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Harpoon1087/1

Long light grey-brown bone harpoon that tapers to a pointed tip. Wider end is incised at an angle.

Culture
Yahgan
Material
whale bone
Made in
Tierra del Fuego, Chile
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Club1768/40

Club carved in the shape of a halibut with hole in tail, two eyes on top, nostrils, mouth and gills. Smooth on top surface, rough on bottom. Series of six rows of two gill-like shapes on bottom; seven notches on each side.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Mowachaht
Material
whale bone
Made in
Yuquot, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dagger1768/37

Dagger with long, tapered, metal blade attached to a bone(?) handle. Body of handle wound with skin strips. Top of handle carved like into a bear head with abalone insets. Butt of handle appears to be whale bone.

Culture
Tlingit ?
Material
metal, whale bone, abalone shell, copper metal, skin and bone ?
Made in
Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Trap Stick1768/26

Carved trap stick. One end tapered. Carved shark's head with teeth showing and red bead eyes at other end.

Culture
Northwest Coast ?
Material
whale bone and glass
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Trap Stick1768/25

Carved trap stick. One end is tapered. Other end has a carved raven with sun in mouth. Skin strip wrapped around middle of stick.

Culture
Northwest Coast ?
Material
whale bone, skin and adhesive
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sculpture1339/17 a-r

Off-white whalebone base (part a) with 15 carved grey soapstone animals (parts b-p) that stand on top, with yellow-white coloured pegs that fit into holes on the base. Part b is a bear, part c is a narwhale, part d is a dog or wolf, part e is a sealion, part f is a caribou, part g is a rabbit, part h is a seal, part i is a seal, part j is a bird, part k is a whale, part l is a fish, part m is a bird, part n is a wolf, part o is a bird, and part p is a muskox. Parts q and r are carved bone antlers from the caribou (part f).

Culture
Inuit
Material
whale bone, soapstone stone and caribou bone
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureNa1209

Stylized, seated gull carved from weathered whale bone. Dense bone appears only at top of head and along part of one side. The rest is porous, darker bone. Bird's head is raised up with open beak and circular indentations for eyes. Series of parallel channels indicate wings. Clawed feet extend slightly out at front.

Culture
Inuit
Material
whale bone
Made in
Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada and Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureNa1305

Porous whale bone head on a round base. Features include the following: short, parted hair, oval eyes, triangular nose and a crescent-shaped mouth.

Culture
Inuit
Material
whale bone
Made in
Kuujjuaraapik, Quebec, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SculptureNa1118

Stylized human figure which follows the form of a vertebral spine with a sawn heart-shaped face. The face has a notch at top centre, line across forehead, holes (part way through) for oval eyes, small circles for nostrils and a crescent at mouth. Sawn, rounded shoulders; deep channel indicating arms which sweep down at sides; body expands out into partially eroded, squared off centrum. Phalange (of spine) extends out from sawn area below figure at back. Back side of figure has channels along arms.

Culture
Inuit
Material
whale bone
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureNa1102

Figure of female form, flattened in cross-section with rectangle above featureless oval head. Carved diamond-shaped channel outlining slightly bulbous abdomen, large flat breasts, and legs truncated above knee. Back side is slightly concave and very porous. Rasp-like marks on side of one leg.

Culture
Inuit
Material
whale bone
Made in
Greenland
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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