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Basketry3058/7

Basketry covered glass float. Round float is completely covered in finely woven basketry, with a flat base. Images in the weave are created with dyed grass and include concentric circles at top, a line of text lower down saying “Estevan Point BC March 1947”, large birds with wings spread interspersed with the outline of a mask and a small boat with three figures inside. Base also has a set of concentric circles.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
glass, swamp grass ?, cedar root and dye
Made in
Estevan Point, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Beads3058/6 a-d

54 beads strung on a metal wire, with metal clasp at one end and loop on the opposite. Each bead is carved from tusk and shaped into a oblong orb. The surface of the beads has been polished to a shine. Colour varies in each bead, and is often mottled, from dark amber to light yellow. (Part b is a detached bead. Parts c-d are the old clasp: two round plastic tube-shaped pieces that screw together, and each has a hole in the end.)

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk ?, metal and plastic
Made in
Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: LeisterNa1047

Straight piece with a metal spike at top, forming reverse angle barb. Base of piece cut on diagonal and curves outwards with a lip on the outside.

Culture
Inuit
Material
metal and musk ox horn
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: LeisterNa1046

Curved piece with a square metal spike at top, forming reverse angle barb. Base of piece is cut on diagonal with lip on outside.

Culture
Inuit
Material
metal and musk ox horn
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: LeisterNa1045

Curved piece has metal spike forming reverse angle barb. Base of curved piece is cut on diagonal and has small lip.

Culture
Inuit
Material
musk ox horn, metal and antler
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ToggleNa1041

Crescent-shaped yellow-white object with rounded ends. Large rectangular piece has been cut out or worn away.

Culture
Inuit
Material
bone ?
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ToggleNa1040

Crescent-shaped yellow-white object with rounded ends and hole drilled through centre.

Culture
Inuit
Material
bone ?
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ToolNa1039

Flat, crescent-shaped piece of bone with four large notches on interior. A hole is drilled in either end through which a braided sinew cord is tied. Grime worked into bone and sinew; '50' is printed on one side of bone.

Culture
Inuit
Material
sinew ? and bone
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ToggleNa1058

Crescent-shaped object with rounded ends; colouring is mottled yellow and brown; eight lines have been cut in to form a symmetrical design. Braided leather thong is threaded through drilled hole to form stiff loop bent in half.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk and leather skin
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ToggleNa1038

A yellow white crescent-shaped object with rounded ends. Hole drilled in it through which leather thong is looped.

Culture
Inuit
Material
bone and leather skin
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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