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ClubC1469

A flat beige-coloured, double-lobed club with a straight handle. At the end of the rectangular handle, there is a finial of a stylized animal, with a hole for a cord.

Culture
Maori
Material
whale bone
Made in
New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeaterA2213

Bone implement carved to form a hand hold at one end. Bone has a cut through the centre and a cut at the end.

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
whale bone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bark BeaterA8433

Bark beater made from bone and shaped like a club. The head is rectangular with a series of fine parallel grooves running lengthwise. Handle has slightly flaring butt end.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
whale bone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CupA2.444

Mottled brown circular vessel with straight, vertical sides. Cup's rim is slightly irregular, and three small holes puncture the sides. An old white tag affixed to the side identifies the object as a cup made from the backbone of a whale.

Culture
Inuit
Material
whale bone
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ToolA2.583

Weight; roughly oval with hole drilled at either ends.

Culture
Inuit
Material
whale bone
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ScraperA2.582

Roughly rectangular wedge carved from white-grey whale bone.

Culture
Inuit
Material
whale bone
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureA7542

Stylized zoomorphic carving with designs painted in black, white and green. A totem-like figure of a bird standing on a fish (broken) sits in the centre of a long, arched piece of whale bone; the head and forelegs of a bear are carved at each end of the bone piece. Images of three whales are painted on either side of the bone.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth ?
Material
whale bone, wood, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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D-AdzeA6575

Adze with blade made from a file. Leading edge flared to rounded sharp edge. Trailing edge bent up to conform to handle. Carved whale bone handle riveted to blade. Handle has protruding, carved head and beak of a bird.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
steel metal and whale bone
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3594/1 a-k

Whale bone carving of a hunter carrying an unstrung cable-backed bow and bucket, attached to an irregularly-shaped base (part a); figure is standing along front edge of base. Small stone structure (part b), made up of rocks stacked on top of one another, on opposite end of base; attached with two pegs. Figure has intricately carved facial features, consisting of oval-shaped eyes, wide nose, and frowning mouth. Figure has a large skin pack strapped across back; sinew straps wrap around hunter's chest. Pack has long rods sticking out of either end; tufts of white fur around where the rods protrude. Small back quiver slung over hunter's right shoulder; self-nocked arrow shafts (parts c-k) fill quiver. Bucket hunter is holding in left hand is filled with dark red and orange stones. Figure is unsigned.

Culture
Inuit
Material
skin, sinew, stone and whale bone
Made in
Pelly Bay, Nunavut, Canada and Kugaaruk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3528/36

Carved tupilaq (tupilak). Standing figure with flipper-like hands and one foot; cone-shaped head with black inlaid eyes, wrinkles carved on brow, open round nostrils, and an open mouth with twelve flat teeth. There is a small round upward slanted hole in the chest.

Culture
Inuit
Material
whale tooth and baleen ?
Made in
Greenland
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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