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OrnamentA6036

Ornament made from an oval piece of abalone shell with a notch in the edge and two holes bored at opposite sides.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
abalone shell
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thumb PianoK5.105

Trapezoid-shaped wooden box with a hole on the top face near the widest end, and a series of 17 long metal prongs with rounded tips are elevated and secured above the box by wood and metal bars at the narrower end. Two smaller holes on the underside near the centre. The wood is stained, and five of the metal prongs are coated with red paint on the top surface. Hugh Tracey manufacturer label on bottom.

Culture
South African
Material
steel metal, wood, stain and paint
Made in
Transvaal, South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentA6258

Ornament composed of a rectangular piece of abalone shell. Two holes are perforated through the shell at the centre of the two opposite longer edges.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
abalone shell
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentA6257

Ornament made from a piece of roughly rectangular abalone shell. There is a larger and a smaller hole at the centre of one long edge, a smaller hole at the opposite edge, and another larger hole at one of the corners.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
abalone shell
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Button BlanketA3730

Button blanket made of a large blue wool blanket. Black band at each end, and a wide red woolen flannel border sewn to both sides and across the top, with a section cut out at the neck and inserted with dark blue and red cotton. Another wide red flannel band is sewn from top to bottom on each side, along the edge of the blanket's black band. This whole border design section is heavily decorated with button designs. The main crest design is a red flannel tree of life design. There is a manufacturer's stamp mark on the bottom of the red flannel border.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
shell, bone ?, cotton fibre, wool fibre and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model CanoeA2.572

Model birch bark canoe with three cross-beams and one end covered in rawhide. Sides of the canoe have been dyed red, with a linear pattern marked into the bark near the top of the gunwales. A small black and brown carved wooden paddle is attached to one of the cross-beams with a fibre cord.

Culture
Dakelhne: Nat'ooten: Babine
Material
birch bark, rawhide skin, fibre, wood and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearK5.158

Spear with metal spearhead that has curved bottom edges, a short neck, straight sides that taper to a point (broken), and a centre ridge. The spearhead is bound to the wooden shaft with metal wire woven around the spearhead shaft and the wooden shaft, and the butt end of the wooden shaft flares outwards and then tapers inwards with four sides to a flat end.

Culture
Zulu
Material
wood, iron metal and metal
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhipK5.154

Whip made of dark brown tapering leather with a hole at the butt end through which is threaded a strip of knotted leather for a handle.

Culture
Zulu ?
Material
leather skin
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentA6148

Ornament made of abalone shell with two small perforations at opposite sides.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
abalone shell
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ToolA2.286

Ice-pick with a pointed shaft of copper set in a light, yellow-white bone handle; handle tapers to a point at the end.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
copper metal and bone
Made in
Prince Albert Sound, Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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