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Ritual Funerary Stick3104/4

Ritual funerary stick. A long, thick bundle of plant fibre, triangular in cross section, is densely wrapped in twisted fibres that are pigmented in alternating colour bands of rust-brown, white and yellow. The pointed end is crowned in a tuft of white feathers, while small orange, grey, and white and grey striped feathers and feather down are loosely attached along the length of the stick. The butt end of the stick is wrapped in loose fibres.

Culture
Tiwi
Material
plant fibre, ochre pigment ?, lime pigment ? and feather
Made in
Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ritual Funerary Stick3104/3

Ritual funerary stick. A large, round bundle of plant fibre, wide at bottom and narrowing toward the top, densely wrapped by thin, twisted fibres coloured in wide bands of white, light brown, and dark yellow pigment. Feather down is woven into the fibre in several places, mainly around the midpoint. At top is a smooth stick of forked wood, wrapped into the body of the piece with the twisted plant fibre. It is thickly covered with yellow pigment. Two long handles of twisted fibre are attached either side, at midpoint.

Culture
Tiwi
Material
plant fibre, wood, ochre pigment ? and feather
Made in
Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ritual Funerary Stick3104/2

Ritual funerary stick. A bundle of plant fibres are densely wrapped by twisted fibres, pigmented in alternating bands of colour in rust brown, white and dark yellow. Small orange, grey and striped white and grey feathers and down are attached along the length of the stick. The body widens slightly downwards, flaring at the end into a wider portion for several centimetres before narrowing sharply to a blunt point.

Culture
Tiwi
Material
plant fibre, feather and ochre pigment ?
Made in
Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ritual Funerary Stick3104/1

Ritual funerary stick. A bundle of plant fibre is densely wrapped by twisted fibres pigmented in alternating bands of colour in rust brown, white and dark yellow. Small white feathers and feather down are attached along the length of the stick, and the ends are capped with hard, dried mud. The stick is flexible.

Culture
Tiwi
Material
plant fibre, feather and ochre pigment ?
Made in
Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tassel2990/901

Tuft of loose cords made of plant fibre and bindings of camelid wool threads. Cords have knots at the ends and threads are forming circular weave patterns and are intertwined with the cords. Yellow-brown, red-brown, green, grey-brown, blue, purple-brown and orange-red dyed wool. Incomplete.

Culture
Nasca
Material
dye, alpaca wool fibre and plant fibre
Made in
Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt, Fragment or Headband, Fragment64.114.206

Gift of Adelaide Goan

Culture
Nasca and Paracas Necropolis
Material
plant fibre and wool fleece
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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Fragment, Tuno? or possibly Spindle Whorls36.471.6

Gift of Mrs. Eugene Schaefer

Material
dried fruit ? and plant fibre
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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Spear2948/152

Long bamboo and wood spear. Spear point is bound to bamboo shaft with plant fibre and wax. Two lines are carved into the top of the bamboo shaft. Spear point has four pointed barbs staggered along the right side and five along the other side. Bamboo shaft is lighter in colour than the spear point.

Culture
Asmat
Material
bamboo grass, wood, plant fibre and wax
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear2948/151

Long bamboo and wood spear. Wooden spear point bound to bamboo shaft with woven plant fibre and wax. Thin lines circle top and butt end of bamboo shaft. Spear point has four staggered sets of barbs escalating in size and number along the length of the point. Shaft is lighter colour than spear point.

Culture
Asmat
Material
bamboo grass, wood, plant fibre and wax
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear2948/150

Wooden spear. The bamboo shaft is bound to a carved wooden spear point with a small section of woven plant fibre. Three lines are carved under the joint. The carved spear point is quite long and consists of three smaller, rounder sets of barbs, two longer barbs and a thin point. Five thin lines are carved onto the base of the point. The spear point is a darker brown then the bamboo shaft.

Culture
Asmat
Material
bamboo grass, plant fibre and paint ?
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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