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SpearC552

Plain tapered, brown wood shaft with a blunt slightly barbed point. The barbed point has two pairs of barbs in a geometric split u-shape with another one above that is part of the point tip.

Culture
Eastern Melanesian
Material
wood
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Digging StickC644

Long wood piece that has a digging end which is flat spatula-like with a tapering narrow handle with a flat rectangular finial.

Culture
Massim
Material
wood
Made in
Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC645

Plain, tapering, brown wood shaft with a barbed point. The point is carved with an elongated barb with four triangular barbs below. At the base of the point, there is a large tuft of rather thin red, yellow, grey, and white feathers attached with string.

Culture
West Papuan
Material
plant fibre, feather and wood
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FrontletA6810

Carved frontlet with a bear in a squatting position with palms raised, a human in similar position is carved on the body and on the ears. Small faces are on palms and feet. All have small abalone shell inlay. Painted in black and red.

Culture
Nisga'a
Material
abalone shell, wood and paint
Made in
Greenville, British Columbia, Canada and Lakalzap, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Whale MaskA6836

Mask or headdress representing a whale with a moveable tail, pectoral fins and dorsal fin. Large cylindrical nostrils and raised eyes. Three large holes on the forehead. The mask is painted black with a design on both sides of the tail in white and red. Five concentric circle designs in black, white and red on the sides of the body with u-form designs behind the head. The head is painted black with red and green around the eyes, green and black on the cheeks, white and red nostrils, a red and green nose, land a green and red upper lip (moveable lower jaw missing). The dorsal and pectoral fins are painted with black, red, green and white designs.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
fibre, wood and paint
Made in
Hartley Bay, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC748

Dark, black-brown wooden club with a long, cylindrical handle and 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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RattleA7294

Rounded, carved wooden rattle. Composed of two complementary parts connected with wooden pegs and animal sinew. Smooth, unpainted surface. Series of holes in two parallel lines over surface.

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
sinew, wood and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleA7295

Rounded, polished wooden rattle. Composed of two complementary parts connected with wooden pegs, nails and thongs. Plain surface

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
leather skin, wood and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleA7296

Rounded wooden rattle composed of two complementary parts connected with copper wire; decorated with carved linear designs.

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
wood and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gambling Game SticksA7299

Set of twenty-one uniform, polished sticks shaped like cigarillos (a-u). Small, rectangular piece of inlaid abalone shell on one (a); one is split but secured with nail (b). Faint bands in black and red drawn around the centre of many.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wood, abalone shell and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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