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Model Leister3040/2

Model leister (kakivak). It has a wooden shaft, a central prong and two side prongs. Prong joint is wrapped in thick black thread.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood, cotton fibre and walrus tusk
Made in
Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Carving3040/1

Carving of a tree with six branches. There are a number of leaves as well as two small birds sitting on two different branches. There is a dog, or fox, with its front paws on the trunk peering up at the birds. The animal has black inset eyes. Sitting on the base is a stone bird. The base of the sculpture is made of wood.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood, stone, baleen ? and narwhal tusk
Made in
Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tool2948/180

Needle made from a phalange from a flying fox.

Culture
Asmat
Material
flying fox bone
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tool2948/179

Needle. A phalange from a flying fox.

Culture
Asmat
Material
flying fox bone
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tool2948/178

Needle. Two phalanges of a flying fox bound together with very fine white fibre and clear adhesive tape towards the tips, almost covering them.

Culture
Asmat
Material
flying fox bone and tape adhesive
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tool2948/176

Needle. Two phalanges of a flying fox bound together with very fine, white fibre and clear adhesive tape towards both ends of the tool.

Culture
Asmat
Material
flying fox bone and tape adhesive
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear2948/155

Long bamboo spear. A carved bone head with eight barbs in two staggered rows, bound to a narrow wooden upper shaft with string and wax. This is decorated with carved diagonal patterns filled with lime and is inserted into a larger bamboo shaft and bound with rattan and beeswax. The lower shaft has been thinly shaved towards the join and a few thin lines have been scratched around the top and butt.

Culture
Asmat
Material
bamboo grass, wood, bone, plant fibre, rattan, bee wax, ochre pigment and lime pigment
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear2948/153

Long spear with carved bone head. The edges of the head have four barbs each, staggered, along the sides. Head is bound to a narrow wooden shaft with string and wax. The convex side has remnants of a light green dye over the middle half of the head. The wooden shaft is carved into diagonal patterns filled with lime. It is inserted into a slightly larger bamboo shaft and bound with rattan and wax. The shaft has been thinly shaved towards the join and a few thin lines have been scratched around the shaft just below this. The nodules have been shaved smooth.

Culture
Asmat
Material
bamboo grass, wood, bone, plant fibre, rattan, bee wax ?, ochre pigment and lime pigment
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arm Ornament2948/57

Two boar tusks tied closely together with rattan through small drill holes at both ends. The rattan at the root ends has some residual pigment or adhesive on it. There are two holes at this hollow end on each tusk which the rattan tie goes through.

Culture
Asmat
Material
boar tusk and plant fibre
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arm Ornament2948/56

Two boar tusks tightly bound together at the root ends with rattan through small drill holes. A 22cm-long string of sago leaf fibre with two knots passes through a drill hole near one of the tips. This section has broken off the other tusk which is missing one complete side from base to tip.

Culture
Asmat
Material
boar tusk and plant fibre
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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