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Tool2990/816

A long-bladed hand tool with a beveled cutting edge. Double headed serpent with curved body in handle. Corroded, but complete.

Culture
Moche
Material
copper metal
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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toolBV002.57.26

Tool, stone, thin and flat; possibly slate. Slightly tapered rectangle shape; narrow sides broken off.

Holding Institution
Burnaby Village Museum
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toolBV002.57.22

Chisel, adze or axe blade made of serpentine; rectangular shape.

Holding Institution
Burnaby Village Museum
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skinning tool1927.1734 . 176424

« For skinning beaver and other animals, a bone skinning tool was used. Of the four specimens in the Speck collection, one, collected in the Kiskisink settlement, is made from a transversally cut bear's leg bone beveled at the working edge (fig. 4i). The other three are moose leg bones, two of which are cut transversally and have beveled, serrated working edges (fig. 4h); the third also has a beveled edge but is not cut (fig. 4g). Although these particular specimens are undecorated, Speck (1930, p. 449; 1935, pp. 216-217) notes that similar implements had ceremonial associations and were thus sometimes carved or perforated according to motifs received in dreams. Game and fur-bearing animals were believed to derive satisfaction from having their pelts removed with leg bone skinning tools (Speck, 1935, pp. 216-217). » Vanstone, James W. "The Speck Collection of Montagnais Material Culture from the Lower St. Lawrence Drainage, Quebec." Fieldiana. Anthropology. New Series, No. 5 (October 29, 1982), p.8, fig 4h, i et g (p.32)

Culture
Ilnu, Montagnais and Innu
Material
moose bone
Made in
Pekuakami, Lac Saint-Jean, Lake St. John, Labrador, Canada
Holding Institution
The Field Museum
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skinning tool1927.1734 . 176423

« For skinning beaver and other animals, a bone skinning tool was used. Of the four specimens in the Speck collection, one, collected in the Kiskisink settlement, is made from a transversally cut bear's leg bone beveled at the working edge (fig. 4i). The other three are moose leg bones, two of which are cut transversally and have beveled, serrated working edges (fig. 4h); the third also has a beveled edge but is not cut (fig. 4g). Although these particular specimens are undecorated, Speck (1930, p. 449; 1935, pp. 216-217) notes that similar implements had ceremonial associations and were thus sometimes carved or perforated according to motifs received in dreams. Game and fur-bearing animals were believed to derive satisfaction from having their pelts removed with leg bone skinning tools (Speck, 1935, pp. 216-217). » Vanstone, James W. "The Speck Collection of Montagnais Material Culture from the Lower St. Lawrence Drainage, Quebec." Fieldiana. Anthropology. New Series, No. 5 (October 29, 1982), p.8, fig 4h, i et g (p.32)

Culture
Ilnu, Montagnais and Innu
Material
moose bone
Made in
Pekuakami, Lac Saint-Jean, Lake St. John, Labrador, Canada
Holding Institution
The Field Museum
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skinning tool1927.1734 . 176422

« For skinning beaver and other animals, a bone skinning tool was used. Of the four specimens in the Speck collection, one, collected in the Kiskisink settlement, is made from a transversally cut bear's leg bone beveled at the working edge (fig. 4i). The other three are moose leg bones, two of which are cut transversally and have beveled, serrated working edges (fig. 4h); the third also has a beveled edge but is not cut (fig. 4g). Although these particular specimens are undecorated, Speck (1930, p. 449; 1935, pp. 216-217) notes that similar implements had ceremonial associations and were thus sometimes carved or perforated according to motifs received in dreams. Game and fur-bearing animals were believed to derive satisfaction from having their pelts removed with leg bone skinning tools (Speck, 1935, pp. 216-217). » Vanstone, James W. "The Speck Collection of Montagnais Material Culture from the Lower St. Lawrence Drainage, Quebec." Fieldiana. Anthropology. New Series, No. 5 (October 29, 1982), p.8, fig 4h, i et g (p.32)

Culture
Ilnu, Montagnais and Innu
Material
moose bone
Made in
Pekuakami, Lac Saint-Jean, Lake St. John, Labrador, Canada
Holding Institution
The Field Museum
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skinning tool1927.1734 . 176421

« For skinning beaver and other animals, a bone skinning tool was used. Of the four specimens in the Speck collection, one, collected in the Kiskisink settlement, is made from a transversally cut bear's leg bone beveled at the working edge (fig. 4i). The other three are moose leg bones, two of which are cut transversally and have beveled, serrated working edges (fig. 4h); the third also has a beveled edge but is not cut (fig. 4g). Although these particular specimens are undecorated, Speck (1930, p. 449; 1935, pp. 216-217) notes that similar implements had ceremonial associations and were thus sometimes carved or perforated according to motifs received in dreams. Game and fur-bearing animals were believed to derive satisfaction from having their pelts removed with leg bone skinning tools (Speck, 1935, pp. 216-217). » Vanstone, James W. "The Speck Collection of Montagnais Material Culture from the Lower St. Lawrence Drainage, Quebec." Fieldiana. Anthropology. New Series, No. 5 (October 29, 1982), p.8, fig 4h, i et g (p.32)

Culture
Ilnu, Montagnais and Innu
Material
bone from fawn leg
Made in
Pekuakami, Lac Saint-Jean, Lake St. John, Labrador, Canada
Holding Institution
The Field Museum
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Tool3092/7

Oblong stone tool, with a smooth surface and two rounded ends. Cross-hatched lines are incised at one end .

Culture
Nakanai
Material
stone
Made in
New Britain, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Harvest Tool3179/3

Harvesting tool. Tool is carved from a single piece of wood, with a long curved hook at one end, widening and thickening into a rectangular shape that has three long tubes bored into it, to house three fingers. Below this is a flat wooden surface that sits along the back of the hand.

Culture
Bulgarian
Material
wood
Made in
Bulgaria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tool3110/21

Long, thin metal tool with a hole in one end and a darkened metal tip at the other. The smaller end of the tool has a small circular knob topped with a larger ball with a hole through it. The shaft is thin and widens slightly at the darkened end.

Culture
Chinese
Material
metal
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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