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Gambling Game SticksA149 a-ppp

Leather pouch (part a) and sixty seven (parts b-ppp) bone game pieces. Pouch strap has an ornamental bone carving on the end. One piece (part b) has an inlaid abalone shell dot near the end and an empty hole on the opposite side. Forty five of the thin cylindrical bone sticks (parts c-uu) have incised lines around their centres. The other twenty one pieces (parts vv-ppp) are plain bone.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
leather skin, abalone shell and bone
Made in
Kitselas, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Soul CatcherA150

Five bone soul catchers strung together on a string, carved with both ends open, and stained with red ochre.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
bone, cedar bark and ochre pigment ?
Made in
Kitselas, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Soul CatcherA151

Carved, hollow, cylindrical bone, the centre of which is decorated with crosshatching and dots while the ends have incised lines. Centre is plugged with cedar bark. Attached to a cedar bark chain that has been dyed red.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
bone and cedar bark
Made in
Kitselas, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Halibut HookA1411

Wooden barbed hook with short length of cord attached. Two carved wooden arms lashed together in a "v"-shape. Bone point lashed at an acute angle to main arm. Both point and secondary "v" lashings bound with root. Hole drilled through shank and leader line secured. One hook attached to end of a weighted cross pole by a short leader.

Culture
Tsimshian: Gitxaala
Material
bone, fibre, wood and root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WedgeA6251

Sectioned piece of bone that tapers to a slightly rounded point. In cross-section it is slightly concave at the centre and flat at the edges on one face, and slightly convex on the other. A lenght of string, knotted at the ends, is strung through a hole in the butt end.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
bone and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WedgeA6250

Sectioned piece of bone that tapers to a slightly rounded point. The wedge is also rounded on the handle end where there is a drilled hole. In cross-section it is slightly concave at the centre and flat at the edges on one face, and slightly convex on the other.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
bone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Button BlanketA3730

Button blanket made of a large blue wool blanket. Black band at each end, and a wide red woolen flannel border sewn to both sides and across the top, with a section cut out at the neck and inserted with dark blue and red cotton. Another wide red flannel band is sewn from top to bottom on each side, along the edge of the blanket's black band. This whole border design section is heavily decorated with button designs. The main crest design is a red flannel tree of life design. There is a manufacturer's stamp mark on the bottom of the red flannel border.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
shell, bone ?, cotton fibre, wool fibre and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HarpoonA2.557

Walrus tusk ice pick at one end of the plain wooden shaft. Long thick point fastened to the shaft with bearded sealskin line.

Culture
Inuit: Iglulik
Material
wood, bearded seal skin and walrus tusk
Made in
Repulse Bay, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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EarringsA2.239

Pair of white-yellow, egg-shaped earrings, each with a series of indented dots rubbed with pigment to emphasize the pattern.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk
Made in
Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureA2.238

Miniature standing human figure wearing a cap. Shallowly carved, linear facial features are coloured with black pigment.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk and pigment
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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