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HeaddressIe345

A rounded knitted headdress drawn in around the edges on a string. Top has a rounded rectangular panel, 19 x 17 cm, knitted in a ribbed pattern. Ribs have been coloured red and white with ochre and clay.

Culture
Kewa
Material
ochre pigment, clay and bark
Made in
Koiari, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MoneyIe318

A piece of pearl shell that is crescent shaped and that has 8 cm. between the points where there is a hole bored. The convex side is pearly-yellow while the concave side is pearly-white. Irregularly coated and encrusted with red ochre. Attached to the holes, there is a band knitted of local fibre, 60 cm. long, and 5 cm. wide. To one end, there is attached a cord 5 cm. long. The other attachment has been broken and is affixed to the shell with nylon string. The band is coated with red ochre. To each end, there are affixed two cowrie shells. At the midpoint, there are three transverse ribs. Near these, there is affixed a clump of fur.

Culture
Kewa
Material
synthetic fibre, ochre pigment, skin, cowrie shell, fibre and shell
Made in
Iapi, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowIe307

An arrow shaft, 88.5 cm. long, made of a variety of pitpit (sword grass). The shaft is light brown with black coating. Inserted into the tip of the shaft, held with a woven rattan sleeve 1 cm. wide, is a long point of black palm wood 27 cm. long, which appears to have had a thin point which was broken off. The point is incised with longitudinal wavy lines filled with short parallel lines and rubbed with red ochre and grey clay.

Culture
Kewa
Material
resin, clay, ochre pigment, palm wood, rattan and fibre
Made in
Iapi, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowIe306

An arrow shaft, 83 cm. long, made of a variety of pitpit (sword grass). The shaft is light brown with black coating. The fore-shaft is a flat length of black palm wood, 10.5 cm. long, bound to the shaft with a sleeve of woven rattan 1.5 cm. wide and to the point with a band of bark cord 11 cm. wide. The fore-shaft is also bound with a band of woven rattan less than 1 cm. wide. The bark cord band is coated with red ochre and has a rough stripe of grey clay on each side. The long point is of solid bone, 17 cm. long, also coated with a black substance.

Culture
Kewa
Material
fibre, rattan, ochre pigment, black palm wood, bark and bone
Made in
Iapi, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearIe301

Spear, nearly round in cross-section, straight unadorned shaft tapering slightly to point. Lanceolate point part of human arm bone is eighteen cm. long to the shaft and hollow for two-thirds of the length. Cut away to leave a flat projection which is bound to the shaft. Mounting covered by a sleeve of woven rattan six cm. wide. Point and sleeve are coloured with red ochre.

Culture
Kewa
Material
human bone, ochre pigment, rattan and palm wood
Made in
Iapi, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowIe305

An arrow shaft, 79 cm. long, made of a variety of pitpit (sword grass). Light brown near the fore-shaft, darkening to black at the end from a coating of a black substance. The fore-shaft of black palm wood, 24.5 cm. long between the point and the shaft, is incised with a pattern of elongated dots and wavy lines coated with red ochre. The fore-shaft is bound to the shaft with sleeve of woven rattan 2 cm. wide. The long point is of hollow bone with a broken tip, bound to the fore-shaft with a sleeve of woven rattan.

Culture
Kewa
Material
rattan, bone, fibre, ochre pigment and resin
Made in
Iapi, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowIe304

An arrow shaft, 88 cm. long, made of a variety of pitpit (sword grass). Light brown near the fore-shaft is darkening to black at the butt due to a black coating. The fore-shaft of black palm wood, 18 cm. long, is inserted into the shaft and bound with a woven sleeve of rattan 1.5 cm. wide. The fore-shaft is incised with dots and zigzag lines. The long point is made of solid bone, protruding 6.5 cm. beyond the fore-shaft and bound to it with a band of bark cord 10 cm. wide and a sleeve of woven rattan 1.5 cm. wide coated with red and yellow ? ochre.

Culture
Kewa
Material
rattan, bone, grass, black palm wood, resin, ochre pigment and bark
Made in
Iapi, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Suspension HookIe359

Basket hook with a shaft formed by a male figure carved in profile with an extended nose and mouth that down to his belly, and his hands hold the nose. A cord is attached for hanging through a hole at the top of the figure's head. The hook is double-sided.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, charcoal pigment, ochre pigment, oil and plant fibre
Made in
East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Canoe ProwIe358

Triangular shaped wooden prow with a cylindrical shaped base that tapers to a point. The sides of the base are incised with a repeating stylized geometric design. Attached below is a framework of triangular shapes intermixed with fish and bird heads. White pigment outlines the shapes while orange pigment is added to the engravings. Five fibre tassels hang from the base.

Culture
Asmat
Material
wood, charcoal pigment, lime mineral, ochre pigment, fibre and chalk stone ?
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShieldId200

Oval shield that has a rectangular boss (10 x 6 x 1 cm.) with the longest dimension parallel to the width of the shield and in the approximate centre of the vertical surface. Boss enclosed by geometric design of bands all approximately 2 cm. in width, separated by thick black lines. Series of six bands alternately natural and yellow ochre coloured, joined to form squares, surround the boss which is outlined by an oval band. Points of squares aligned parallel to the longest and widest axes of the shield, respectively. Final points of sixth square touch edges at either side. Top and bottom form points of new series of squares with this repetitive pattern incomplete. Undecorated dorsal surface is hollowed at the centre to form a vertically placed handle.

Culture
Australian
Material
ochre pigment, fig root and charcoal pigment
Made in
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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