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Ceremonial DaggerA3552

Ceremonial dagger. Bulbous wooden handle, embellished by two round skulls with sunken eyes and nostril and teeth grooves that are nailed to either side of a dark coloured triangular shaped piece that then holds the rectangular metal blade and is secured with two nails.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and steel metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: CopperA4038 a-b

Copper fragments, both appearing to be from the top right-hand corner of separate coppers. Part a has a faint embossed design with an edge that is folded over. Part b is composed of two pieces that have been riveted together and has a very faint design with the edge folded over.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
copper metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowA2.555

Wrapped nock and plain shaft. Caribou antler fore-shaft has two small barbs at base and a copper arrowhead with one long sharp barb. Plain unfeathered shaft.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
wood, copper metal, caribou antler and sinew
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PointA2.293

Steel arrowhead attached to a barbed shaft carved from bone.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
steel metal and bone
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model HarpoonA2.291

Miniature harpoon with a wooden shaft. Attached at one end is a curved blade-like bone tied with sinew; other end has a sharp nail inserted into bone and tied with sinew.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
metal, sinew, wood and bone
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PointA2.283

Metal point attached to a straight fore-shaft.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
bone and steel metal
Made in
Bathurst Inlet, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PointA2.279

Elongated metal point attached to a tapering shaft with a barb carved along one side.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
bone and steel metal
Made in
Taijiak, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PointA2.276

Steel arrowhead attached to a straight, tapering shaft carved from bone.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
steel metal and caribou antler
Made in
Taijiak, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowA2.532

Cable-backed bow made of seven pieces of caribou antler riveted together and tied with sinew and hide backing. Thick band of braided sinew cords run the length of the bow on the outside curve. Bowstring of braided sinew.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
caribou antler, skin, sinew, copper metal and ivory
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HarpoonA2.531

Small barbed harpoon head, with iron point with bearded seal line attached to harpoon. The other end has a bone ice pick. Starting from the long curved tip point to the short straight tip point: walrus tusk (long curved tip point), bone, antler (harpoon head with metal point), walrus bone (rounded end piece), and antler (short straight tip point).

Culture
Inupiaq
Material
wood, bone, iron metal, skin, walrus tusk, antler and walrus bone
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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