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Gambling Game SticksA7299

Set of twenty-one uniform, polished sticks shaped like cigarillos (a-u). Small, rectangular piece of inlaid abalone shell on one (a); one is split but secured with nail (b). Faint bands in black and red drawn around the centre of many.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wood, abalone shell and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC884

Cylindrical wooden club tapering to a sharp point at bottom end. Head of the club is made from a spherical black stone pieced through the centre by the club's shaft; small, white shells are inlaid in the stone around the points of contact with the shaft.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
wood, shell, stone and resin ?
Made in
New Ireland, Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Elbow AdzeA6436

Wedge-shaped blade of dark, coarse stone. Deep groove and knob along top face toward the butt end (to hold lashings securely). Lashed with hide strip to a carved wood hafting platform from which an acutely angled branch provides a handle.

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
stone, skin and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BladeC1143

A thin black stone with a rectangular shape.

Culture
Maori
Material
stone
Made in
Canterbury, New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BladeC1144

A smooth grey stone that has a thin flat oblong rectangular shape with one side flat and the other side curving convexly. Both sides taper at an angle, creating an edge at one end which is more flared than the other end.

Culture
Maori
Material
stone
Made in
Auckland, New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BladeC1145

A smooth black stone with a flat oblong rectangular shape that has one side slightly curving convexly while tapering at a sharp angle to a point and the other side slightly curving convexly while tapering slightly to a point, creating a straight edge which is more flared than the other end.

Culture
Maori
Material
stone
Made in
Auckland, New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC1049

Club with a disc-like black stone head held mounted a band of woven plant fibre (?) or bark (?) near the top of the cylindrical wooden shaft that tapers to a pointed finial at the base. A second band of woven plant fibre (?) or bark (?) fits around the handle below the other, and a third woven band of the same material with grey feathers attached caps the top of the handle.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
feather, stone, plant fibre ?, wood, bark ? and metal
Made in
Sogeri, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BladeC1147

A fairly smooth blue-grey stone that has a short broad triangle shape. While both sides are flat, one side angles to a point while the other side tapers at an angle to a point, creating an edge at one end which is more flared than the other end.

Culture
Maori
Material
stone
Made in
Auckland, New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentC1148

A cylindrical awl-shaped black stone which tapers to a point.

Culture
Maori
Material
stone
Made in
New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Short ClubC1160

A flat dark blue-green grey-black mineral club with a paddle-like shape. The smooth sides taper to a sharp round edge. There is a hole in the handle. At the end of the handle, there is a slightly stepped finial in three tiers.

Culture
Maori
Material
nephrite mineral
Made in
New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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