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ClubA8076

Short heavy club with bulbous head. Handle butt is carved with a face on one side whose mouth corresponds with a half-inch hole through the butt. Plain rounded handle expands into hexagonal fore-shaft which tapers and then expands to a slightly flattened ball-shaped head. Heavy working marks, especially on head. Very highly polished dark finish.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spindle WhorlA8079

Spindle whorl comprised of a round, wooden disc with a small hole in its centre. Flat dorsal surface and slightly convex ventral surface. The convex surface is engraved with an anthropomorphic bird figure with lines radiating from around its body. The head and torso are human-like, but the legs and wings are bird-like.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun'
Material
alder wood
Made in
Westholme, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureA8081

Carved figure of a seated man. The figure has a large head with a flat top, wide eyes and a wide open mouth. His hands are in his lap, his knees together. The front of the figure is painted green with markings in white, yellow and red. The back is brown with white markings. There are five nails in the back of the figure, two have string underneath.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mat NeedleA8085 a-d

Four long narrow, wooden mat needles (parts a-d) with triangular cross sections and flat, pointed tips. The tips widen slightly before narrowing to a point. Round shaped, eye holes are present at the ends opposite of the points. Made from a yellowish brown coloured wood.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun'
Material
wood and stain
Made in
Westholme, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HookC121

A brown wood hook with a braided brown plant fibre cord.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
plant fibre and wood
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HookC123

A curled fish hook shape with a notch at one end and a barb at the other end of similar length.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
coconut nutshell
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HookC124

A brown wood hook that has the shape of a 'v' with a notch at one end to prevent the rope from slipping off.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood and fibre
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arm OrnamentC126

A thin circular bracelet like ornament that has a large hole in the middle like a bracelet. Lightly carved with an alternating pattern consisting of an oval-shape with pointed ends, and a pair of vertical lines.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fish FigureC128

Smooth brown wood figure of a fish. Has a few lines to denote the eyes, breathing apparatus, and fins. The mouth is a flat vertical oval on the front of the face. The triangular tail is perpendicular to the mouth and the rest of the body.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureC140

Relatively flat, dark brown wood fish-shaped figure outline carved with designs of a frigate bird with a fish on each side, one side having geometric squares and hatch marks in the background while the other side has a plain finished background. Engraved designs emphasized with white clay.

Culture
Solomon Islands ?
Material
lime mineral ?, wood and clay ?
Made in
Solomon Islands ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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