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Billiken Figure1060/43

Carved billiken type of figurine. Very small, white, sitting figure with arms and hands at sides. Eyes, eyebrows, mouth and navel delineated with black ink(?). A carved hanging loop protrudes from the figure's head.

Culture
Inuit ?
Material
walrus tusk ? or ink ?
Made in
Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ornament1060/39

Ornamental chain of black and white horse hair with an arrow head pendant at one end of the loop and a braided hair clasp at the other end.

Culture
Plains
Material
horse hair and stone
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shuttle1060/36

A lightly coloured weaving shuttle.

Culture
Inuit
Material
bone ?
Made in
Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Projectile Point1060/35

Small white coloured and triangle-shaped point that indents and tapers to a narrow piece at one end.

Culture
Plains ?
Material
stone ?
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Knife1060/34

Ulu type stone knife. Black-brown, oval in shape, narrowing at the handle and flaring outward at the blade. Around the outer edges of the blade, there are a series of irregular chips that create the general shape of the piece.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone
Made in
Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Boots1060/30 a-b

Pair of boots with dark brown leather soles and dark yellow leather uppsers. The boots are decorated with red leather geometric shapes with cutwork in slits and geometric shapes, and these pieces of leather are sewn onto the boot at the shin and top of the foot with green thread embroidery around the edges. Off-white fabric shows through the cutwork.

Culture
West African
Material
skin, fibre and dye
Made in
“Gambia” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Harpoon Head1060/29

A quadrangular metal blade with a hole made midway. The blade is held in its holder with a metal nail. The holder has a hole drilled through the middle depth and another hole for the insertion of the shaft.

Culture
Inuit
Material
bone and metal
Made in
Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blade1060/28

A polished multi-coloured sharpened blade with a pointed tip. Fossilized, possible made of ivory or stone.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone ?
Made in
Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Loom1060/26

Loom consisting of three horizontal pieces of wood with a partial weaving and a toothed comb-like wooden tool with a pointed handle. The weaving is red with blue and green stepped triangle design, the tips of the triangles not quite meeting at the centre, with two off-white triangles at the centre and two more at the sides as well as an off-white band above and below the design.

Culture
Navajo
Material
wool fibre, cotton fibre, wood and dye
Made in
New Mexico, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Miniature Boots1060/23 a-b

Pair of light brown miniature boots trimmed with brown cloth, each decorated with a tasseled red and grey string bow on the front.

Culture
Inuit
Material
skin ?, cotton fibre and fibre
Made in
Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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