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ArrowA9176

Triangular steel or iron point forced into a split in one end of the shaft and bound with sinew. The feather fletching was also bound with sinew near the notched end.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wood, sinew and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model PaddleA2168

Small wooden paddle with one side painted green, red, yellow, and black. Tip and shaft at handle tip are painted red. Other side at handle is painted black.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
paint and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model PaddleA2169

Small wooden paddle with a painted figure on one side of blade. Tip and just below handle are red.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PointA2.524

Metal point bound to a short wooden shaft; blade is inserted into shaft, then wrapped around with sinew.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
iron metal, sinew and wood
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DishA2.523

Dark brown elliptical wooden bowl with flared sides and a flattened rim.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
wood
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowA2.577

Shaft has incised geometric line designs at proximal end. Arrow is plain with barbed point.

Culture
Arctic America
Material
wood and iron metal
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gambling Game SticksA7104 a-bbbb

Seventy-nine wooden gambling sticks (parts b-bbbb) in a deer hide bag (part a). The sticks are cylindrical in shape and are of uniform size; each has red and/or black line markings in centre. A few have an old white adhesive tag attached. Nine pieces are inlaid with abalone shells of different designs; one is missing its inlay. The inside of the bag has remnants of an old red and black Northwest Coast design. The strap of the bag has a carved bone(?) window-shaped ornament attached.

Culture
Haida
Material
skin, bone ?, abalone shell, wood, paint and lacquer
Made in
Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Totem PoleA7093 a-d

Model memorial pole (parts a-d). Double plain rounded cylindrical pole (part a) connected at the upper portion by a rectangular box-like feature that has a bear carving at the centre of the top plank. A removable flat top piece lid (part b) has two removable pegs in the top with one tapering to a point (part c) while the other one is cylindrical (part d). The bear has circular black eyes surrounded by a tapering black oval and a turquoise area outlined by black, turquoise split u within black u form ears, curling red nostrils, an open red mouth showing thirteen upper fangs and a rounded red tongue sticking out, and turquoise forepaws with four black digit claws. The upper and lower part of the box is has a horizontal red band. Nailed together.

Culture
Haida
Material
wood, paint and metal
Made in
Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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AdzeA7156

Grooved adze, dark coarse stone blade, wedge-shaped. Cut down and grooved along the top face near the back end to hold hafting securely. Lashed with twisted cedar root to a carved wooden halting platform with an acutely-angled branch providing a cylindrical shaped handle.

Culture
Northwest Coast ?
Material
wood, root and stone
Made in
Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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