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SpearC295

The tip is coiled with yellow-brown plant fibre, below which, there are the following: six sets of four small barbs; three sets of four increasingly longer barbs; and four sets of four small barbs. The point is decorated with a red and yellow grass sleeve with a red diamond shape pattern on a checker pattern background, a carved band that is emphasized with white and that consists of two figures (each of which has circular eyes and a bulbous nose), and a fibre tuft. Below, there is another red and yellow grass sleeve that has a similar pattern as the one above. Bright red and yellow plant fibre coiling are at either ends of the grass sleeve. The dark brown wood shaft is plain and tapers at the end.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
wood, grass, plant fibre, bone and pigment ?
Made in
Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC300

The tip is coiled with yellow-brown plant fibre, below which, there are the following: five sets of four small barbs; three sets of four increasingly longer barbs; and four sets of four small barbs. The point is decorated with a red and yellow grass sleeve with a horizontal zig zag pattern, a carved band that is emphasized with white and that consists of two inverted figures (each of which has circular eyes with a triple u shape underneath and an open square above), and a fibre tuft. Bright red and yellow plant fibre coiling are at either ends of the grass sleeve. The red-brown wood shaft is plain and tapers at the end.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
wood, grass, plant fibre, bone and pigment ?
Made in
Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC302

The tip is coiled with yellow-brown plant fibre, below which, there are the following: six sets of four small barbs; three sets of four increasingly longer barbs; and five sets of four small barbs. The point is decorated with a red and yellow grass sleeve with a horizontal zig zag pattern, a carved band that consists of two figures (each of which has eyes, and a triple upward pointing nose), and a fibre tuft. Below, there is another red and yellow grass sleeve that has a larger horizontal zig zag pattern. Red and yellow plant fibre coiling are at either ends of the grass sleeves. The dark brown wood shaft is plain and tapers at the end.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
wood, grass, fibre and bone
Made in
Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC304

The tip is coiled with red and yellow plant fibre, below which, there are the following: six sets of four small barbs; three sets of four increasingly longer barbs; and three sets of four small barbs. The point is decorated with a red and yellow grass sleeve with a horizontal zig zag pattern, a carved band that consists of horizontal zig zag lines, and a wide fibre ball. The dark brown wood shaft is plain.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
bone, plant fibre and wood
Made in
Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC305

The tip is coiled with yellow-brown plant fibre, below which, there are the following: five sets of four small barbs; three sets of four increasingly longer barbs; and five sets of four small barbs. The point is decorated with a red and yellow grass sleeve with a horizontal zig zag pattern, a carved band that is emphasized with white and that consists of two figures (each of which has circular eyes and a thin nose), and a fibre tuft. Below, there is another red and yellow grass sleeve with a yellow diagonal line pattern on a red background. Bright red and yellow plant fibre coiling are at either ends of the grass sleeve. The dark brown wood shaft is plain and tapers at the end.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
bone, fibre, grass, wood, paint and pigment ?
Made in
Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC306

The tip is coiled with red and yellow plant fibre, below which, there are the following: one large barb at the end; yellow plant fibre coiling; red and yellow plant fibre coiling; five sets of four small barbs; red and yellow plant fibre coiling. The point is decorated with a red and yellow grass sleeve with a horizontal curvi-linear pattern, a carved band that consists of two pairs of figures (each of which has eyes, and a double upward pointing nose with another figure below that has eyes, a bulbous nose, and a figure-eight-like mouth), and a fibre tuft. Below, there is another red and yellow grass sleeve that has a horizontal zig zag pattern. The dark brown wood shaft is plain and tapers at the end.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
wood, fibre and grass
Made in
Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC310

The tip is coiled with yellow-brown plant fibre, below which, there are the following: six sets of four small barbs; three sets of four increasingly longer barbs; and four sets of four small barbs. The point is decorated with a red and yellow grass sleeve with a horizontal zig zag pattern, a carved band that is emphasized with white and that consists of two figures (each of which has circular eyes and a bulbous nose), and a fibre tuft. Below, there is another red and yellow grass sleeve with a yellow diagonal line pattern on a red background. Bright red and yellow plant fibre coiling are at either ends of the grass sleeve. The dark brown wood shaft is plain and tapers at the end.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
wood, plant fibre, bone, grass and pigment ?
Made in
Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC313

The tip is coiled with yellow-brown plant fibre, below which, there are the following: six sets of four small barbs; three sets of four increasingly longer barbs; and six sets of four small barbs. The point is decorated with a red and yellow grass sleeve with a horizontal zig zag pattern, a carved band that is emphasized with white and that consists of two figures (each of which has circular eyes and a u-shaped nose with double u's underneath), and a fibre tuft. Below, there is another red and yellow grass sleeve that has a similar pattern as the one above but which is more compressed in its design. Bright red and yellow plant fibre coiling are at either ends of the grass sleeve. The red-brown wood shaft is plain and tapers at the end.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
fibre, grass, bone, wood, paint and pigment ?
Made in
Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressC187

Closed band of bark with plain, grey shells attached by twisted, fibre string.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
bark, shell and fibre
Made in
Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Doll3610/11

Plastic doll standing with hands at sides. The doll has dark brown skin with curly synthetic black hair and brown eyes that open and close. The doll has a headband with three rows of small grey shells and an open weave head covering the hair. They carry a loosely woven bilum bag with pieces of wood(?) inserted horizontally throughout that hangs from a strap strung over the head. On the arms are dark brown woven arms bands and around the waist a thin woven band. The doll has a bark apron, covered by strings of small grey seeds that are twisted from the neck around the shoulders and then back around the waist multiple times. On the calves are mismatched woven leg bands.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
plastic, seed, bark, plant fibre, dye and paint
Made in
Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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