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MaskC385

Carved wooden mask, oval in shape with pointed ends. The face has an elongated forehead, an exaggerated brow, a protruding nose with stretched septum that holds a decorated plug. The mouth is small, open and protrudes slightly. The cheeks are incised with a spiral tattoo design while the top of the forehead is engraved with a triangular, geometric pattern. There are two boar tusks joined together with twine that runs through the nose and sits near the corners of the mouth. Small bands of small and large, disc shaped shells decorate each side. The mask is painted with dark orange pigment while the eyes are painted white with black sockets.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
shell, boar tusk, wood, paint and fibre
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spindle WhorlA2291

Spindle consisting of a thin wooden shaft that tapers towards both ends, and a slightly rounded disc of dark coloured bone which comprises the whorl. The whorl is fixed at the middle of the shaft through a hole in the centre of the whorl.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
bone, wood and lacquer
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SinkerA2250

Flat, dark brown circular stone with a hole drilled through the centre (bi-conical perforation).

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
stone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentE172

Dark green, triangular shaped ornament of a face with pointed hat and side flaps. The corners of the eyes and the mouth as well as the nostrils have circular, drilled, incisions.

Culture
Quiche ?
Material
jade mineral ?
Made in
Quetzaltenango, Guatemala ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceC264

A string of newborn porpoise teeth.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
porpoise tooth and fibre
Made in
Vella Lavella, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentC266

Sections of blue beads with half-shells attached as bangles. All attached to a braided band.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
nutshell, glass and fibre
Made in
New Georgia, Western, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC343

Club head only: dark brown stone with hole in centre and five toe-like bumps along one edge; overall rectangular shape.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
stone
Made in
Shortland Islands, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spindle WhorlA8389

Spindle whorl, orange-brown with a dark brown grain and carved into a flat disc shape with a circular hole at the centre.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
bone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Net SinkerA610

Circular shaped, stone net sinker consisting of a circular pebble of light-coloured, porous stone with a hole drilled through the center (bi-conical perforation).

Culture
Coast Salish: K'omoks
Material
stone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleA6329

Brown wood rattle consisting of two rounded pieces put together, each with a semi-cylindrical handle, creating a full rounded oval rattle nailed together on the handle. Along either sides of each piece, there is a hole to bind the two pieces together with white string and cedar bark fringes. Pieces are also bound together at the top with white string and cedar bark fringe. On one side, there are pencil sketches of ovoid designs.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, cedar bark, metal and graphite mineral
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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