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DaggerC1625

Bone dagger decorated with grass fringe around top that is tied on with fibre string. The string is braided and wraps around the bone both vertically and horizontally.

Culture
Australian
Material
kangaroo bone, grass and fibre
Made in
Queensland, Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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AwlC1559

The shaft of the bone is thin and round, with seven bands made up of three lines. One end of the bone is pointed, while the other end is covered in black resin with a fibre securing the brown hair on top of the resin.

Culture
Australian
Material
bone, hair, resin and fibre
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC1497

The tip is coiled with red plant fibre, below which, there are the following: five sets of four small barbs; two sets of four increasingly longer barbs; and seven sets of four small barbs. The point is decorated with a red and yellow grass sleeve with a horizontal zig zag pattern, a carved band that is emphasized with white and that consists of two figures (each of which has circular eyes in a double diamond shape outline and a double upward pointed nose), and a fibre tuft bordered by string at either end. Bright red and yellow plant fibre coiling are at either ends of the grass sleeve. The red-brown wood shaft is plain and tapers at the end.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
bone, grass fibre, wood and pigment ?
Made in
Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleD2.108

Thong dyed burnt sienna is attached with gut to a hollow bone whistle that has one hole.

Culture
Blackfoot
Material
skin and eagle bone ?
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentC1751

Half of a cream and brown coloured boar tusk.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
boar tusk
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC1576

Eight barbed prongs set into shaft which is painted in white and red sections. The wood fore-shaft is set into the reed shaft. Base of the reed shaft is wrapped with stem ? or fibre. Wood fore-shaft is painted white at either end. Base of the wood fore-shaft is also wrapped with stem ? or fibre. Remnants of prongs are at the end.

Culture
Australian
Material
bone, resin, plant fibre, wood, stem ? and paint
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC1577

Three prongs are firmly set into a brown wood shaft. Each prong has a barb. The shaft is painted in sections of white, black, and red from bottom to top.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood, plant fibre and bone
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC1578

Long, tapering, brown wood shaft with a point that has one barb.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood, resin, plant fibre and bone
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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AwlD1.239

Bone awl with diagonal striations with cross lines, and triangles with horizontal lines on left and right side of awl. Three grooves carved into left and right side of awl near base.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
bone
Made in
Lillooet, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BreastplateD2.52

Necklace composed of fourteen long strands of beads held together with nine evenly spaced leather strips through which the strands are strung. Tied together with leather thongs at the top; beaded fringe at bottom. Alternating rows of blue, green, black, white and tan glass beads, brass beads, and elongated polished bone beads. Geometric patterning. Brass beads at the bottom of the fringe.

Culture
Blackfoot
Material
glass, bone, leather skin and brass metal
Made in
Alberta, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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