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MaulA7567

"Flat top hand maul" of stone with handle flaring into a circular head with flat face. Smaller flat-faced head on handle end. Surface is polished.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
stone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaulD1.259

Hand maul with dark grey bands of colour.

Culture
“Great Basin & Plateau” ?
Material
stone
Made in
Sicamous, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaulD2.145

Relatively rounded stone piece with a "waist" grooved for hafting.

Culture
Plains
Material
stone
Made in
Manitoba, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaulD2.146

Egg-shaped stone with a "waist" grooved for a haft.

Culture
Plains
Material
stone
Made in
Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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AdzeA2258

Narrow, dark, coarse stone blade that is wedge-shaped. Grooved along the top face toward the butt end to hold the hafting securely. Was originally lashed with hide strips (now wired) to a carved wood hafting platform with an acutely-angled branch providing a handle. Hide strips are looped and attached around the handle.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
skin, stone and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaulA701

Tool made from a large, oval piece of coarse stone and a thick wooden handle. The dark stone has a deep groove around the middle and another groove that runs perpendicular to the first one, around one end of the stone. One end of the thick wooden handle is rounded, the other end flares. The flared end is carved to fit lengthwise over the stone with several grooves. The leather lashings are wound around the stone and the wooden handle; the grooves in the stone and wood holding the lashings securely in place.

Culture
Coast Salish: Songhees ?
Material
wood, leather skin and stone
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Paint DishA16098

Round, granular stone mortar, or dish, with circular depression worked into top. Remains of red-orange pigment in and around the depression.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
stone and pigment
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Paint DishA1132

Paint dish, or mortar. Heavy rough block of stone. Top hollowed out to form dish. Grooves in the bowl of the dish worn smooth through use. Remains of both red and black colours in the grooves.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
stone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaulA1104

A rounded piece of coarse dark stone, which is flat on both ends and has a deep circumferal groove around the middle for holding hafting lashings. Lower edge is flattened to sit firmly on hafting. Head is lashed with cedar root to carved wood hafting platform. Extending from this is a curving branch which acts as a handle.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
wood, root and stone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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AdzeA7156

Grooved adze, dark coarse stone blade, wedge-shaped. Cut down and grooved along the top face near the back end to hold hafting securely. Lashed with twisted cedar root to a carved wooden halting platform with an acutely-angled branch providing a cylindrical shaped handle.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wood, root and stone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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