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A white-grey stone with an egg-like shape and a "waist" in the middle.

Culture: Plains
Material: stone
Made in: McLeod, Alberta, Canada ?
Holding Institution: MOA: University of British Columbia

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Simple grey stone with an elongated oval shape tapering into a grip-like feature. Both ends rounded

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

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Sago hammer sealed inside a plastic bag; bag is secured shut with a paper manufacturer's label stapled over the opening. Hammer consists of a bamboo head with a wood handle, lashed together with rattan fibre. Top of wood handle is split in half and bamboo head is inserted into it. A twisted rattan cord is wrapped around the tip of the head and base of the handle, giving hammer a triangular shape. Orange card inserted into bag, behind hammer, with image of person using it; paragraph of text describe materials, and how the hammer is made.

Culture: Au
Material: bamboo grass, wood, rattan, plastic and metal
Made in: Sandaun, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution: MOA: University of British Columbia

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ground stone; fractured end; likely hafted

Culture: Coast Salish: Sto:lo
Holding Institution: Sto:lo Research & Resource Management Centre

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Stone hammer in the form of a bar of oval section, of polished, banded greenstone, probably metamorphosed lava.; Good

Culture: Northwest Coast
Material: stone
Made in: British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution: MAA: University of Cambridge

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