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Talking Stick3439/4 a-b

Long carved stick that is composed of two sections that screw together. The lower half (part a) has a long plain section with a flat base. There are two areas carved with vertical decorations flanking a single ring, and one area where it tapers away in either direction from a ring. The upper half (part b) is carved with sections of four stacked rings, spiral as well as three sections where it tapers away in either direction from a ring.

Culture
Samoan
Material
wood and metal
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sticks, Game16/4868
Digging Stick3274/12

Wood digging stick with a curved and pointed end, and a long, flat blade end.

Culture
Yapese
Material
ragish wood
Made in
Woleai, Yap, Federated States of Micronesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Courting Stick3274/80 a-b

Courting stick in two pieces carved from thin, long piece of wood. The shorter piece (part a) tapers in to a point at one end. The longer piece (part b) has a flat, rectangular section, and two barbed sections.

Culture
Micronesian
Material
wood
Made in
Truk Islands, Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dance Stick3274/37 a-b

Pair of orange wood dance sticks with long shafts that bulge at centre, and flare out at each end. Part a has rectangular shaped tips, and part b has pointed tips.

Culture
Yapese
Material
wood
Made in
Lamotrek, Yap, Federated States of Micronesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Walking Stick3316/1 a-b

Carved and painted wooden walking stick. Broken into two pieces - top portion (part a) and lower portion (part b). The grip is bulbous, and extends down into a carved shaft. The figures from top to bottom - killer whale (dorsal fin goes up, forehead, pectoral fin), upside-down eagle (wing comes out, feathers fold over the other feathers), bear, wolf, human head, small animal (bird?) which is being consumed by a sea or snake-like creature, whose scaled body extends down to the tip of the cane.

Culture
Wuikinuxv ? or Heiltsuk ?
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Walking Stick3260/107

Walking stick (or cane) carved, with abalone inlay. The handle has been shaped in the form of an animal’s head with a small, crouching human emerging from its jaws. Inset abalone eyes. Wrapped around the shaft are low relief carvings of bird and sea-creature imagery on the upper section; the lower section is plain.

Culture
Haida
Material
yew wood and abalone shell
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Stick, Modern16/673 A

Material
wood and glass
Made in
USA ? or Canada ?
Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
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Stick, Wooden50.2/4094
Paint Stick16.1/1560 B