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LyreK4.264

Carved rounded oval wooden sound chamber covered with snakeskin and secured by twisted goatskin strings. Triangular wood frame of two sticks flaring outward from the sound chamber with another stick across to connect them and across which, there are four strings are wound around.

Culture
East African
Material
lizard skin ?, wood, goat skin and snake skin ?
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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StoolK4.261

Stool with a round, flat top and three legs. Incised patterns on legs and around seat. Top of each leg carved with human faces. Black on tan colouring.

Culture
Central African
Material
wood and stain ?
Made in
Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearK4.259

Spear with four-sided spear tip that merges into a tang that is twisted and finally into a conical ferrule. The butt end of the cylindrical shaft is a cylindrical piece of metal with a slightly protruding circle of silvery metal on the very end.

Culture
West African
Material
wood and steel metal
Made in
Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpatulaK4.165

A wood piece that has a flat rounded blade and a cylindrical handle which tapers to a point at the other end. Simple burned decoration on the blade and the handle.

Culture
Southern African
Material
wood
Made in
Zambia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DrillK4.162 a-c

Three plain wood drills. The longest one (part a) has a point at one end and three notches at the other end. The shortest one (part b) is cylindrical, and slightly thicker than the last one (part c) which is thin and cylindrical.

Culture
Maasai
Material
wood
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA2.485

Sea gull with fish in beak. Two wood sticks circle around the sea gull and are attached with three wood pegs. From these two circles radiate wood ornaments from dark feathers from top, clock-wise: flat slightly curved animal face, fish, peg with fluffy white feather, painted wing, peg with fluffy white feather, flipper-like piece, painted tail, flipper-like piece, peg with fluffy white feather, painted wing, peg with fluffy white feather, and fish. Each symbolizes a different sphere.

Culture
Cup'ig
Material
feather, fibre and wood
Made in
Mekoryuk, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA2.482

Mask of a fox head painted in red with black eyes and nose. Two surrounding curved wood sticks are attached to the mask along the sides with three pegs. Eight white-grey feathers are attached all around the mask through the two surrounding curved wood sticks and have a wood ornament attached at their ends, starting from the top, clock-wise: fish with outstretched fins, paw, peg with fluffy white feather, tail, thin triangular piece, tail, peg with fluffy white feather, and paw.

Culture
Cup'ig
Material
paint, fibre, feather and wood
Made in
Mekoryuk, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlA2.479

Deep, oval-shaped wooden bowl with vertical sides and a tab-like handle on one side.

Culture
Siberian Yupik
Material
wood
Made in
St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhipA2.477

Long leather band attached to a shaped wooden handle.

Culture
Inuit
Material
leather skin, rawhide skin and wood
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Knife HandleA2.140

Gently curved bone piece with a rectangular hole through the centre.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
bone
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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