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Weaving Pick2990/745

Bone pick with acute distal end, four pointed surface on the opposite side and flattened sides.

Culture
Nasca
Material
bone
Made in
Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Weaving Pick2990/744

Bone pick with a heavy and twisted cotton cord attached to flat surface. Pointed end has a deep and wide hole in the middle of body.

Culture
Chancay
Material
bone and cotton fibre
Made in
Lima, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Weaving Pick2990/742

Bone pick with a two headed animal decoration on pommel and an acute distal end. It has a long groove in middle part of body.

Culture
Chancay
Material
bone
Made in
Lima, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2990/622

Fragment of a staff finial. Seated figure with animal standing on his back, forearms on his head. Traces of red and yellow paint. Not restored.

Culture
Chimu
Material
carob wood and paint
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spoon2990/621

Small wooden spoon with seated man motif in handle. Male is wearing an animal headdress on pommel. Unbroken.

Culture
Inca
Material
carob wood
Made in
Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pipe2990/620

Round tube with flanged mouth piece at one end. Brown patina. One end shows traces of binding.

Culture
Chincha
Material
wood ?
Made in
Nasca, Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2990/619

Socketed wooden handle with carved human figure. Standing male with elongated eyes and hands to the front. Polished surface.

Culture
Chincha
Material
wood
Made in
Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2990/617

Carved end of weaving sword. Elaborately dressed frontal male figure holding trophy heads in hands, curled waves in band below feet.

Culture
Chimu
Material
wood
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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e'ehhwe'p sywth (To Share History)3113/1 a-f

Tall, double-sided, three-dimensionally carved vertical panel on stand. Killer whale and crocodile themes; one side is inspired by coastal Salish themes/imagery, the other side is inspired by Sepik River (Papua New Guinea) themes and imagery. Made of yellow cedar, walnut and rosewood, with ebony inlay.

Culture
Coast Salish: Stz'uminus
Material
yellow cedar wood, sepik rose wood, black walnut wood, ebony wood, cedar bark and paint
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Violin3126/2 a-b

Violin (part a) and bow (part b). Violin has a scroll, four pegs, and an unmarked fingerboard with two strings remaining and attached to the tailpiece, one metal and one catgut. Tailpeice is fixed to the instrument by wire wrapped around a wood peg on the bottom of the body, and no bridge remains. Chinrest is small and made of painted but unvarnished wood, attached by two metal pins that wrap around to the back of the body. Violin is coloured rich red-brown and yellow-brown with a high-shine lacquer. Bow stick and tip are made of a single piece of dark brown wood, with a two-tone metal endscrew. Bow frog is made of ebony with a small inset circle of abalone shell on either side for decoration. (No bow hair remains attached.)

Culture
Canadian
Material
wood, metal, intestine, lacquer, abalone shell and ebony wood
Made in
Germany ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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