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ArrowC783

A plain cane shaft. Base and end of the shaft are wrapped with thin cane strips. The point is plain wood decorated with an 11 cm. sleeve of brown and yellow grass. The 20 cm. tip of the point has six irregular barbs and the very tip is wrapped cane strips.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
bone, stem ?, grass, wood and fibre
Made in
Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeadrestC522

A plain crossbar supported by two inverted "v" shaped legs.

Culture
Fijian
Material
bone ? and wood
Made in
Viti Levu, Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear ThrowerA7021

Intricately carved wooden spear thrower, or atlatl, with two finger holes at proximal end. A portion of the distal end is missing. The dorsal surface is incised with lines that function as a spear groove. Central form is a feather-crested lightning snake on a human figure, on the ventral surface as a weight. The figures have white inlaid eyes. The eye material appears to be bone, covered with a resin coating? The carved figure culminates in an unusual bifurcated tail. Inlaid eye is missing from right side of the human face.

Culture
Coast Salish: Swinomish ?
Material
bone ? and yew wood
Made in
Washington, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowC881

The plain cane shaft is stained a dark red-brown. The end and the base of the shaft are wrapped with cane fibre, and the base of the point is wrapped with string. The arrow is uncarved, undecorated, and it has a single barb.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
stem ?, fibre, bone and wood
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Soul CatcherA7961 u

Soul catcher made from one long piece of bone with both ends cut into mouth-like openings, one decorated with incised lines and bored with a small hole, the other with an incised line parallel to the opening. In the centre of the length is a squared hole that reveals a wooden peg that extends through the middle of the figure.

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
bone and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowC1062

A plain cane shaft is stained dark but undecorated. The base of the point is wrapped with string tied in a series of half hitches. The point is elaborately carved in a geometric pattern of squares, and the tip of the point is bound with a bone barb.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
stem ?, bone, fibre and wood
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowC1063

A cane shaft carved with dark vertically linear designs on a natural background. The base, near the pointed end, and the end of the shaft, are wrapped in thin cane strips. The point is plain wood which is decorated with a 7.5 cm sleeve of woven brown and yellow grass. The tip of the point has four irregular bone barbs.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bone, stem ?, wood and grass
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowC1066

A plain cane shaft is stained dark but undecorated. The base of the point is wrapped with string tied in a series of half hitches. The point is elaborately carved in geometric pattern consisting of dots and diamond shapes, and the tip of the point is bound with a bone barb.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
fibre, bone, wood and stem ?
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HookC1162

Rounded wooden shaft decorated with abalone shell inlay along the inner concave curve. Barb is secured with a twisted string. Has no leader.

Culture
Maori
Material
flax fibre, human bone, wood and abalone shell
Made in
North Island, New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HookC1163

Rounded wooden shaft decorated with abalone shell inlay along the inner concave curve. Barb is secured by a twisted flax string.

Culture
Maori
Material
abalone shell, wood, human bone and flax fibre
Made in
North Island, New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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