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PaddleC286

Carved wooden paddle. Plain, leaf-like, blade and cylindrical shaft. Bird in black and red with shell inlay on the top of an almost circular, c-shaped finial.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
wood, shell and pigment ?
Made in
Roviana Lagoon, New Georgia, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC289

The tip is coiled with yellow-brown plant fibre, below which, there are the following: five sets of four small barbs; three sets of four increasingly longer barbs; and five sets of four small barbs. The point is decorated with a red and yellow grass sleeve with a horizontal zig zag pattern around a central red diamond shape pattern, a carved band that is emphasized with white and that consists of two figures (each of which has triangular eyes and a double upward pointing nose), and a fibre tuft. Bright red and yellow plant fibre coiling are at either ends of the grass sleeve. The dark brown wood shaft is plain and tapers at the end.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
wood, grass, plant fibre, bone and pigment ?
Made in
Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC291

The tip is coiled with yellow-brown plant fibre, below which, there are the following: four sets of four small barbs; three sets of four increasingly longer barbs; and seven sets of four small barbs. The point is decorated with a red and yellow grass sleeve with a horizontal zig zag pattern, a carved band that is emphasized with white pigment and that consists of two figures (each of which has eyes, and a triple upward pointing nose), and a fibre tuft. Below, there is another red and yellow grass sleeve that has a smaller horizontal zig zag pattern. Red and yellow plant fibre coiling are at either ends of the grass sleeves. The dark brown wood shaft is plain and tapers at the end.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
wood, fibre, grass, bone and pigment ?
Made in
Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC295

The tip is coiled with yellow-brown plant fibre, below which, there are the following: six sets of four small barbs; three sets of four increasingly longer barbs; and four sets of four small barbs. The point is decorated with a red and yellow grass sleeve with a red diamond shape pattern on a checker pattern background, a carved band that is emphasized with white and that consists of two figures (each of which has circular eyes and a bulbous nose), and a fibre tuft. Below, there is another red and yellow grass sleeve that has a similar pattern as the one above. Bright red and yellow plant fibre coiling are at either ends of the grass sleeve. The dark brown wood shaft is plain and tapers at the end.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
wood, grass, plant fibre, bone and pigment ?
Made in
Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureH1.177

Small, cream coloured stone figure consisting of the head facing forward wearing a headdress, the hands on its stomach and the feet together. The garment worn is decorated with a triangular panel of geometric design. There is a dark red pigment in the incisions on the figure.

Culture
Andes ?
Material
stone and pigment
Made in
Tiahuanaco, La Paz, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureH1.179

Small, cream coloured stone figure consisting of the head facing forward wearing a headdress, the hands on its stomach and the feet together. The headdress and the garment worn are decorated with line and triangular panels of geometric design. There is a dark red pigment in the incisions on the figure.

Culture
Andes ?
Material
stone and pigment
Made in
Tiahuanaco, La Paz, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureH1.180

Cream coloured stone figured, cylindrical in shape with four horizontal lines of a diamond pattern. There is a dark red pigment in the incisions. The base was part of a larger figure.

Culture
Andes ?
Material
stone and pigment
Made in
Tiahuanaco, La Paz, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureH1.181

Small, cream coloured stone figure consisting of the head facing forward wearing a crown-like headdress, the hands on its stomach and the feet together. The headdress and the garment worn are decorated with triangular panels of geometric design. There is a dark red pigment in the incisions on the figure.

Culture
Andes ?
Material
stone and pigment
Made in
Tiahuanaco, La Paz, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureH1.322

Cream coloured stone figure consisting of the head facing forward wearing a headdress, the hands on its stomach and the feet together. The headdress, the garment worn and the leggings are decorated with line and triangular panels of geometric designs. There is a dark red pigment in the incisions on the figure.

Culture
Andes ?
Material
stone and pigment
Made in
Tiahuanaco, La Paz, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureH1.186

Stone figure consisting of the head facing forward wearing a headdress, the hands on its stomach and the feet together. The band headdress and the garment worn, are decorated with panels of geometric designs. Light buff colour with turquoise blue inlayed eyes.

Culture
Andes ?
Material
stone, shell and pigment
Made in
Tiahuanaco, La Paz, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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