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Hook1922.953 A-C

Three bent wood hooks with bone barbs lashed on with bark. The hooks have the remains of sinew leaders on the lower arm. A) B) are halibut hooks, C) is a cod hook.; Good.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
hemlock wood ?, bone and bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Headband3089/3

Felt headband with carved wooden frontlet of eagle. Band is made of red felt, with balsa wood carving of an eagle head at centre. Bird has two feathers atop the head, with large eyes rimmed in blue, and an open beak with slightly protruding tongue. Neck is painted with feathers in black. The head is attached to a piece of black leather that is sewn to the band with hide strips. Three shell buttons are sewn to band at both sides of the eagle head.

Culture
Nuxalk and Heiltsuk
Material
balsa wood, wool fibre, shell, duck feather, acrylic paint, fibre and metal
Made in
North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear3060/9

Long spear. Shaft is made from a light grass material, maintaining diameter until its proximal end where it narrows to join with the spear neck. Strands of fibre are wound tightly many times around the connection, as well as at the shaft’s distal end. Remnants of glue here indicate further fibre wrappings. Spear neck is of a dark brown wood, while head is made of a lighter wood and lashed to neck with fibre. Head takes a leaf shape, flared at centre, narrowing to a pointed tip, concave on one side where it is painted black with box designs at centre. Opposite is decorated with a line of ‘v’ and diamond shaped designs. Remnants of red and yellow feathers can be seen in the lashing of head and neck. Neck holds several sets of engraved encircling lines.

Culture
Shipibo
Material
cane grass ?, wood, fibre, paint and feather
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear3060/8

arrow Long spear. Shaft is made from a light grass material, maintaining diameter until it is shaved slightly at its proximal end where it joins with the spearhead. A thin strand of fibre is wound many times around the connection. Head is of a dark brown wood, possibly Peruvian walnut, long, with four large, sharpened barbs carved at distal end.

Culture
Shipibo
Material
cane grass ?, peruvian walnut wood ? and fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear3060/7

Long spear. Shaft is made from a light grass material, maintaining diameter until it is shaved slightly at its proximal end where it joins with the spearhead. Strands of fibre are wound tightly many times around the connection. Head is of a dark brown wood, possibly Peruvian walnut, long, with four small, sharpened barbs along one side.

Culture
Shipibo
Material
cane grass ?, wood and fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arrow3060/6

Long arrow. Shaft is made from a light grass material, maintaining diameter until it is shaved slightly at its proximal end where it joins with the arrowhead. Strands of fibre are wound tightly many times around the connection. Head is of a dark brown wood, possibly Peruvian walnut. Two flared barbs sit at midpoint, narrowing to a point. Edges above barbs are sharpened. Lines of geometric design are etched into the arrowhead around barbs are below midpoint.

Culture
Shipibo
Material
cane grass ?, wood and fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arrow3060/5

Long arrow. Shaft is made from a light grass material. A fletching of two feathers is attached to the base by fibre twine, where a thick line of adhesive begins to spiral part way down the shaft. The shaft maintains its diameter along its length until it is shaved slightly at its proximal end where it joins with the arrowhead. Strands of fibre are wound tightly many times around the connection. Head is of a dark brown wood, possibly Peruvian walnut. Proximal portion of head is rounded, squaring toward centre, then narrowing to a long, sharp, distal point. Etched into the head are ‘x’ designs.

Culture
Shipibo
Material
cane grass ?, wood, feather and fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bow3060/4

Bow, made of a heavy dark wood, is relatively wide at centre, narrowing toward each end where it culminates in carved pegs. A braided rope of cotton spans the length of the bow and is knotted around each peg. The centre portion of the bow is fully wrapped with thin cotton fibre. Designs have been drawn on both sides of the fibre in black ink.

Culture
Shipibo
Material
wood and cotton fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeltA2510 a-c

Dance belt. Consists of central wooden plaque (part a), slightly concave, and two separate flat pieces that sit on the right (part b) and on the left (part c). Central portion is frontal face with clenched teeth and bulging eyes. Sides pieces are carved with serpent-like heads with protruding tongues, seen in profile. Pieces may originally have been joined with cloth strips. Metal loops on the back of each panel for hanging.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA4192 a-b

Triple whistle made of three single whistle parts of equal length which are now rebound as two separate pieces (parts a-b). Part a consists of two parts bound together with cord; part b is the third matching part from the other side, which is now detached. The outer pieces are rectangular in cross section while the middle piece is square in cross section. All three pieces are bound with cord near their outer ends and middle. Upper portions of each whistle are painted blue, as is the binding at that end. The middle and left side pieces (part a) are bound together at their tapered ends with white cord. The right side piece (part b) shows past evidence (indented cord marks) of being bound at the end. While the wider end is solid on each piece, there are hollowed areas through each tapered end, through to the cut out rectangular holes.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, cotton fibre and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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