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Cod HookA1102

Spruce root hook, carved and steamed into "u"-shape. One arm end carved with a tapered knob (for attaching leader line). Other arm end re-curved inward and sharpened to a point. Point section is lashed with cedar root.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
spruce root and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerA622

Sections of brown skin from a goose foot, sewn together to make a teardrop shaped container. The end wooden piece has various sizes and depths of grooves on the exterior with unified, grooves on the inside. Three claws are still attached.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
fibre, goose foot and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA6305

Brown double reed whistle that is square in cross section and painted grey-blue and is bound in four sections with biege-brown string, one near each end and two near the middle. While the wider end is solid, there are two hollows through the smaller end where there is a taper cut rectangular hole nearby at either side.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, fibre and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Harpoon HeadA9096

Large flat leaf-shaped iron blade. Fixed to the blade with compresses of spruce resin are two antler spurs (elk ?) incised with designs of wolf and snake. Also attached, there is a heavy lanyard of twisted sinew (whale or sea-lion) (used to attach head to long line). Engraved with lightning serpent imagery.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
sinew, spruce resin, elk antler, iron metal and wood
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DrillA2.626

Rounded wooden shaft - two sides flattened with hole drilled through toward butt end. The point appears to be the corner of a file embedded in the end of the shaft and held with a nail and bound with hide stripping.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
skin, metal and wood
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DaggerA2.607

Has a pointed blade with a ridge down along the middle. Metal is wrapped around the base of the blade. Handle is covered wtih skin. Handle finial is carved with an animal head design in profile. Has a circular abalone shell inlay eye with a carved split u behind it and a long mouth.

Culture
Arctic America
Material
bone, wood, copper metal, squirrel skin ? and abalone shell
Made in
Yukon River, Yukon Territory, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressA9355

Mask made from cut out planks of wood formed in a triangular-like shape with flat sides, a thin adjoining nose piece and a rectangular shaped piece of wood at the back. Detailed in blue and orange Northwest Coast stylized forms is a wolf with rectangular shaped nostrils, bared teeth and large eyes. The mouth and eyes are inlaid with pieces of mirrored glass as well as other small sections. Protruding from the top edge of the headdress are numerous thin sections of baleen creating a fringe. The inside has two thin wooden strips attached to two larger bars to create a frame for the head. Covering the frame is a piece of cotton fabric. Fibre ties hang from the bottom edge. (Similar to A9354).

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ahousaht
Material
baleen, glass, silver alloy metal ?, fibre, wood, paint and cotton fibre
Made in
Ahousat, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressA9354

Mask made from cut out planks of wood formed in a triangular-like shape with flat sides, a thin adjoining nose piece and a rectangular shaped piece of wood at the back. Detailed in blue and red Northwest Coast stylized forms is a wolf with ovoid shaped nostrils, bared teeth and large eyes. The mouth and eyes are inlaid with pieces of mirrored glass as well as other small sections. The nose is detailed with a blue crown-like shape. Protruding from the top edge of the headdress are numerous thin sections of baleen creating a fringe. The inside has two thin wooden strips attached to two larger bars to create a frame for the head. Covering the frame is a piece of cotton fabric. Fibre ties hang from the bottom edge. (Similar to A9355).

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ahousaht
Material
wood, baleen, silver alloy metal ?, glass, fibre, cotton fibre and paint
Made in
Ahousat, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentB148

Materials bound together by twisted cord at two points one end.

Culture
Sakai
Material
leaf, fibre and grass
Made in
Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DrumB515

Flaring, vase-shaped hand drum with a clay stand and a glazed snakeskin head bound with rattan. Bands of wavy designs are combed into the stand around the top and bottom.

Culture
Cambodian
Material
clay, snake skin and rattan
Made in
Cambodia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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