/32

Overall brown in colour. Barb attached with metal pegs to bone carved in shape of human head. Skin looped through head, bound with sinew in middle and ending in a loop, which is also bound by sinew.

Culture
Inuit ?
Material
bone, metal, sinew and skin
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Knife1768/30

Bone handled metal knife. Blade inserted in handle and bound together with skin strips. End of handle has small grooves surrounding an animal face (baby seal?).

Culture
Inuit ?
Material
bone, skin and metal
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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AdzeNa1717

Adze has carved wooden handle with finger and thumb grooves. Bone inset is screwed into handle. Commercial axe head is attached to handle with leather thong. Two screws in rounded end.

Culture
Inuvialuit
Material
wood, leather skin, bone and metal
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Trap Stick1768/26

Carved trap stick. One end tapered. Carved shark's head with teeth showing and red bead eyes at other end.

Culture
Northwest Coast ?
Material
whale bone and glass
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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