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Arrow PointAa116

Gemsbok bone arrowhead with a wide curved triangular head that is double barbed. Natural light brown colour. Carved to taper opposite point.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
gemsbok bone
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arrow Fore-ShaftAa115

Light brown bone, tapering at both ends. Marked darker in small patches.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
gemsbok bone
Made in
Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceAa155

Triple strand necklace of alternating beads of bone strung on sinew. Beads are brown and white.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
wood, bone and sinew
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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AbraderAa92

Irregular, somewhat conical shape; sponge-like surface has several indentations and numerous scrape marks. It has a large hole part way into the centre, with lacy bone material lining and partially covering it. Recessed sections are cream-coloured in contrast to the greyish-brown bone.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
ostrich bone
Made in
Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PipeAa85

Dark brown hollow bone with incised linear design on wider end, rubbed with fat and ash for emphasis.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
bone, fat and ash
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fly WhiskAa6

Wildebeest bone handle that widens slightly at the top and tapers to a point where black hair hangs down to form a whisk.

Culture
Hambukushu ?
Material
hair and wildebeest bone
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerC626 a-b

A plain round orange-red gourd container (part a). The stopper (part b) is rolled bark with a woven grass design around the sides of yellow, and brown vertical zig zags, and a boar's tusk finial at the top.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bark, boar tusk, grass and gourd fruit
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentC568

Three boar tusk pieces, almost completely circular in shape. A bunch of bark strips of green and brown are looped around the tusks.

Culture
Fijian
Material
bark and boar tusk
Made in
Vanua Levu, Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DaggerA7341

A leaf-shaped dagger with a bone handle. Blade is inserted between two flat bone pieces riveted together.

Culture
Northwest Coast ?
Material
iron metal and bone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowC813

The shaft is plain except for small dark markings of chevrons at the base, near the pointed end. The base of the shaft is wrapped with thin cane strip. The point is plain wood decorated with a 11 cm. sleeve of red and brown grass. The 21 cm. tip of the point has six irregular barbs, and the tip is wrapped with cane strip.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
stem ?, wood, grass and bone
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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