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Carving3040/23 a-b

Rectangular piece of stone onto which has been glued a carving of a snow house with an entrance porch. Beside the house is a dog (part b - previously glued on, no longer attached) with its tail curled onto its back. Incised into the rectangular base is 'Arctic Bay 1951'.

Culture
Inuit
Material
adhesive and stone
Made in
Arctic Bay, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3040/7 a-b

Wooden rectangle with a hole in it (part a), and a seal carved in walrus tusk (part b). The seal is positioned as if about to slide from the ice (the wood) into its breathing hole. There are two holes in the base of the seal that attach to two tusk pegs in the wooden base.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood, baleen ? and walrus tusk
Made in
Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Leister3040/2

Model leister (kakivak). It has a wooden shaft, a central prong and two side prongs. Prong joint is wrapped in thick black thread.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood, cotton fibre and walrus tusk
Made in
Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Carving3040/1

Carving of a tree with six branches. There are a number of leaves as well as two small birds sitting on two different branches. There is a dog, or fox, with its front paws on the trunk peering up at the birds. The animal has black inset eyes. Sitting on the base is a stone bird. The base of the sculpture is made of wood.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood, stone, baleen ? and narwhal tusk
Made in
Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hand Puppet3065/22

Cloth and wood puppet of a male figure. Head is wood, with white face and painted eyes, brows, mouth and hair. Long mustache and beard of plastic fibres emerge. Figure wears a tunic of patchwork fabrics in blue, red, green and pink, with a stripe of shiny red around neck to waist. Under this are padded legs attached to black and white boots that show under the tunic. Arms are held outstretched, with wooden hands attached. Thumb is stationary, while fingers are able to bend and flex as a group. Puppet can be controlled by inserting hand up the back of tunic to a hole in head and spaces along arms.

Culture
Chinese
Material
cotton fibre, wood, synthetic fibre, plastic and paint
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Inkstone3065/16

Inkstone carved from a single piece of speckled yellow and brown stone. Object is rectangular, with four low square feet carved on each bottom corner. Top front has a round shallow well, behind which lay two lions(?), with their bodies facing away from well, heads turned to look back over their shoulders. A second hollow has been carved between their tails. Remnants of decorative lines surround the inkwell area, and nearly invisible incised designs decorate all four edges.

Culture
Chinese
Material
granite stone ?
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bi Disk3065/14

Large bi-disk. Disk is thin and flat, with a sustained thickness of material throughout. It is circular but for a large chip out of one side. A large round hole has been carved out of the centre. The disk is undecorated. Its colour is mottled light and medium grey with veins and specks of dark grey.

Culture
Chinese
Material
limestone stone ?
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear2948/174

Wood and bamboo spear. A thin, flat head of bamboo comes to a sharp point, and is bound at its other end to a narrow wooden shaft by string and beeswax. This is inserted into the shaved end of a thicker shaft of bamboo and secured with rattan, fibre and beeswax. Four thin lines are carved around the shaft where the shaving and wax begins.

Culture
Asmat
Material
bamboo grass, wood, plant fibre, bee wax, rattan and ochre pigment
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear2948/173

Bamboo and wood spear. A narrow, concave head of bamboo is bound to a narrow wooden shaft with string and beeswax. The shaft has been carved into patterns highlighted with lime. This is inserted into a thicker shaft of bamboo, secured with rattan and beeswax. There are natural ruddy-brown striations along the shaft.

Culture
Asmat
Material
bamboo grass, wood, plant fibre, bee wax ?, rattan, ochre pigment and lime pigment
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear2948/172

Bamboo and wood spear. The head is a long, thin section of bamboo, concave, dyed red on one side, ending in a sharp point. It is connected to narrow wooden shaft which has been dyed and narrowed slightly towards the join, which is inserted into a thicker bamboo shaft. Both joins are bound with rattan and beeswax. A number of thin lines have been scratched around the shaft at the butt. The bamboo’s nodules have been shaved smooth.

Culture
Asmat
Material
bamboo grass, wood, plant fibre, resin, bee wax and ochre pigment
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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