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Blowgun2600/4

Child's blowgun made of palm wood and wound tightly with vine. Long cylindrical barrel is slightly tapering and appears to have been made in two longitudinally cut pieces held together by the vine and string-like fibres wound at both ends. The tapered end has a small flat section, possibly used to balance one's fingers when taking aim.

Culture
Wounaan
Material
palm wood, plant fibre and fibre
Made in
Pimia River, Choco, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blowgun2600/3 a-c

Blowgun in three pieces. Long tapering cylindrical barrel cut longitudinally and held together by twined vine. Connecting ends of the barrel are segmented to fit together.

Culture
Wounaan
Material
palm wood and plant fibre
Made in
Pimia River, Choco, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dart Quiver2600/2 a-ss

Quiver and dart set. Cylindrical wooden quiver (part a) with lid (part b) is attached to hollow corked gourd (part c) by rope-like fibre. The gourd is stuffed with a natural coloured fibre. There are forty-one barbed darts (d-ss), two of which have wound wool-like fibres at one end; part f is a piece of fibre.

Culture
Wounaan
Material
reed grass, tar resin, palm wood and fibre
Made in
San Juan River, Choco, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bullroarer2623/11

Wooden bullroarer, tapered at ends and sides, with small hole and indentation at one end for the corded bark fibre string. Body of bullroarer is carved and painted with linear and zigzag-type designs.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bark fibre, black palm wood and paint
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mouth Harp2623/5

Wooden mouth harp. Hollowed-out semi-cylindrical harp tapers to a point at one end. Instrument is cut into three segments from 3.5 cm in from widest end, down to the point. A corded segment of plant fibre strings three red and brown feathers.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
palm wood, plant fibre and feather
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Paddle2623/1

Single piece of black palm wood, tapered at both ends. One tip painted pink-red, with faint remains of pink-red and white stripes at sides. Band of feathers attached to fibre around centre. Feathers are brown and red, with one yellow-white and one blue. Diagonal cuts painted pink-red and white by feather band. Band of fringed grass fibre further up. Two holes bored at one end with plant fibre tied through - both bundles painted pink-red at tips with feathers tied to the ends. Notches scored in wood a top sides.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
palm wood, plant fibre, paint and feather
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Coconut Strainer734/5

Strainer woven in natural coloured plant material in a twill weave. Elongated cone shape with loop at small end.

Culture
Swahili
Material
palm leaf
Made in
Tanzania ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Manuscript2569/15

Multiple pages of Sinhala script etched into palm leaves between wooden covers painted with red and yellow leaf designs. Book is joined together by a long string that goes through a hole at one end of the book. There is a clear glass bead at one end of the string.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
palm leaf, wood, paint, ink, glass and fibre
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Manuscript2569/14 a-e

Multiple pages of script etched into palm leaves between black and red painted wooden covers. Edges of the pages are gold. Yellow and blue string connects some of the pages through holes. There is a painted wooden cover (part a), another painted wooden cover with peeling paint (part b), and groups of palm leaves (parts c-e).

Culture
Khmer ?
Material
palm leaf, ink, wood, paint and fibre
Made in
Cambodia ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Manuscript2569/13 a-c

Pages of script written on palm leaf. The pages are joined by a string that goes through a hole in the middle of the pages and then wraps around the book with a small circular wood knob. Two smaller notes are also wrapped with the book. The book is part a; parts b-c are loose pieces of leaf with script.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
palm leaf, fibre and ink
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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