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CarvingNa1193

Sculpture with opposing, forward facing heads on either side. One face is oval with oval ears at top corners. Facial features are carved in from the facial plane. Oval eyes are incised below straight brow line and flat triangular nose above straight mouth. Head stands on a wedge-shaped support. Opposing face has a long tapering snout or beak with a notch in flattened end, on which it rests. Small round incised eyes below ears, which it shares with opposing face. Characters on bottom support. Carving marks show overall. Natural pits in several places.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone
Made in
Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada and Qamanittuaq, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureNa1192

Seated figure is facing forward and wearing a hooded parka. Arms without hands are extended out in front. There is an indented edge at end of parka, before legs. Oval face has long triangular nose in higher relief with oval incised eyes and straight line at mouth. Hairline is indicated by series of roughly parallel vertical lines across top of face. Carving marks are visible. Label on base: Nancy Kanayuk S-6325 Og 79.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone
Made in
Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada and Qamanittuaq, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JarEdz1427

An octagonal ceramic jar with a flat base, shoulders that slope sharply to short collar and a wide mouth. Heavy porcelaneous body is slipped in white. Painted in dark brown on one facet with five characters, below which is an oval cartouche, and from these, there is a peony spray of dark brown leaves with lighter brown flowers, spreading horizontally over two adjoining panels. Both cartouche outline and flower petals are emphasized with incising through to the under lying slip. All beneath an over all heavy transparent glaze. An even network of crackling shows extensive light purple and brown staining.

Culture
Chinese
Material
iron metal, glaze, paint and clay
Made in
Hebei, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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VaseEdz1433

Inverted pear-shaped ceramic vase is surmounted by a tall ridged cylindrical neck terminating in a broadly flared five-lobed mouth. The heavy grey-white body is iron speckled. There is a broadly flared unglazed foot ring and an unglazed base. The thin glossy pale blue-green glaze falls unevenly short of and in some places over the foot. There is the patterned under glaze with swirling groups of evenly spaced parallel lines, known as "combing". The glaze pools over these and also over irregularities in the body, including a gouge in the neck. Paper label reads "2 lj 4".

Culture
Chinese
Material
clay and glaze
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Horn BowlNbz799

Small oval-shaped bowl made from horn. The front and the back sides slope upwards from a small flat rectangular base. The sides are almost vertical and terminate in rectangular open work handles. One handle has four vertical rectanglar openings surmounted by three rounded triangles. The other handle has three vertical rectanglar openings surmounted by four rounded triangles. A series of incised horizontal zigzag and solid lines decorate the area around the rim (two horizontal bands at either side) and from each handle to the base and around the base (multiple bands from one handle down along the bottom and up to the other handle). The interior of the bowl has a scratched surface with a white inscription.

Culture
Wasco
Material
mountain sheep horn
Made in
Cape Shoalwater, Washington, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Seal FigureNa1143

Small carved seal head, flattened at back with an oval hole at centre. Two holes on bottom with loose wooden plugs broken off at surface. Top surface has a row of incised circles with dots inside; wedge-shaped snout with incised v-shaped mouth, whispers and nostrils; eyelash-like eyebrows above round eyes, dots behind eyes. All circles are blackened.

Culture
Inupiaq ?
Material
walrus tooth, seal skin and charcoal ?
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ToggleNa1142

Double seal headed toggle with row of circles and dots around top of constricted centre. On bottom centre is a hole with two openings, cutting through in a semi-circle. Opposing heads face out, each has a flattened snout with incised v-shaped mouth and whiskers. Above the eyes are tiny lines extending at right angles from line to indicate eyebrows ? small dots behind eyes. Remnants of graphite ? in eyes and circle and dot row.

Culture
Inupiaq
Material
walrus tusk and graphite mineral ?
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CombIe339

A comb of yellow wood, roughly rectangular in shape. Nine teeth are running parallel to the longitudinal axis. The long teeth are 14 cm. long and have been shaped to be roughly round in cross-section. At the opposite end, there has been cut an indentation shaped like a flattened v, with each side measuring 6 cm. The remaining solid wood surface has been incised with a pattern of diamonds and transverse lines. The smallest diamonds have been painted red.

Culture
Kewa
Material
paint and wood
Made in
Iapi, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Toggling Harpoon HeadNa1138

Ivory harpoon head with beveled edges and curving sides; diagonal slope across bottom; round open socket hole at bottom; line hole through harpoon head above socket. Blade slit at rounded tip with channel on one side of slit to near centre. Triangular incised line and deeply drilled dot design on all but channeled and bottom surfaces.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Line Drag HandleNa1134

Part of a seal drag handle in the shape of a seal's head. The back slopes to a flat end. Longitudinal hole drilled into head from back. Two holes through bottom to longitudinal hole (front hole is at an angle). Down curved incised line indicates mouth, notches at nostrils on flattened snout. Round inlaid eyes with central depressions. Mottled brown. Small hole on either side behind and slightly below eyes.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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