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Armband2948/63

Twisted bracelet constructed from a single section of bamboo(?) wrapped around itself. The colour varies naturally between red and yellow-brown. One end of the fibre is frayed while the other is cracked.

Culture
Asmat
Material
wood ?
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Armband2948/62

Twisted bracelet constructed from a single section of a branch, or stem(?), wrapped around itself three times. The colour varies naturally between reddish brown and yellow-brown.The weave has varying degrees of open space between the different crossed sections of the strand, with some frayed sections.

Culture
Asmat
Material
wood ?
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Armband2948/61

Twisted bracelet constructed from a single section of a branch, or stem(?), wrapped around itself several times. The colour varies naturally between reddish brown and yellow-brown.The weave is loose with varying degrees of open space between the different crossed sections of the strand.

Culture
Asmat
Material
wood ?
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Armband2948/60

Twisted bracelet constructed from a single section of bamboo(?) wrapped around itself three times. The colour varies naturally between red and yellow-brown.

Culture
Asmat
Material
wood
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Armband2948/59

Twisted bracelet constructed from a single section of bamboo(?) wrapped around itself three times. The colour varies naturally between red and yellow-brown.

Culture
Asmat
Material
wood
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dagger2948/31

Bone dagger. The body of the dagger is formed from a cassowary leg bone, partially cut to expose the hollow interior and shaped into a fine point. The head of the bone is wrapped with a woven plant fibre casing, continuing into five thin strands of woven fibre. These each attach to two groups of blue seeds attached to short grey and long, fine black feathers. The woven casing around the thick end of the dagger has three painted bands of orange pigment. At the bottom point is a small incised cut running in a band across the bone. The head of the bone is red, with the remainder of bone yellow-brown to brown.

Culture
Asmat
Material
cassowary bone, cassowary feather, cotton fibre, seed and pigment
Made in
Atsy, Papua, Indonesia ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dagger2948/30

Bone dagger. The body of the dagger is made from a bone that has been shaved away on one half to reveal the hollow interior of the bone. The surface of the bone is covered in marks and is stained with dirt. A faint carved mark appears on the underside of the dagger. The midsection of the piece is circumscribed with a thin, black, carved ring. The head of the bone is wrapped in a thickly woven plant fibre casing. This woven casing has seven strands coming off of it which are decorated with two sets of two blue or white seeds each and sets of two black beads connected to bundles of brown and black feathers. The tops of these seven bundles are wound with the same strands of natural fibre, and some of the strands extend past the length of the black feathers.

Culture
Asmat
Material
cassowary bone, cotton fibre, seed and cassowary feather
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dagger2948/29

Bone dagger. The body of the dagger is made from a bone that has been shaved away on one half to reveal the hollow interior. The surface is covered in marks and is stained with dirt. The tip has been broken off. The head of the bone is wrapped in a woven plant fibre casing. This casing has ten strands coming off of it, each of which is decorated with blue and red seeds and black beads, culminating in bundles of brown and black feathers. The tops of these bundles are wound with the same strands of natural fibre. The casing around the head of the bone is otherwise undecorated aside from a single string of fibre that forms a large loop extending upwards from the casing.

Culture
Asmat
Material
cassowary bone, cassowary feather, cotton fibre and seed
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shield2948/9 a-b

Wooden shield. The front is decorated with carved and painted abstract patterns. The top and bottom sections of the shield are painted red with ochre pigment, and two thinner black bands border the carved panel of decoration that covers the majority of the shield. The carved decoration consists of two sections, top and bottom, featuring four sets of conjoined coiled shapes with a diamond pattern at the centre. These are painted red and are raised above the background, which is white. Running between the upper and lower sets of coiled shapes are two undulating raised shapes which are in-filled with red pigment. The central diamond is raised and painted red with a white diamond in relief surrounding it. Part b is a fragment of the shield which fits into the upper left corner, decorated with one half of a coiled line motif. A considerable fragment of the upper section of the shield is missing as are large portions of the borders around the sides of the shield.

Culture
Asmat
Material
wood, paint, ochre pigment and lime mineral
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drum2948/2

Wooden drum. The outside of the drum is carved and painted with coiled motifs and possibly representations of beings with heads and hair. These are painted white and raised above the red background. The lower portion of the drum is separated from the upper by a raised, thin, white band running around the midsection. The lower end of the drum ends in four roughly pointed projections while the upper end is carved to form a rounder shape with a smaller circular opening. This top opening is darker in colour and undecorated. Part of the midsection is painted light yellow, while the others are white.

Culture
Asmat
Material
wood, ochre pigment ? and lime pigment ?
Made in
Yaosakor, Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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