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KnifeC145

Knife with elongated obsidian blade that has a central ridge and curved sides that come to a point at the tip. The handle is oval in cross-section and tapers to a tip. There is a diamond-shaped design incised into both sides of the reddish-brown clay handle, and the design has been coloured with white pigment.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
obsidian stone, clay, lime pigment and wood
Made in
Admiralty Islands, Manus, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Breast OrnamentC149

Rounded, black tear drop shape with a spade-shaped projection at the rounded end. Brown string is wrapped around the base of the projection. Bilateral linear geometric designs filled with white clay are decorated on both sides. One side has a design that consists of zig zags near the pointed end. Other side has a design that consists of a leaf-like pattern.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
clay, wood and fibre
Made in
New Georgia, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Totem PoleA5339

Model pole. Figures represented: Dzunuk'wa, bear, otter with copper, raven and killer whale. Colours are red, white, black, and green.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Bella Coola, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wool BeaterA6028

Wooden wool beater with a long blade, which curves upwards at the pointed end. The hand-grip is inset from the blade and has a wider square-shaped knob at its end. One surface of the blade is stained a dark red-brown colour, but the majority of the wood is a yellowish brown colour. The edges are rough.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
wood and stain
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Oolichan ScoopA6191

Scoop with a handle in the form of a bird's head coated with oil; evidence of red paint under the oil.

Culture
Nisga'a
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HookC442

Wood is carved in a 'V' shape and a wooden barb carved separately is tied to one end of the 'V' with string. On the other end a string is tied and extends away from the hook ending in several knots.

Culture
Tuvaluan
Material
wood and hemp fibre
Made in
Tuvalu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Totem PoleA8142

A model totem pole that is multi-coloured and aberrant depicting a face, a bird, and a figure (from bottom to top). The face at the bottom is lime green and has circular black eyes surrounded by a tapering red oval outlined by black with white inside. The nostrils are yellow and the open red mouth is showing twelve white teeth. The bird has black circle in tapering oval eyes with white inside. The face and the body are white with vertical rows of red and black dashes. The red mouth is outlined by black. The side wings are red along the top with four black feathers underneath and three black ones below. The feet are yellow. The figure at thet top has a white face with similar eyes to that of the bird below, black brows, and an open mouth showing four black teeth. The body of the figure at the top has similar patterning as the bird below with black limbs. The figure at the top is wearing a three-ringed red hat rimmed with black. On a circular cross-sectioned tree base.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
paint and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Potlatch DishA8146

Bear shaped feast dish, or bowl. Carved from a solid piece of wood; painted black on exterior, unpainted interior. The dish has an oval shaped concavity placed at the back of the bear. The five toes of each of the four feet are also unpainted. Inside of mouth is painted red and has been inset with yellowed seal teeth; ten maxillary and eleven mandiblary. A nail projects from top of right ear, where a previous repair was done. Copper-coloured metal bands have been nailed across the lower jaw, and along the rear of the bowl.

Culture
Coast Salish: Homalco
Material
seal tooth, paint, wood and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC727

Dark brown wooden club with a long, cylindrical handle and bulbous head covered with protruding knobs. The handle is decorated with rows of zigzag patterns and the head is formed from the stubs of the roots and the tap root.

Culture
Fijian
Material
wood
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC729

Dark brown wooden club with a long, cylindrical handle and bulbous head covered with protruding knobs. The handle is decorated with rows of zigzag patterns and the head is formed from the stubs of the roots.

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