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Arrow PointA2.185

Long curved piece, barbed along one side of the shaft, with a copper point.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
caribou antler and copper metal
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentK4.298

Ornament made from a band of metal bent into a c shape with the ends folded back on the outside with two points cut into the edge of each. The ornament is roughly two thirds copper and one third iron, meeting horizontally along the middle, and it is incised with a geometric design featuring cross-hatched scallop shapes emphasized with incised dots at the edges.

Culture
Southern African
Material
copper metal and iron metal
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowK4.296

Arrow with metal head that has slightly rounded sides and a pointed end with a short shaft that is bound to the long metal shaft with stem(?). Feathers have been bound to the shaft near the end with stem(?) whipping and the notched tip of the shaft also has stem(?) whipping wound around it.

Culture
Chokwe ?
Material
feather, metal, wood and stem ?
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arrow PointA2.146

Leaf-shaped point on an elongated shaft with a short piece of wood bound in sinew attached at the end.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
iron metal, caribou sinew and wood
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arrow PointA2.145

Double leaf shape blade with an elongated shaft; wood (broken) bound with sinew attached at end of shaft.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
sinew, wood and iron metal
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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KnifeA2.335

Sharp, straight blade attached to a curved handle with six rivets.

Culture
Inuit
Material
steel metal and walrus tusk ?
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ToolA2.330

Seal retriever. Gourd-shaped wooden object with three metal hooks inserted in the lower end. Wooden protective coverings are used over the hooks. Top end has a line attached to it.

Culture
Siberian Yupik
Material
wood, bearded seal skin and metal
Made in
St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearK4.259

Spear with four-sided spear tip that merges into a tang that is twisted and finally into a conical ferrule. The butt end of the cylindrical shaft is a cylindrical piece of metal with a slightly protruding circle of silvery metal on the very end.

Culture
West African
Material
wood and steel metal
Made in
Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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AdzeK4.45 a-b

Long wooden handle (part a) with pointed angled piece at top wrapped with strips of wood. Hole for flared cutting edge (part b). Cutting edge is a tubular hollow shank that widens at the end and tapers towards the blade.

Culture
Central African ?
Material
iron metal and wood
Made in
Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear PointK4.44

Spear tip with elongated pyramidal shape that joins at a seam to a conical shape at the base. Seam extends up the shank from the bottom edge, and there is a small squarish hole for a pin near the bottom edge.

Culture
Southern African
Material
steel metal
Made in
Southern Africa, Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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