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BeadsEe53

A string of beads with groups of small dark brown wooden beads divided at intervals by a twelve single brown beads of a larger size. Coral-coloured beads (four ceramic and one wooden) are interspersed. The division of beads shows no regular pattern. Ten little white glass-like beads are strung on as an appendage. One large brown wooden bead is at the knot.

Culture
Ladakhi
Material
wood, clay and cotton fibre
Made in
Jammu-Kashmir, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ToySa258 a-b

Top. Turned, natural wood, teardrop-shape top (part a) with cylindrical metal point implanted at pointed end. The top is bulbous at the middle with three brown grooves encircling. Top end has raised section which tapers to nipple. There is a cut, straight edged rubber 'cord' (part b).

Culture
Guatemalan
Material
wood, rubber, paint ? and steel metal
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureNa984

Miniature carved figure of a man wearing a parka; figure is missing its head and right arm. There is tape around the torso, holding the remaining arm in place.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk and adhesive
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureNa983

Miniature, carved figure of a dog standing with painted eyes, nostrils, mouth and tongue hanging out.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk and paint
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureNa982

Miniature, carved, standing dog with painted black eyes, red nostrils, and red mouth. It has a long curved tail.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk and paint
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureNa981

Miniature, carved figure of a dog standing with painted eyes, nostrils, mouth and tongue hanging out.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk and paint
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model KayakNa980

Flat bottomed kayak with slightly upturned stern and a long bow. A cavity has been hollowed out with a raised lip around it. There are nine holes pierced through the top, with two sinew threads passing through the set of holes on the bow, and it appears that there were more sinew threads originally.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk and sinew
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dog SledNa975 a-e

Sled (a) made from the lower jaw bones of a caribou, with teeth intact. There is a cross-bar lashed onto the back of the sled below the handles. The rawhide traces are tied onto the front of the sled and have worn through so that the team is not connected. Each member of the 'dog' team (c-e) is represented by a uncarved humerus seal bone wearing a rawhide harness with a long strip attached. The whip (b) is made of thin pieces of carved bone with a long rawhide strip lashed with thread.

Culture
Inuit
Material
seal bone, rawhide skin, cotton fibre, sinew ? and tooth
Made in
Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Knife CarvingNa680

Miniature carving of a traditional hunting knife consisting of a long pointed one-sided blade with a hilt, carved lines and three drilled holes.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk
Made in
Broughton Island, Nunavut, Canada and Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerEe29

Bamboo section which has been cut above the nodes at each end; one side has been drilled with a 1cm. Wide hole through the node. Around the top and bottom edges, holes have been drilled through which strands of split cane dyed purple, green and natural colours. Strands have been woven and plaited around the bamboo in a twill weave.

Culture
Himalayas
Material
stem ?, bamboo grass and dye
Made in
Arunachal Pradesh, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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