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AwlA8708

Long, triangular shaped, three sided, bone awl with a tapered, pointed tip and broken, square shaped end.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
bone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceC1228

Three strands each composed of two sections of dark brown seeds and a middle section of two long cylindrical sections of bone with four or five large seeds and a bone ring separating them.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bird bone and seed
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HookC1318

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

Culture
Maori
Material
wood, abalone shell, fibre and bone
Made in
New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gambling Game SticksA8349 a-qq

Forty three bone game sticks: one stick (part a) has three inscribed lines on the centre with an additional five inscribed lines near one end while a circular shell ? inlay is in between; a second stick (part b) has two inscribed lines with one at either end; a third stick (part c) has one inscribed line on the centre; thirty nine sticks (parts d-pp) have three inscribed lines on the centre of each stick; and another stick (part qq) is plain.

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
bone ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DaggerC1232

Geometric and stylized designs are carved into the bone, which tapers to a sharp point. There is a carved oval face with small eyes and a mouth. There is a hole at the top of each side. A ridge goes down along the middle with seventeen triangular pointed protrosions.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
cassowary bone ?
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ScraperA9353

Sectioned piece of bone with sharpened shovel-like (square ended) edge on one end. In cross-section flat (and concave) on one side, convex on the other. Small hole drilled through handle end.

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
bone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Harpoon HeadA7602

Metal point held between bone sprockets by twine. Braided twine line extends from back.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
metal, bone and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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AwlC77

Curved bone, wide at one end and narrowing to a pointed tip at the other.

Culture
I-Kiribati
Material
human bone
Made in
Nonouti, Gilbert Group, Kiribati
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear PointC83

Plain long thin piece which tapers to a point with barbs on each side.

Culture
Eastern Polynesian
Material
fish bone
Made in
Line Group, Kiribati
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HookC84

Inwardly concavely curved pearl shell shaft with the barb secured by a twisted line. Decorated near barb with tassel of cloth.

Culture
Cook Islanders
Material
bone, fibre and shell
Made in
Rakahanga Atoll, Cook Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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