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Model Paddle3176/2

Model paddle. Blade is long and leaf shaped, slightly convex on both sides, with a tapered, rounded tip. Handle is thick and round at neck, flattening toward grip. Grip is a small tube that extends beyond the width of the handle. Birds are painted on both sides of the blade in formline style, in red and black.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Paddle3176/1

Model paddle. Blade is long and leaf shaped, slightly convex on both sides, with a rounded, tapered tip. Handle is thick and round at neck, flattening toward grip. Grip is a small tube. Birds are painted on either side in formline style, in red and black.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask3172/1

Wooden face mask. Face has a white painted background with heavy black brows, black rimmed eyes, and a thin black mustache over black teeth in a down-turned mouth. Chin and nostrils are red. Green and red lines decorate the cheeks and sides of chin are green. Hair is carved into thick diagonal strips and painted red, green and black. Back of mask is concave and unpainted.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dog Whip3169/1

Dog whip. Used with sled dogs, the whip has a wood handle with curved grip and three faceted sections each showing a different animal. Bottom section has an incised wolf or dog on either side; central section has a seal; and third shows a fish. All are filled with grey paint. Top side of facets have a green diamond, red arrow, and a red hook carved into them. Carved squares between the sections are painted red. The whip is attached to the end of the handle through holes in the wood. It is made of looped strands of black and brown leather woven to create a hard but flexible cord that diminishes in diameter toward the tip.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood, leather skin and paint
Made in
Quebec, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Lamp3152/3

Large stone oil lamp. The piece is carved from stone, a half-circle in its top view. Surface is convex with slanted sides forming a shallow trough, a deep crease running lengthwise along the bottom from which stands a thick, angled rim. A groove for a wick sits at centre of rim. The opposite, curved, edge has a low lip to contain the lamp’s oil. The exterior bottom is rounded with a sharp point at middle. Hardened deposits remain on top and bottom surfaces. The lamp has been broken in two and repaired.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone
Made in
Nunavik, Quebec, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Carving3152/2

Stone carving of a woman. She is shown bending forward with a child wrapped in the amaut pouch on the back of her parka, and carrying a large stone cooking lamp in her hands, resting it on the ground in front of her. Her parka is fringed along the sides, and she wears high boots. The woman’s textured hair is plaited into two braids, her face broad, with wide eyes and mouth and a small nose. Disc number scratched on base appears to read E9 916.

Culture
Inuit
Material
serpentine stone
Made in
Inukjuak, Quebec, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Lamp3152/1 a-h

Model stone oil lamp. Lamp (part a) is triangular in shape, concave on top surface, with intersecting ridges on the base that come to a point at centre. Bone wick (part b) is wide and slightly curved, carved with a series of regularly spaced grooves at top. Wood posts attach it to holes along the lamp's long edge. The small stone pot (part c) is rectangular, with a twisted, rigid sinew rope tied though holes at each corner. Rope fits into ridges carved into one end of the bone pot holder (part d), which bends in the centre and sits in a hole on the lamp’s edge. Lamp rests on a triangular stone stand (part e) with a raised ring at centre. Three wooden posts (part f, g, h) support the lamp above the stand.

Culture
Inuit
Material
soapstone stone, bone, wood and sinew
Made in
Inukjuak, Quebec, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Amulet3150/10

Small alabaster illa. Stone is carved into a rectangle, flat on top and somewhat curved on the underside, with non-parallel long edges. Top surface is engraved with a set of rectangles, large and encompassing on the outside, with concentric sets of two on the interior. The relatively wide engraved lines are coloured dark grey. Underside has a cross shape scratched on one side.

Culture
Peruvian
Material
alabaster stone
Made in
Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Amulet3150/9

Small stone carving of a farm scene. Rectangular, with a collection of buildings of a uniform height, rooves covered with cross hatching, linear designs, and circles. A small empty square sits at centre. Along front edge stands a line of seven animals, possibly sheep, facing outwards. All have rounded heads and horns to the sides, with the suggestion of legs at bottom. Underside of amulet is unmarked.

Culture
Peruvian
Material
alabaster stone
Made in
Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Amulet3150/8

Small alabaster farm scene, with a collection of buildings in various heights surrounding a central square. Many have a roof, while others are flat with circular or hatched decorations. On one side is a line of four cattle facing outwards, each showing front legs, horns, small carved eyes, and broad backs. Remnants of dark orange pigment can be seen in the cracks of the buildings and cattle. Underside is unmarked.

Culture
Peruvian
Material
alabaster stone
Made in
Arequipa, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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