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ClubC1048

The head is a black stone disc between woven bands of plant fibre (?) or bark (?), and black, brown, dark red, and green feathers. The handle is plain and tapered.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
plant fibre ?, feather, stone, wood and bark ?
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gable BoardC1513

Carved wooden ancestral board in an oval shape with triangular points at the top and bottom. The surface has a human figure carved in relief with a circular white head, a black forehead and eyes along with red mouth and outline around the eyes. The body is stylized with lines and x-shapes in white. The ends and the outer edge are black detailed with a repeating triangular-like white pattern. The back has ‘Amai Papua’ written in black felt.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
pigment, wood and ochre pigment
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gable MaskC1514

Oval human face painted with designs in ochre and grey and white paint. Tusks in nose. Bamboo hanger at top. Evenly spaced holes at rim around cheeks and lower jaw. Hole at center of one tusk, on left side.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
paint, boar tusk, wood and bamboo grass
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gable MaskC1515

Gable mask with an oval, carved face painted in red, black and white with protruding eyes and ears, a protruding tongue, and a series of holes with twined sennit fibre fed through and knotted. A wedge of wood is attached to the top on the reverse, and two wooden loops are carved out of the wood at the bottom reverse.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, sennit fibre and paint
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureC1516

Large root figure with a cylindrical shaped body that curves outwards. The body narrows slightly then expands in an oval shape that is detailed as a head. Incised on either side are fish heads that are positioned to appear as the eyes of the figure. There is an engraved line that outlines the figures head and its mouth. There is a protruding section of the root that appears as a nose. In the body is an incised body of a fish. There are remnants of black pigment on the surface.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
root and pigment
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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StaffC1594

Dark, black-brown wooden staff with white pigment added to emphasize designs. Handle at top has a crouching, stylized human figure with spiral designs carved in relief; a flaring, hoof-like shape is at the bottom of the staff.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
ebony wood and pigment ?
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceC1433

Necklace made from five separate strings of dog teeth held together by four rectangular bone spacers. Each string is composed of dog teeth strung alternately with shell and coral beads.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
fibre, bone, dog tooth, coral and shell
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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AdzeC1350

A stone blade and wood handle with an overall triangular shape. Blade lashed in with braided cord.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
stone, rattan, wood and fibre
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowC1351

A plain wood shaft with six pairs of sharp barbs below the lance-olate leaf-shaped metal point.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
plant fibre, iron metal and wood
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowC1352

A plain wood shaft with three pairs of sharp barbs below the lance-olate leaf-shaped metal point.

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