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Spear2948/149

Long bamboo and wood spear. Wooden spear point bound to thick bamboo shaft with woven plant fibre. Thin lines carved around top and butt end of shaft. Spear point is darker than shaft and has two sections of barbs carved in a circular pattern in middle of spear point.

Culture
Asmat
Material
bamboo grass, wood and plant fibre
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear2948/148

Long bamboo and wood spear. Wooden spear point bound to bamboo shaft with woven plant fibre and wax. Spear point carved with alternating circle and triangle patterns. Circles also carved into top and butt end of shaft. Spear point darker then bamboo shaft.

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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Spear2948/147

Long bamboo and wood spear. Spear is bound to bamboo shaft with woven plant fibre and wax. Spear point is darker then bamboo shaft and has two sets of circular barbs of uniform size. Thin circular lines are carved into the butt end of the shaft.

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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Spear2948/146

Long bamboo and wood spear with carved bone head. Spear point is curved in the middle and has five barbs on each side. The spear point is bound with string to a narrow wooden shaft, which has traces of white powder on all sides. The wooden shaft is then bound with plant fibre to a slightly larger bamboo shaft. Lines are carved at the top and base of the bamboo shaft.

Culture
Asmat
Material
bamboo grass, plant fibre, fibre, wood and bone
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace2948/92

Tooth necklace. Teeth are woven into necklace pointed side down by a hole in the top of each tooth. Necklace is closed by a long knotted coil at the back of the neck.

Culture
Asmat
Material
tooth and plant fibre
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag2948/28

Large woven bag. Bag has 2 shoulder straps, and a third larger handle. Front is decorated with bunches of thin braided tassels hanging from bands of alternating brown and yellow triangles. No decoration on back.

Culture
Asmat
Material
plant fibre, leaf ? and bark ?
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Waist Ornament2948/19

Thick coil of bamboo. No decorations on coils. Ends of one strand are knotted. Two loops of rope on opposite sides hold the coil together.

Culture
Asmat
Material
bamboo grass, plant fibre and plastic
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Waist Ornament2948/18

Coil of bamboo. No decorations on wide strands of bamboo. Two strands are knotted at the ends. A loop of rope holds the coil together.

Culture
Asmat
Material
plastic, bamboo grass and plant fibre
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Scales3055/207 a-c

Scales consist of a metal rod (part a) and two metal pans (parts b and c). Rod has metal hooks attached to each end from which the pans would suspend. and cotton fibre tied to the middle . Tied to one pan (part b) are three strands of cotton fibre that suspends the pan from the rod hook. Pans have incised circle design with dot in the centre on the convex and concave sides.

Culture
Asante
Material
bronze metal, cotton fibre and plant fibre
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Legend Figure3091/1

Tall, freestanding sculpture carved of wood. A female wearing a white mask embellished with painted lines and crescent motifs holds an axe aloft in her right hand. She wears a shell and sago fibre necklace around her neck, and a short sago skirt at her waist. Atop her head is a large sea bird painted in shades of light brown, with wings stretched up and out, beak and talons grasping a fish attached to the woman's forehead. The woman sits on the shoulders of a male figure, painted dark brown, who grasps her legs, wearing a large crocodile mask and a feathered loin cloth around his waist. He stands on a small round base carved as a turtle. The eyes of all the figures are shell.

Culture
Iatmul
Material
garamut wood ?, paint, sago fibre, cowrie shell, shell, feather and plant fibre
Made in
Korogo, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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