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Band1188/46 c

Band with an oval shape composed of plant fibre with a triangle design in black and white formed by painted clay applied to the surface of the plant fibre and outlined with strips of wood secured to the plant fibre with thinner strips of wood. Plant fibre ties at ends.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
plant fibre, clay, wood and paint
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagC1229 c

Bag woven from off-white and grey-brown palm leaf and red-brown bark to form geometric designs. Several fringes along top edge with two woven loop handles.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bark and palm leaf
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagC1238

Bag with a rectangular shape woven with alternating colours of bark as well as off-white and light brown grass to form a geometric design. Top edge finished with several fringes. Two flat woven handle straps attached at top.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
grass and bark
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC662

Long, dark blackish wood piece that is pointed at both ends. The centre section has a dominant central rib and a tooth edge on both sides. The handle end has a shorter point than the other end and there is a short outward flaring cross-guard-like feature.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
wood
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC431

Long, brown wood piece shaped like a long blunt sword with short blunt spurs on both sides of the end. Simple geometric design carving emphasized with white pigment at the end with the short blunt spurs. A ridge goes down the middle of each side. Near the handle end, there are two circular upward flaring cross-guard-like features that go around.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
wood and pigment ?
Made in
New Britain, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SculptureIg411

Long, tall wood sculpture. Has green oval inset eyes surrounded bya downward curving red band pointing toward the thin nose which has a bit of hair ? underneath at either side. The open red mouth is showing black teeth. Has a red body with the hands holding a long, thin serrated object in front of it while a smaller length of the same serration is at either side to the elbows. Wearing a tall headdress that is has a black helmet-like feature with four thin upward curving protrusions all around that are decorated with serrations and downward pointing red and black triangles. Standing on a plain, cylindrical wood pedestal.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
wood, hair ?, glass ? and paint
Made in
New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC642

Plain, straight, cylindrical, brown wood handle with woven bands and a star-shaped black stone head. Star type. The head is a seven-pointed star. Above the head, there is a long woven band at the end of which, there are feathers. Below the head, there is a woven ring band, a shorter woven band, and a darker woven ring band.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
plant fibre, stone, wood and feather
Made in
Rigo, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubIe414

Pineapple-like head held in place with woven bands. The red-brown wood handle is decorated with woven bands, some plain and some fringed. The dark grey-black head has three horizontal rows of sixteen triangular protrusions all around. Underneath and through the hollow, cylindrical head, there is a long light-coloured woven band. Below, there is an upward flaring, red-brown fringe and two brown woven bands. At the end of the handle, there is a brown woven band coiled around with a downward flaring, red-brown fringe.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
wood, hemp fibre and coconut husk fibre
Made in
Rigo, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskIe447

Mask based on the top of a turtle shell for the face. Face is painted white with red contour lines and a black chin. Face is outlined by a black line which also goes down along the nose, creating a heart-like form. Eyes are each made out of a cowrie shell and are outlined by a black line that tapers to a point at the outer side. Nostrils are red outlined by black. Thirty-seven other shells are surrounding the face. Red clay molded ears. Mask is surrounded by a seven layer coil of red plant bark, or root? Hanging plant fibre cord at the top centre.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
turtle shell, clay, fibre, cowrie shell and paint
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskIe448

Mask based on the top of a turtle shell for the face. Face is painted white with red circular lines around the eyes that are surrounded by two black circular lines. Face is outlined by a black line which also goes down along the nose, creating a heart-like form. Eyes are each made out of a cowrie shell. Nostrils are black and red. Small red mouth. Twenty-one other shells are around the top portion of the face. Red clay molded ears. Mask is surrounded by a nine layer coil of brown plant bark, or root? Long, thin brown-black feathers are at the top of the head. Hanging plant fibre cord at the top centre.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
turtle shell, paint, fibre, shell, clay and feather
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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