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Harpoon HeadC1443

Harpoon with four sticks with barbed ends that are bound together with braided plant fibre cord. Ends of the barbed sticks are inserted into a bamboo tube case. Same piece of cord that wraps around the sticks is also wrapped around the bamboo case.

Culture
Torres Strait Islander
Material
plant fibre, bamboo grass and wood
Made in
“Torres Strait Islands” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagD1.24

Light tan-coloured hide purse lined in heavy beige fabric, with two strap handles, a zipper closure, and fringe along the bottom; zipper has a spherical, black wooden dangle. Front entirely beaded with a rose design on white ground.

Culture
Yakama
Material
skin, fibre, glass, metal, wood and paint
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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D-AdzeA2052

Polished nephrite blade with a unifacially bevelled bit on either end. Heavy wood handle. Upturned shaving-deflecting the ridge at the front. Very heavy back end roughly carved with head, snout and long tongue? of creature.

Culture
Nuxalk
Material
wood, stone and leather skin
Made in
Bella Coola, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FrontletA2179

Frontlet featuring an anthropomorphic squatting figure with raised palms. Piece is painted red, except for face and palm of hands. Abalone shell inlay around the border and on eyes and mouth.

Culture
Nisga'a
Material
alder wood ?, abalone shell and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FloatC346

A float composed of a long stick with a dog seated on a base at the top end and a stone weight covered in woven rattan attached at the bottom end. Painted black overall except rattan and dog's face and neck; plant fibre cord wound around stick with triangular protrusion below dog's base.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
plant fibre, rattan, wood, stone and paint
Made in
New Georgia, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DrumH2.82

Plain round drum with light skin on both ends held in place with bent wood strips and cord.

Culture
Shuar ? or Achuar ?
Material
skin, fibre and wood
Made in
Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FrontletA2106

Square frontlet with a carved human face with heavy black eyebrows and abalone shell inlay for eyes and teeth. Face is bordered on three sides by a band of carved human faces, hands and feet: small human faces are partially painted blue, with black eyes and eyebrows; hands and feet are red; in between the small faces are pieces of abalone shell.

Culture
Nisga'a
Material
abalone shell and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LadleA2107

Painted wooden ladle with a carved bird resting atop and biting the end of the handle. Painted fish and eye motifs in black, green and red. Tip of bowl is chipped off.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Port Simpson, British Columbia, Canada and Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonA2109

A light brown wood spoon that has a curved bowl with an eye design and a handle with a linear design painted in black and red. The handle tapers to a rounded tip.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
alder wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PlaqueD4.61

Shallow dish or cone-like shape, narrow at centre and flaring-out to rim; stepped design in dark brown on interior and exterior.

Culture
Akimel O'odham
Material
willow wood ? or fern ?
Made in
Arizona, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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