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Spear PointC1628

The shaft is reddish wood, peeled of all bark. At one end the shaft appears to have been cut off, the other is flattened into a point. A separately carved barb is secured to the point with sinew.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood and sinew
Made in
Ooldea, South Australia, Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SwordC414

Tapered, rounded cylindrical, red-brown wood handle. Wood is carved into five oval shaped, evenly spaced, forms. Fifty shark's teeth line each of the two sides of the wood and are secured by twisted fibre string. Woven black and yellow fibres form coloured bands at both ends of the 'blade'.

Culture
I-Kiribati
Material
wood, shark tooth and fibre
Made in
Nukunau, Gilbert Group, Kiribati
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA5258

Red-brown double reed whistle that is oval in cross section and bound in three sections with brown string, two near each end and one near the middle. While the wider end is solid, there are two hollows through the smaller end where there is a taper cut elongated semi-oval hole nearby at either side. Sealed with pitch.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, fibre and resin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SwordC413

Tapered, cylindrical, brown wood shaft that has four rows of teeth with opposing sides of equal length. Shark teeth are secured by twisted fibre string. The longer sides have thirty-eight teeth while the shorter sides have sixteen teeth. Bands of single black hair interwoven with woven palm leaf decorate both ends of the toothed portion. Three equally spaced bands of black hair are along within these interwoven bands at both ends.

Culture
I-Kiribati
Material
wood, fibre, shark tooth, hair and palm leaf
Made in
Nukunau, Gilbert Group, Kiribati
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BoomerangC1721

Plain, dark brown wood boomerang that has a ridged texture of curvi-linear lines that follow the shape of the boomerang while also having an appearance similar to that of having had flakes chipped off. Same texture on both sides. .

Culture
Australian
Material
wood
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BoomerangC1607

Red-brown wood boomerang that has curvi-linear lines that follow the shape of the boomerang. Same texture on both sides. The top side has a main design that consists of a 'painted' brown serpent outlined by white dots and surrounded by white speckles. Near one end, there is a horizontal brown band outlined by white dots with the rouned end all in white. The bottom side has a design that consists of the following from the rounded end all in white to the other plain end: a plain angled H-shape; a horizontal brown band outlined by white dots; a plain arrow pointing toward the concave edge oultined by white dots and surrounded by white speckles with a horizontal brown band outlined by white dots at either side; and a white-speckled area. Some black used.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood and ochre pigment
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BoomerangC1595

Plain, dark brown wood boomerang that has a ridged texture of curvi-linear lines that follow the shape of the boomerang. Same texture on both sides. Near the middle of one end, the wood contracts and shrinks inward and then bulges outward to a rounded end. For use with the left hand.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood
Made in
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BoomerangC1605

Plain, red-brown wood boomerang that has grooved curvi-linear lines that follow the shape of the boomerang and a smooth handle. Same texture on both sides. Wood is of a lighter colour along the lower portion ends of each concave edge with another two sets along the convex edge at either side of the outer elbow.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PlaqueN1.501 a-b

Pair of parallelogram-shaped wooden plaques carved in high relief depicting two different outdoor scenes of an emperor and his guard. Colours are predominantly gold, green, red. Each plaque has a pierced brass handle attached on the back at the top for hanging; hanging handles feature ornate linear patterning.

Culture
Chinese
Material
wood, shell, lacquer, brass metal and paint
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear PointC1627

Shaft is flat on the back and rounded on the front. Carved barbs are continuous on edges from the handle to the point, although many barbs on one edge are missing. Bunches of scratch marks appear down the front and back of the shaft.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood
Made in
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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