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OrnamentSf617

A carved, wooden bird ornament with a long incised beak and a red painted surface. The eyes are raised circles with a hole for the pupil and an incised circle surrounding it. The wing feathers are carved in 3 steps and are in relief to the body and tail.

Culture
Andes
Material
pigment and wood
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SherdSf895

Triangular, red clay sherd with white slip. It is decorated with a black painted, vertical, outer edge and black lines of irregular shapes and intervals, running horizontally.

Culture
Inca
Material
clay and pigment
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SherdSf892

Red clay sherd of the eye and nose of a figure; white slip and black painted eyebrows, pupils, around the protruding eye form along with painted geometric marks on cheeks and above where the mouth would be. The raised nose has holes for the nostrils.

Culture
Inca
Material
clay and pigment
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SherdSf885

Approximately half of a shallow red clay bowl; base is complete and has a ring of raised circles around the inside creating a flower-like design. Interior of bowl has a white slip that runs over the brim and around the edge of the bottom side.

Culture
Inca
Material
clay and pigment
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileSf821 a-b

Two irregular cotton fragments, with negative designs in medium brown on a light brown background. Part a, the larger of the fragments, has at least six different rectangular designs repeat in oblique rows: two faces with coronas, two bird designs, one interlocked serpent and one triangulated design that appears to incorporate the bird tail. The rectangles are divided by longitudinal bands with variations of step-frets and serpent related imagery. The short transverse bands have a similar array of motifs that also repeat obliquely. A small segment of weft selvedge remains and is paralleled by a border of step-frets. Part b is of the same cloth as part a, but has another bird design and another face. Z-spun, two-ply yarn.

Culture
Andes
Material
cotton fibre, dye ? and pigment ?
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BalanceSf703

Smoothly finished, rectangular bone balance with two sets of seven punctuated and recessed circles on both of the wide, flat sides. Traces of red pigment remain on one of the end circles. Each of the short, skinny ends has a hole drilled with fragments of fibre twine in them. One hole is drilled through the width of the bar in the very centre. The two other holes are symmetrically placed at the ends and run obliquely from one narrow edge to the adjacent narrow edge.

Culture
Andes
Material
bone, cotton fibre and pigment
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BullroarerC622

Carved wooden bullroarer with a flat, oval shaped body with tapered, pointed ends. The surface is incised with a repeating geometric pattern of vertical and horizontal lines intermixed with x-shapes. The cuts are detailed with brown pigment while the negative space has white pigment. The top has a hole drilled through and the back is slightly concaved.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
pigment, wood and lime mineral
Made in
Orokolo, Gulf, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowC911

A shaft carved with dark vertically linear geometric-shaped designs on a natural background above six cane joints. The point consists of three layers of elaborately carved cone-like barbs which are emphasized with white pigment. The very tip of the point is wrapped with a thin strip of cane. The end of the shaft is notched and stained.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
wood, grass and pigment ?
Made in
Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureC632

Pig with straight tail. The pig has geometric designs carved into sides, consisting of spirals and zigzag bands filled with white, pink and black pigment.

Culture
Massim
Material
pigment and wood
Made in
Woodlark Island, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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StaffC661

Dark, black-brown wooden staff with a roughly cylindrical shaft. The top of the staff is decorated with the figure of a man with a bird on his head, all covered by spiral and geometric motifs carved in relief and rubbed with white pigment. Below the figure are three flanges extending downwards with pieces of leaf threaded through a series of holes.

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