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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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HeaddressIe438

Headdress composed of a piece of tapa cloth with rounded corners and decorated with bands of zigzag in red ochre. Woven and wound string with a linear pattern in light grey Job's Tears seeds and segments of black bamboo. The exposed string is rubbed with red, black and yellow pigment (?).

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bamboo grass, paper mulberry bark, fibre, seed and ochre pigment
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PotCb84

Globular pot with short neck, flaring to circular mouth; rounded base. Unglazed shoulder decorated with lightly incised parallel lines arranged in a ring, circling neck. Light red-brown glaze with base and shoulder in lighter shade; whitened areas. Pot is pitted overall.

Culture
Hausa
Material
clay and ochre pigment
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerAj110

Round pot-like-shaped container: lower half is round and short with a leather strap going over the mouth forming four straps connecting on the bottom and knotted together. Larger in the centre then narrowing at the top. Leather around the neck connecting to the leather on the lower half. Once painted red, blood, and ochre, worn off in most areas.

Culture
Turkana
Material
leather skin, wood and ochre pigment
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerAj129 a-b

Heavy container (part a) of orange-yellow wood carved in slender rounded, bulbous shape with two small protruding handles to which braided leather handle straps are tied. Lid (part b) is made of cowhide moulded to the shape of the container and tight fitting.

Culture
Turkana
Material
cow skin, wood and ochre pigment
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlA2448

Wood bowl in the shape of a seabird, probably a loon, with the neck extended outward and forward and the back hollowed to form a dish. The bird has circular abalone shell inlaid eyes surrounded by a plain tapering oval and a beak covered with red ochre. The body of the bird is painted black with eight oval opercula inset around the rim. On the upper surface of the tail, there is a face design that has small white circular inset bead eyes surrounded by an oval and a tapering oval, a nose, and an open mouth coated with red ochre showing four plain teeth.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
glass, abalone shell, paint, ochre pigment, operculum shell and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlId202

Oval, trough-like container; open at both ends, long sides turned up; wood stained with ochre; inner surface adze marked, smoothed with use. Open ends are stained and worn from use. Outer surface has adze marks all over. Seven digit number scratched on base.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood and ochre pigment
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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