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BowC762 a-b

A very long plain red-brown bow (part a). The string (part b) is yellow, and black.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
stem ? and bamboo grass
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BoxC763

Box raised on four legs (one reinforced with a wire dowel and glued). Sides top, and base formed by many vertical slates of wood with narrow open spaces between each slate. The lid opens (hinge effect) and has a loop for fastening.

Culture
I-Kiribati
Material
bamboo grass, fibre and wood
Made in
Gilbert Group, Kiribati
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CombC599

A plain handle which tapers to a simple finial. Nine long teeth fan outward radially. Twisted grass cord is coiled around the middle.

Culture
West Papuan
Material
grass and bamboo grass
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CombC600

A plain handle which tapers to the rounded triangular finial. Ten long teeth fan outward radially. Twisted fibre cord is coiled around the middle.

Culture
West Papuan
Material
fibre and bamboo grass
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CombC603

A plain handle which tapers to a simple finial with double notching on one side of the upper handle. Nine long teeth fan outward radially. Twisted fibre cord is coiled around the middle.

Culture
West Papuan
Material
fibre and bamboo grass
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CombC605

A plain handle which tapers to a mushroom finial that has two horizontal rings carved underneath it. Eleven long teeth fan outward radially. Twisted fibre is coiled around the middle.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
fibre and bamboo grass
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC502

Hollow, cylindrical, bamboo shaft with designs filled in with black pigment and some areas painted red. Has a long, narrow, lance-olate leaf-shaped blunt hardwood point that is flat along one side while rounded at angles along a ridge at the other side. Some stem ? is coiled around the upper portion of the shaft. The lower portion of the shaft has a design that consists of a horizontal band with a zig zag leaf pattern and vertical lines of triangles in between curvi-linear lines.

Culture
Eastern Melanesian
Material
wood, bamboo grass, stem ?, pigment ? and paint
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Decorated BambooC146

A brown cylindrical piece that has both ends closed. The dark on light design consists of horizontal bands with crescents, triangles, and rings.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bamboo grass
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Decorated BambooC147

A long cylindrical bamboo grass piece carved with simple geometric designs consisting of horizontal bands with dark vertical lines and dark zig zags on a light background colour of natural bamboo.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bamboo grass
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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KnifeC555

Two bamboo grass pieces, of which the larger has a notched hand grip and pointed end and the smaller one has rounded ends with notching on the sides of one end. Tied together with string.

Culture
Fijian
Material
bamboo grass and fibre
Made in
Vanua Levu, Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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