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ClubC665

Wide sword-shaped brown-black wood club. 'Blade' has geometric designs of three vertical concentric fan-like semi-circles from the 'cross-guard' near toward the middle. Emphasized with white pigment. 'Blade' flares outward to a flat blunt end that has a wide grooved band. The 'grip' flares outward. 'Pommel' has a rounded arch design.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
ebony wood and pigment ?
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC666

Wide sword-shaped brown-black wood club. 'Blade' has designs of four vertical scrolls near the blunt end where there is a blunt protrusion with a zig zag line in between. Emphasized with white pigment. 'Blade' flares outward to a flat blunt end. Has a simple flat 'grip' that flares outward and a flat rounded 'pommel'.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
ebony wood and pigment ?
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC670

Wide sword-shaped dark brown wood club. 'Blade' has four vertical designs of spiral linear patterns scroll lines bordered by a zig zag band at the end nearer toward the middle. Emphasized with white pigment. 'Blade' flares outward to a flat blunt end that has a wide horizontal grooved band. The 'grip' flares outward to a 'cross-guard' that has a spiral linear pattern design. 'Pommel' is a rounded arch shape with a thin horizontal grooved band around the base.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
ebony wood and pigment ?
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC672

Black-brown sword-shaped wooden club with zigzag and scroll patterns carved in relief; carved designs are emphasized with white pigment.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
ebony wood and pigment
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowC772

A plain cane shaft wrapped at the base and near the notched end with cane fibre. The long point is wrapped with cane fibre around the tip and is multi-barbed with tiny barbs on all faces which are covered with red ochre and have a rectangular hole near the base of the point.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
grass, wood, fibre and ochre pigment ?
Made in
Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowC773

A plain cane shaft wrapped at the base and near the notched end with cane fibre. The long point is wrapped with cane fibre around the tip and is multi-barbed with tiny barbs on all faces which are covered with red ochre and have a rectangular hole near the base of the point.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
wood, grass, fibre and ochre pigment ?
Made in
Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowC779

A plain cane shaft wrapped at the base and near the notched end with cane fibre. The long point is wrapped with cane fibre around the tip and is multi-barbed with tiny barbs on all faces which are covered with red ochre and have a rectangular hole near the base of the point.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
grass, wood, fibre and ochre pigment ?
Made in
Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowC782

A plain cane shaft wrapped at the base and near the notched end with cane fibre. The long point is wrapped with cane fibre around the tip and is multi-barbed with tiny barbs on all faces which are covered with red ochre and have a rectangular hole near the base of the point.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
grass, wood, fibre and ochre pigment ?
Made in
Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureC426

Standing female figure with carved oblong base. Figure has inlaid yellow-white shells for eyes and navel, and has pierced ears on sides of head just below her cheeks.

Culture
Fijian ?
Material
shell, wood and pigment
Made in
Fiji ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC432

Long, brown wood piece. Both ends are flat and spoon-shaped, but flat. Both ends are painted with red ochre and have an outward curving ridge at the base. The handle in between tapers down more to one end and flares outward more to the other end.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
wood and ochre pigment ?
Made in
New Britain, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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