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ClubE 1887.74

A short wooden club the two ends representing seals heads.; Good.

Culture
Northwest Coast ?
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Basket3103/21

Cylindrical woven basket with round flat base, wide mouth and walls that flare slightly towards rim. Decorated with geometrical swirls around sides, and a ringed circle on the base. Rim is dark brown.

Culture
Akimel O'odham
Material
grass ? or willow wood ?
Made in
Arizona, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tray3103/17

Large woven tray with steep walls and flat base. Decorated with four chequered bands decreasing in size towards centre of basket. Top band has four pronged squares hanging at equal intervals around basket.

Culture
Apache
Material
willow wood ? or dye ?
Made in
Arizona, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Awl3116/9

Bone awl. The bone itself is the partial ulna of a goat or mule deer. The distal end has been sharpened to a point, while the proximal mass has a small, straight cut in one side.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo ?
Material
bone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tube3103/22

Hollow bone tube with bands of cross-hatching at each end. Brown twisted hide cord wrapped around middle, leading to long loop. Cord is reddish on some edges and has been darkened by use.

Culture
Inuit ?
Material
pigment ?, bone and rawhide skin
Made in
Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bow3077/31

Bow and four wooden arrows tied together in a round bundle. Three arrows are made of reed with long sticks inserted into one of the ends, black and grey-white feathers on shaft and grey stone points sunk into the wood at tip. Black twine used to secure joins. One of the arrows is made of cane and has a pointed tip inserted into one of the ends. Wooden bow has a twisted plant fibre string tied to each end.

Culture
Lower Amazon ?
Material
feather, reed grass, plant fibre and wood
Made in
Venezuela
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Comb3077/27

Comb with 35 palm wood teeth and woven coconut husk fibre making diagonal patterns. Two horizontal sticks and twisted cord on top as handle.

Culture
Yanomami ?
Material
palm wood and coconut husk fibre
Made in
Venezuela
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ceremonial Stick3077/20

Stick with feathers on top, blue and orange-red parrot feathers in the middle. Black cotton threads alternating with bast fibres to make two vertical bands of geometric patterns around stick. Twisted cord at one end.

Culture
Bororo
Material
parrot feather, feather, wood, cotton fibre, bast fibre and jute fibre
Made in
Mato Grosso, Brazil
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ceremonial Stick3077/19

Long stick with woven jute fibres and brush of several grey-white twigs in one of the ends tied with twisted jute fibres. Brush is partly flattened/mishapen to one side.

Culture
Mehinaku ?
Material
wood and jute fibre
Made in
Mato Grosso, Brazil ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ceremonial Stick3077/18

Long stick with band of jute fibres between two brushes of twigs, which are tied with twisted jute fibres. Brush has light beige twigs in one end and yellow-brown twigs in the middle.

Culture
Mehinaku ?
Material
jute fibre and wood
Made in
Mato Grosso, Brazil ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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