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DishA8133

Dark brown, canoe-shaped dish carved from a single piece of wood. Surfaces are covered with adze marks. The ends of the dish are slanted with slightly concave exteriors and convex interiors, while the longer sides of the dish have slightly convex exteriors and concave interior surfaces.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun'
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dance DrumA8137 a-b

Circular drum (a) with attached drumstick (b). The drum hide is stretched over a circular wooden frame and secured by nails. It still has some fur remaining on one side. On the back, leather thongs with a bone secured in centre form a handgrip. An eagle with raised wings is painted in black, white, ygrey and yellow against an abstract background of blue, red, off-white and black. The drumstick consists of a a spherical head covered in off-white skin, a cylindrical wooden shaft, and a strip of brown leather fastened around the shaft with the ends split into several thinner strips.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun'
Material
skin, metal, bone, leather skin, wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dance DrumA8138 a-b

Circular drum (a) made from deer hide stretched over circular wooden frame with seven lengths of cord meeting at back. A hand-hold is created at the back from cloth. The wooden rim is steamed, bent, and nailed. The drum is painted with two eagles and a man wearing Plains-style headdress and clothing. The matching drum stick (b) is carved and has a cloth head secured by off-white string. Some brown cord is also wrapped around the handle.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun'
Material
deer skin, metal, wood, fibre and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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StaffA5337

Wood staff painted with a sea wolf, a killer whale, a human with a wolf's head emerging from the top of his head, and a bird's head forming his tail. The black eyes of the figures are surrounded by a green area with a white face, except for the sea wolf who has a green face and body, and a red mouth. The pole in between is red and green. The bottom of the staff is black and tapering.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PounderC681

Dark brown wooden pounding stick; cylindrical shaft with a rounded end; a crocodile head and ring of raised diamond shapes near the top of the stick.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
wood
Made in
New Georgia, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PounderC682

Dark brown wooden pounder with a tapered, cylindrical shaft and a bird-like head at the handle end.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
wood
Made in
New Georgia, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PounderC683

Long , slightly flaring stick with a rounded end carved from dark brown wood; keyhole-like finial at opposite end.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
wood
Made in
New Georgia, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pounding BlockC685

Plain circular section of a tree trunk with three legs.

Culture
Fijian
Material
wood
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowC708

The shaft is undecorated natural cane. The base of the shaft, near the pointed end, has remnants of cane strip wrapping. The point is dark hardwood carved in ornate patterns which form many pairs of barbs.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, fibre ? and stem ?
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WeaponC713

Short, spear-like wooden weapon with a long, pointed finial on the handle. The head is leaf-shaped and has a rib down the centre. The shaft is diamond-shaped in cross section.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
wood
Made in
Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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