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SwordB723

The end of the dark brown, wooden handle has a large, leaf-like pattern to one side. The wooden handle is fitted into a scroll designed brass band. The blade is thin where it meets the handle, is bent and redirected upwards, and gets thicker towards the point.

Culture
Western Indonesian ?
Material
wood, iron metal and brass metal
Made in
Kalimantan, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BoxN2.1078 a-b

Rectangular box with lid that can be locked; there are bail-type handles on both ends; black characters are on inside bottom and underside of lid. Label on bottom says made in Japan; label on top of lid says 45; tag on one handle has two characters and 45.

Culture
Japanese
Material
wood, iron metal and ink ?
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BoxN2.1071 a-b

Rectangular wooden box (part a) with iron rivets. Half of box's top is a removable lid (part b); lid is fastened at one end with a simply ornamented lock.

Culture
Japanese
Material
ash wood and iron metal
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BoxN2.1065 a-b

Rectangular box with separate lid that constitutes one half of the top and is flush with the overall dimensions; a lock and a bail type handle are attached at lid end of box; a key is attached with string. There is some script in black underneath.

Culture
Japanese
Material
ash wood, iron metal and fibre
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LanternN2.338

Lantern consisting of black lacquered woven case with a collapsible paper lantern attached inside. The lantern is composed of light brownish-yellow oiled paper with an attached bamboo strip coil support and is decorated with a geometric design of six black squares. On the interior bottom is a metal candle support with a metal spike at the centre, and there is a metal handle at the top.

Culture
Japanese
Material
paper, bamboo grass, iron metal, lacquer, ink and stem ?
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear PointN2.309

Black metal fork-shaped spear point with five prongs, three of which are barbed.

Culture
Okinawan
Material
steel metal
Made in
Okinawa, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Harpoon HeadN2.307

A detachable metal harpoon head that has a hollow shank with only one side having a barb. There is a hole pierced through near the middle of the stem.

Culture
Okinawan
Material
iron metal
Made in
Okinawa, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thumb PianoK4.51

Thumb piano constructed from a wooden plank base with five narrower, and seven thicker metal prongs raised up from the plank on a piece of wood and bent metal, and secured with a metal bar and wire. Each prong has a ball of resin or wax stuck underneath the end. There is a rattle composed of a metal bar with four metal cylinders attached to the edge opposite the end with the metal prongs. A skin handle is attached at the prong end through two holes in the wooden plank. A ridged geometric design, with an overall rectangular shape composed of four triangles, has been carved into the top face.

Culture
Ovimbundu
Material
wood, iron metal, resin ? and leather skin
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DaggerK3.4 a-b

Dagger, or knife and sheath (part b). Iron blade with a dark wooden handle. The sheath is composed of hippopotamus and crocodile skin and has a stamped geometric design as well as braided trim, and a loop handle attached at the top.

Culture
East African
Material
wood, crocodile skin, hippopotamus skin, iron metal and metal
Made in
Somalia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearK2.407

Spear with wooden shaft covered in bands of dyed red leather at the ends, each with a raised band at either end and a band of grass (?) woven through slits in the leather to form a diagonal pattern, and a centre section covered in off-white skin. The spear has a spade-shaped metal tip with a border of indented semi-circles along the edges of the blade, and incised lines at the base of the blade. The butt end is composed of a conical piece of metal.

Culture
Malinke
Material
wood, leather skin, iron metal, dye, fibre and grass ?
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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