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Gambling Game PieceA17076

Wooden game piece stained red-brown. The stick is triangular in shape with a thicker top that tapers into a point. Carved into the top is a thunderbird in profile. The remainder of the piece has a carved scalloped edge on each side. There are two nails in the top of the stick, one just below the bird and another near the point that fasten it to a game board (A17073 a-b).

Culture
Coast Salish: Musqueam
Material
yellow cedar wood, metal and stain
Made in
Musqueam, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Knitting NeedleA17077

Set of nine knitting needles (parts a-i), hand carved from spirea wood. Points at both ends.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun'
Material
spirea wood
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Steering PaddleA7526

Large paddle with black painted designs on both sides of the somewhat triangular blade. The paddle has a wide blade with rounded corners, and a rounded shaft that flattens and spreads out into a more rectangular profile, attached to a cylindrical horizontal handle.

Culture
Haida
Material
wood, paint and lacquer
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DishA7535

Grey-brown wood dish that is ribbed on the inside, creating four tiers.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleA7536

Cylindrical brown wood piece carved with an animal head on one side and a human head on the other side with a set of two or three deer hooves and two claws attached around near either end. The human head has oval eyes, a nose, cheeks, a slightly parted mouth, and long hair. The animal head has rounded eyes surrounded by a tapering oval, nostrils, a thin mouth, and an upraised brow.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wood, deer hoof, fibre and claw
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleA7539

Painted wooden rattle composed of two complementary parts connected with small wooden pegs and sinew. Rattle painted with eye designs in black, encircled with red line designs.

Culture
Gitxsan ?
Material
wood, paint and sinew
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleA7540

Rounded hardwood rattle composed of two complementary parts connected with wooden pegs and wire. Plain surface.

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
metal and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleA7541

Wooden rattle composed of two complementary parts connected with three wooden pegs and cord. Smooth, unpainted wood. Polished black goat horn handle tip.

Culture
Gitxsan ?
Material
fibre, goat horn and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Leister SpearA7562

Spear composed of two metal points secured to two wooden arms that are bound at an angle to a central length of wood from which emerges another metal point. The arms are wrapped with cherry bark and the ends are covered in fabric.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
fibre, wood, metal, cherry bark and leather skin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Club2642/8

Spurred club made of dark vesi wood. Curved at top with an emerging extension branching out midway through the curve. Rough chisel marks on the inside of the curve, bounded by a chiselled line. Rectangular peak at top. Woven fibre wrapped several times around the base of the shaft.

Culture
Fijian
Material
stain ?, wood and fibre
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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