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Spoon2623/38

Coconut shell spoon with a large burn mark and evidence of much use. Slight tear-drop shape.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
coconut nutshell
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spoon2623/37

Polished half coconut shell. Shape resembles a tear drop. Two small divets carved on either side of the pointed end.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
coconut nutshell
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spoon2623/36

Coconut shell spoon, with a hole, and series of etched V-shaped designs at 'handle' end. A narrow dark brown band appearing in the bowl of the spoon appears to be a natural characteristic of the nutshell.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
coconut nutshell
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cup2623/35

Half coconut shell, used for drinking.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
coconut nutshell
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace2623/27

Boar tusk and bush banana tips necklace. The tusks are wrapped to the strand of bush banana tips with two types of fibre. The banana tips are strung on a clear plastic fibre.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
nutshell, boar tusk, plastic fibre and fibre
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace2623/24

Large polished shell and bush banana tips strung on green plastic string. Shell has two additional holdes at each end, suggested that it had previously been used for a similar purpose.

Culture
Torres Strait Islander
Material
shell, nutshell ? and plastic fibre
Made in
“Torres Strait Islands: Thursday Island” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dance Anklet2596/7

Dance anklet made from braided grass-like fibres which hold together strings of nutshells(?) that knock together, producing a musical sound.

Culture
Ni-Vanuatu
Material
plant fibre and nutshell ?
Made in
Vanuatu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Anklet2623/3

Five rings of coconut shell, 9.5 cm in diameter. Ten nutshells, each with a slit cut out, bound together with fibre through a hole bored opposite the slit. Nutshells are bound to one ring of coconut shell with the same fibre and to the others with synthetic ? fibre.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
coconut nutshell, fibre, nutshell and synthetic fibre ?
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spoon2189/15

Spoon with a bowl carved from brown nutshell, and a cylindrical handle with a wooden neck followed by alternating off-white shell and bands of metal with diamond and linear patterns. The handle has a pointed tip.

Culture
Egyptian
Material
wood, shell and nutshell
Made in
Egypt
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drinking Bowl1461/6 a-b

One piece (part a) is a pointed end part of a coconut nutshell. The other piece (part b) is a middle section of a coconut nutshell.

Culture
Fijian
Material
coconut nutshell and paint
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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