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Carving720/25

Long wooden piece with nine projections that curve inwards and taper to a sharp point. The central projection is dome-shaped and is hollow in the centre. Either end of the piece have flat projections; one projection is hollow in the centre, and the other is solid.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fly Whisk1448/1

Long black coloured feathers gathered together at one end and secured to wooden handle with braided strand of fibre cording. Fibre is woven in and out of feathers at the base, is bound several times around the handle, and is secured with a knot. Braided fibre strand hangs down.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, fibre and feather
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bowl1461/1

Bowl made of a coconut shell with opening around 3/4 of the way from bottom. Twined string loop through two holes on either side of the rim and is knotted at the centre; outer surface is decorated on either side of each set of holes with four horizontal short lines.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
coconut nutshell and coconut husk fibre
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure771/58

Two-dimensional, shallowly carved human figure with long legs, hands, and protruding male genitalia. Figure's legs and head curve upwards. Fading red colouring still visible. Initials "SP" inscribed in white on the reverse of the head.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood and pigment
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask771/55

Brown, wooden gorilla-like mask with pointed head and chin. Face has a heavy, furrowed brow, recessed eye sockets, and a wide, articulated nose. A circular hole is bored through the apex of the forehead, with a protruding geometric-shaped knob directly below it. Mask is permanently mounted on a black metal stand with a square base.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood and stain ?
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Baton771/54

Brown, wooden handle topped by a large, elliptical-shaped face with a pointed head and chin. Carved from a single piece of wood, the face is much larger than the width of the handle and gives the impression of being mounted upon a pole. Face is mask-like, painted with faded white, black and red paint, has round black eyes and an open mouth bridged by wood running from the nose to the chin. Entire object is permanently attached by a screw to a black metal stand with a square base. Initials "SP" are inscribed on the reverse in white.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, paint and metal
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spatula814/7

Flat, black object with a handle and a long rectangular segment ending with two prongs. Rectangular segment is shallowly carved with curvilinear designs.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
wood
Made in
Losuia, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ornament1461/8

An ornament with the central piece being two curved tusks connected together to create a horizontal oval-shape with fibre in between the middle of them. Attached around the tusks, there is a looped beaded band with two rows of white beads outlining the central pattern of alternating rectangles of blue, green, and red. From the tusks, there dangles five strings (two at the top next to the looped beaded band and three at the bottom) of blue, green, white, and black beads with a black seed bead at the end.

Culture
Motu
Material
glass, fibre, seed and tusk
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Lime Container1461/2 a-b

A complete coconut nutshell with a wooden stopper on top and two holes through which goes a fibre string handle that has a metal nail pinned through it. The design consists of dotted cirles in a row on a horizontal white band in the middle of the coconut nutshell from which five equally spaced vertical bands with a zig zag pattern go up to a horizontal line near the top. The wood stopper has a row in the middle inlaid with side-by-side x-shapes of mother of pearl shell.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
coconut nutshell, wood, mother of pearl shell and fibre
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Suspension Hook814/11 a-b

The hook (part a) has a detached eye (part b). The hook is a figure with a long oval face and a conical head with bulging eyes made out of another material. There are ears, a nose with nostrils, and a horizontal oval mouth. The arms rest straight at the sides. There are pointed breasts and a belly button. The bottom of the hook curves upward. A fibre string goes through the top part of the head.

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