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Dance Staff2596/6

Large figure head mounted on a wooden staff. Figure appears to have a wooden core, covered with clay and cobwebs. Vibrant blue, red and white paint cover the main surface of the face. Figure has a cone-shaped head wrapped with coir rope, protruding cylinder eyes and a long red nose. Two boar tusks curl upwards at each side of his mouth. Three vertically striped birds stick out from his forehead. Sticks with wound tufts of bushy grass fibres hang down over his ears.

Culture
Ni-Vanuatu
Material
wood, clay, pandanus leaf, paint, boar tusk and silk fibre
Made in
Malakula, Vanuatu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Penis Cover2596/5

Raffia like penis wrap coloured with purple dye. Long strands of grass-like fibres hang down in a bundle, looped from a band woven from the same material.

Culture
Ni-Vanuatu
Material
plant fibre and dye
Made in
Malakula, Vanuatu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Nebet Miale Tata2523/3

Mask is circular in shape with one rounded end and one pointed end (overlapping underneath the head), and is made out of earth. It has brown-red, white, and light white-brown painted sections. It has a black painted face, white eyes with black pupils, a projecting nose, and a brown mouth with six painted teeth. At either side of the mouth is a long tooth projecting upwards. A long piece of grass(?) is attached at the top of the head.

Culture
Ni-Vanuatu
Material
earth, tooth and paint
Made in
Malakula, Vanuatu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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