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Weaving tool3621/5

Wood and metal tool, consisting of a spinning frame mounted on a cylindrical wooden handle. The frame has two long side pieces with two horizontal bars inserted into notches in the side pieces. The horizontal bars are held in place with nails. A large nail is inserted through the centre of the cross-bars, and hammered into the handle, which allows it to rotate.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
metal and wood
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spindle Whorl3621/3 a-b

Wooden spindle and whorl consisting of a disc with a central hole (part a) and long wooden spindle (part b). The whorl is convex on one side, and flat on the other. The spindle shaft narrows at each end, and one end is wider than the other.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
wood
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wool Beater3621/4

Wooden beater for weaving. Beater has long, flat blade with a rounded end. The carved handle has a cylindrical hand guard and pommel-like end piece. The blade is dull on both sides.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
yew wood
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressA8098

Wooden wolf headdress with small bundles of branches tied to the top and long fabric ties hanging from the inside. The mask is rectangular in shape with a slight tapering at the snout; face is depicted on the sides. The nostril, teeth and top head form are cutout with stylized lines. The mask is painted in red, white, black and green with stylized forms. The inside has two rectangular pieces of wood that hold the box shaped mask together. The bottom section is lined with a thin and worn piece of fabric.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cotton fibre, cedar wood and paint
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Speaker's StaffA8140

Carved, wooden speaker's staff, or talking stick, with six figures in colours of black, red, green and brown. Abalone shell pieces are inlaid on all of the figures. Top figure is a supernatural eagle, or Kolus, in human-like form, with a crooked beak and a labret. Below that is a human wearing a three-ringed hat. His body morphs into a whale, whose mouth touches the back fins of a sea lion. The bottom bear figure is mounted on top of a short, cylindrical base.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
paint, red cedar wood, abalone shell and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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AwlA8700

Bone awl, triangular in shape with a tapered point at one end, a rectangular shaped body and a ‘V’ shaped indentation at the other end; the underside has a concaved groove.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
bone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA8102

Humanoid face mask. Oval shaped mask with wide pronounced red lips, red nostrils, circular black eyes on a green background, and black gill shapes around the mouth. The bottom half of the face has a white background as does the area above the eyebrows.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketK2.289 a-b

A basket (part b) and a lid (part a). The basket has four panels alternating between a thin diamond-shaped design in red, peach, and purple on a natural background and a thin dimaond-shaped design in purple and natural on a red background. The rows above have a purple checkered pattern and natural diamond-shaped pattern on red and purple background. The lid has rows in similar designs to that of the rows above on the basket.

Culture
Central African ?
Material
palm leaf
Made in
Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model SpearA2.274 o

Model bird spear with three barbed prongs at end and centre. Prongs attached to shaft with black thread.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk, wood, fibre and dye
Made in
Moose Factory, Ontario, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model ToolA2.274 h

Miniature harpoon ice scraper with a wooden shaft and tusk attachments protruding from both ends and the centre: a long, curved spike at one end; a short, blunt blade-like piece at the other end; a short, handle-like piece protruding from the centre of the shaft at a right angle.

Culture
Inuit
Material
seal skin, caribou sinew, walrus tusk and wood
Made in
Moose Factory, Ontario, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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