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Spindle WhorlSf682

Fouteen spindle whorls threaded on handspun cotton yarn; six are convexly conical, of incised black on orange ceramic; one is flat ceramic disc; four are globular or conical stone (?), these are green (three) and yellow (one). One of the green is half missing and two are decorated with drilled, dotted circles. The yellow is plain. Two whorls are made of yellow shell; one truncated biconical whorl is made of metal and is now covered in green deposit. All whorls have a central hole.

Culture
Andes
Material
cotton fibre, metal, shell, stone and clay
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceSf681 a-b

A five strand necklace with two stands now broken. The small disc shaped beads alternate in groups of black stone beads with groups or orange or purple shell beads. The shell beads frequently have two white beads as borders. The beads are threaded on hand spun brown cotton cords. The fastening cords are re-plied and thus larger in scale. Part b is a few beads that have fallen off the broken strands and are now threaded on monofilament.

Culture
Andes
Material
shell, cotton fibre and stone
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PointSf643 a-b

A triangular, pressure flaked point with rounded end (part a), detached from its wooden handle (part b). The blade is a brown, fine grained, volcanic stone. Many turns of cotton cord is wrapped around the base of the blade, obscuring whether or not it is notched, and wraps the fragments of the wooden handle which once straddled the blade. Handle has a bi-conical drill hole near the rounded end. Impressions of cord along the entire length of the handle.

Culture
Andes
Material
obsidian stone, cotton fibre and wood
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arrow Fore-ShaftAa58

Natural bone shaft, roughly circular. One edge is jagged, the other vaguely pointed.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
bone
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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KnifeK3.8 a-b

Knife with hand made blade and hide sheath (part b). The knife blade is sharpened on both sides and has a carved bone and pewter handle that is drilled and riveted. Both the blade and handle are incised with an inscription. The sheath is laced with fibre.

Culture
Ethiopian
Material
fibre, skin, iron metal, pewter metal and bone
Made in
Bulchi Village, Gamo-Gofa, Ethiopia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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QuiverK3.18 a-d

Hollow reed (part b) with five holes bored through one end and three smaller holes bored at the other end. Wide plug (part a) fits in the hollow end while the other end is permanently sealed. Two arrows (parts c and d). While both arrows have a metal point tip and base with fibre ? or sinew ? wrapped around both ends and their shafts are notched at the end, one arrow (part d) has a smaller base with less material wrapped below it than the other arrow (part c). One arrow (part d) has some yellow plant leaf-like fibre attached at the base of the point.

Culture
Ethiopian
Material
reed grass, metal, fibre ? and sinew ?
Made in
Bulchi Village, Gamo-Gofa, Ethiopia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeadsSf728

16 stone and shell beads and inlays in a container. There are 6 irregularly shaped beads of blue/green stone. There is one thick, rectangular green stone and one bead. There is a single disc of pearlized shell as well as a slab-like bead with four corner holes which are now all broken. There are also two fragments of a pearl bead.

Culture
Andes
Material
stone, pearl and shell
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeadSf727

Narrow, rectangular piece of blue/green stone bead with three equally spaced holes along its length; bead is layered.

Culture
Andes
Material
stone
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeadsSf726

Assortment of small, cylindrical shaped beads in green, blue/green, blue and grey stone strung on fishing line.

Culture
Andes
Material
stone and plastic
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeadsSf710

Nine assorted beads strung on monofilament; they appear to be made of shell, possibly petrified. The largest bead is a red, rectangular prism shape. There are four small, yellow cylindrical and disc-shaped beads. The remaining four are irregular and green-yellow in colour.

Culture
Andes
Material
plastic, stone ?, shell and mineral ?
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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