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ArrowC880

The plain shaft is bound at the base with red and natural cane fibre. The shaft has dark geometric markings of horizontal lines above the first cane joint from the end and vertical lines above the middle joint. The end is notched. The arrow point is multi-barbed with carved splinters of bone which are attached by cane fibre wrapping to the point.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bone, fibre ? and stem ?
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowC881

The plain cane shaft is stained a dark red-brown. The end and the base of the shaft are wrapped with cane fibre, and the base of the point is wrapped with string. The arrow is uncarved, undecorated, and it has a single barb.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
stem ?, fibre, bone and wood
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ScraperA3492

Rectangular length of bone with a blunt piece of translucent brown mineral set in one end.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
chalcedony mineral and bone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Soul CatcherA7961 u

Soul catcher made from one long piece of bone with both ends cut into mouth-like openings, one decorated with incised lines and bored with a small hole, the other with an incised line parallel to the opening. In the centre of the length is a squared hole that reveals a wooden peg that extends through the middle of the figure.

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
bone and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gambling Game PiecesA17075 a-d

Whale bone game pieces (parts a-d). The two "female" bones (a, d) have black lines about half an inch from each end painted on narrow bands of white paint. The "male" bones (b-c) have black lines half an inch from each end plus two red lines in the centre about half an inch apart. These painted bands are also applied to wider bands in white paint. The game pieces are cylindrical with flat ends, and are yellow-white in colour.

Culture
Coast Salish: Musqueam
Material
paint and whale bone
Made in
Musqueam, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowC1062

A plain cane shaft is stained dark but undecorated. The base of the point is wrapped with string tied in a series of half hitches. The point is elaborately carved in a geometric pattern of squares, and the tip of the point is bound with a bone barb.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
stem ?, bone, fibre and wood
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowC1063

A cane shaft carved with dark vertically linear designs on a natural background. The base, near the pointed end, and the end of the shaft, are wrapped in thin cane strips. The point is plain wood which is decorated with a 7.5 cm sleeve of woven brown and yellow grass. The tip of the point has four irregular bone barbs.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bone, stem ?, wood and grass
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowC1066

A plain cane shaft is stained dark but undecorated. The base of the point is wrapped with string tied in a series of half hitches. The point is elaborately carved in geometric pattern consisting of dots and diamond shapes, and the tip of the point is bound with a bone barb.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
fibre, bone, wood and stem ?
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HookC1162

Rounded wooden shaft decorated with abalone shell inlay along the inner concave curve. Barb is secured with a twisted string. Has no leader.

Culture
Maori
Material
flax fibre, human bone, wood and abalone shell
Made in
North Island, New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HookC1163

Rounded wooden shaft decorated with abalone shell inlay along the inner concave curve. Barb is secured by a twisted flax string.

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