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Hammer1924.33.5

Stone hammer or maul with notched midsection. [CAK 29/05/2009]

Culture
Haida
Material
stone
Made in
Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
Pitt Rivers Museum
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?Wedge1924.33.2

Stone tool with one rounded end, a groove on one side and the other end broken at a 90 degree angle. [CAK 17/05/2010]

Culture
Haida
Material
stone
Made in
British Columbia Haida Gwaii NW Coast, Canada
Holding Institution
Pitt Rivers Museum
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Wedge1924.33.1

Stone wedge showing lots of wear, particularly at the pointed edge. [CAK 29/05/2009]

Culture
Haida
Material
stone
Made in
“British Columbia Haida Gwaii Queen Charlotte Islands) NW Coast” ?
Holding Institution
Pitt Rivers Museum
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HornIe381

A cylinder tapering from an open mouth to a closed end with a hole which apparently is for a tether. The blowhole at the top is surrounded by four-prong star-like incised lines. Within the longest arm are six notches. Carved lines encircle the mouth rim and the opposite tip. Stained black but mostly worn to brown.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
stain and wood
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowAc238

Yellow brown wood shaft that has one end inserted with tang of large metal arrowhead, then tightly wrapped with fibre. Bulbous tang tapes into head which swells suddenly, tapers, then swells into two long wide barbs curving back towards shaft. Shaft's butt end is notched and whipped with fibre. Short, cut pieces of a dark brown feather and fibre-lashed vertically around shaft's circumference.

Culture
Chokwe
Material
adhesive, fibre, feather, metal and wood
Made in
Luma Kasai, Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowAc237

Brown patinated wood shaft that has one end inserted with tang of metal arrowhead then lashed with fibre cord, always touching, never overlapping as it winds around the shaft's circumference. Head composed of two wide long barbs which are curving abruptly forward. Tang incised with groupings of small parallel lines on both sides. Shaft's butt end is notched and whipped with fibre in two places.

Culture
Chokwe
Material
adhesive, fibre, metal and wood
Made in
Luma Kasai, Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowAc236

Brown patinated wood shaft that has one end inserted with tang of metal arrowhead, then tightly lashed with fibre. Tang tapers to head with squared edges and two long thin barbs which are slightly curving back towards the shaft. Head has wide point. Shaft's butt end is notched and whipped with fibre. Short cut pieces of a white brown speckled feather and fibre-lashed vertically around shaft's circumference.

Culture
Chokwe
Material
wood, feather, adhesive, fibre and metal
Made in
Luma Kasai, Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowAc235

Yellow brown wood shaft that has one end inserted with tang of metal arrowhead then tightly lashed with fibre and one long section followed by shorter one further up shaft. All lashing winds around circumference, always touching, never overlapping. Tang section below head, slightly bulbous. Head composed of two long wide barbs, one on each side curving forward. Head has small point. Shaft's butt end is notched and whipped with fibre. Short cut pieces of a dark brown feather and fibre-lashed vertically around shaft's circumference.

Culture
Chokwe
Material
adhesive, fibre, feather, metal and wood
Made in
Luma Kasai, Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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