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Snuff BottleN1.367 a-c

Ivory snuff bottle (part a) shaped like a cicada; not a real bottle as the interior is only drilled hole not entirely hollowed. The head is removable, acts as the bottle's stopper (part b), and has a short spoon attached at one end. Part c is a wooden stand with four legs.

Culture
Chinese
Material
elephant ivory and wood
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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VaseN1.293 a-b

Vase (part a) with wooden stand (part b). A four-sided beaker-shaped red lacquered vase (part b) on metal and trimmed with brass at rim and foot. Side panels decorated with figures in landscapes. Each side panel has three parts: an upper section, a middle section, and a lower section. Turning the vase counter-clock-wise the description is as follows. One side panel has an upper section depicting two people looking at another separated from them by a cross-sectioned terrace with a large building on the left and a smaller building in the above background, a middle section depicting two people with one holding a flute-like instrument with a large building on the left and a smaller building in the above background's rocky mountainous terrain, and a lower section depicting two people talking to each other surrounded by a terrace. The next side panel has an upper section depicting two people at either sides of the person in between them with another person in the lower right corner looking across at them and a building at each of the top corners, a middle section depicting two people facing each other with one dancing and a building to the right, and a lower section depicting one person sitting under a tree on the left and another person sitting on a rock on the right. Another side panel has an upper section depicting two people looking at another separated from them by a cross-sectioned terrace with a large building on the left and a smaller building in the above background, a middle section depicting two people with one looking at the other while raising his left arm and the other person holding a long object in his right arm with a building at each of the top corners, and a lower section depicting two small people looking at their superior with one small person farther to the right under a tree. The last side panel has an upper section depicting two people at either sides of the person in between them with another person in the lower right corner looking across at them and a building at each of the top corners, a middle section depicting three people in triangular formation with a building on the right, and a lower section depicting a kneeling person being approached by someone on the right with a building on the left.

Culture
Chinese
Material
brass metal, metal and lacquer
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cribbage Game BoardA2.221

Main body is that of a walrus with another creature that has the walrus's tail in its mouth. Two birds, decorated with black and red, sit on top of the walrus's tail. Four sea animals carved in relief, two of which are decorated with black. On either sides of these four sea animals is a row of six sets of ten holes for the game.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk and ink ?
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearA2.608

Toy spear. Conical point. Nail set in apex. "Alexandrovsk" printed on shaft.

Culture
Alutiiq ?
Material
wood and metal
Made in
Nanwalek, Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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VesselN2.316 a-h

Various vessels for ceremony; 2 vases, 2 cups on stands, a larger cup(?) and a lacquered stand(?)

Culture
Okinawan
Material
wood, clay, glaze, paint and lacquer
Made in
Okinawa, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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VaseN1.292 a-b

Vase (part a) with wooden stand (part b). A four-sided beaker-shaped red lacquered vase on metal and trimmed with brass at rim and foot. Side panels decorated with figures in landscapes. Each side panel has three parts: an upper section, a middle section, and a lower section. Turning the vase counter-clock-wise the description is as follows. One side panel has an upper section depicting two people looking at another separated from them by a cross-sectioned terrace with a large building on the left and a smaller building in the above background, a middle section depicting two people with one holding a flute-like instrument with a large building on the left and a smaller building in the above background's rocky mountainous terrain, and a lower section depicting two people talking to each other surrounded by a terrace. The next side panel has an upper section depicting two people at either sides of the person in between them with another person in the lower right corner looking across at them and a building at each of the top corners, a middle section depicting two people facing each other with one dancing and a building to the right, and a lower section depicting two small people looking at their superior with one small person farther to the right under a tree. Another side panel has an upper section depicting two people looking at another separated from them by a cross-sectioned terrace with a large building on the left and a smaller building in the above background, a middle section depicting two people with one looking at the other while raising his left arm and the other person holding a long object in his right arm with a building at each of the top corners, and a lower section depicting a kneeling person being approached by someone on the right with a building on the left. The last side panel has an upper section depicting two people at either sides of the person in between them with another person in the lower right corner looking across at them and a building at each of the top corners, a middle section depicting three people in triangular formation with a building on the right, and a lower section depicting one person sitting under a tree on the left and another person sitting on a rock on the right.

Culture
Chinese
Material
metal, brass metal and lacquer
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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VaseN1.116

White glass vase covered in raised blue floral patterning; a paper label on the base reads "Made in China."

Culture
Chinese
Material
glass and dye
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowA2.326

Small cable-backed bow of wood, curved in the middle with straight ends. Braided string is stretched across the bow, tied around the ends, and goes longitudinally along the other side of the bow.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
fibre and wood
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear PointA2.133

A relatively rounded long caribou antler piece which is slightly curved and has one edge barbed with a diagonal cut at one end and a point at the other end.

Culture
Inuit: Netsilingmiut
Material
caribou antler
Made in
Gjoa Haven, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear PointA2.135

A relatively rounded long caribou antler piece which is slightly curved and has one edge barbed with a diagonal cut at one end and a point at the other end.

Culture
Inuit: Netsilingmiut
Material
caribou antler
Made in
Gjoa Haven, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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