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Fragment: BoneA2.191

Small, roughly rectangular, white piece of bone with a small hole in the centre.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
bone
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bow DrillA2.190 a-b

Plain bow drill. The bow (part a) is a long curved bone piece with a band of skin stretched across and going through a hole at each end of the curved piece and knotted. The antler drill (part b) has a cylindrical handle which has a section cut out at an angle near the bottom end and a rectangular metal point at the opposite end which has a hole through its end that is near the handle.

Culture
Inuit: Netsilingmiut
Material
bone, leather skin, steel metal and antler
Made in
Gjoa Haven, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CupA2.444

Mottled brown circular vessel with straight, vertical sides. Cup's rim is slightly irregular, and three small holes puncture the sides. An old white tag affixed to the side identifies the object as a cup made from the backbone of a whale.

Culture
Inuit
Material
whale bone
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowA2.441

Plain curved piece with a long loose band of skin going across and through a hole at each end of the curved piece down around which it coils.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
bone and bearded seal skin
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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KnifeA2.184

Long, slender length of grey-white antler with a short metal blade running up the side--blade is attached via metal rivets.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
caribou antler, iron metal and copper metal
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LadleA2.183

Translucent yellow-white and brown spoon-like object with the handle broken off--two metal pins protrude from the object beneath the broken handle.

Culture
Inuit: Netsilingmiut
Material
musk ox horn and metal
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HandleA2.182

Weathered remnants of a white, j-shaped handle. Several sets of holes along one edge for rivets.

Culture
Inuit
Material
bone
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HandleA2.181

Oblong piece of bone with one tapering, pointed end; four holes are bored along the tapering edge.

Culture
Inuit
Material
bone
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PointA2.180

Elongated copper point attached to a bone fore-shaft.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
copper metal and bone
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arrow PointA2.179

Small copper arrow point attached to a carved antler fore-shaft.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
caribou antler and copper metal
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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