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SkirtC620

Grass skirt with a fringe made of numerous thin strips of red sennit and grass knotted onto waistband. There is a small knotted tie on one of the ends.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
grass and sennit fibre
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model HouseC527

Small house with door, and high hipped and belled roof. The ridge has a rod which projects on both sides. Elaborately knotted sennit fibre construction lined with banana (?) leaves over a wooden frame.

Culture
Fijian
Material
sennit fibre, fibre, wood and stem ?
Made in
Vanua Levu, Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowC1292

Dark-brown bow with thicker and thinner strand of braided fibre cording attached to both ends. Ends of bow taper and are pointed. Portion of fibre at one end hangs down.

Culture
Oceania
Material
wood and sennit fibre
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatC1300

Rectangular mat made of knotted sennit fibre cord. Diamond knotting pattern.

Culture
I-Kiribati
Material
sennit fibre
Made in
Gilbert Group, Kiribati
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gable MaskC1515

Gable mask with an oval, carved face painted in red, black and white with protruding eyes and ears, a protruding tongue, and a series of holes with twined sennit fibre fed through and knotted. A wedge of wood is attached to the top on the reverse, and two wooden loops are carved out of the wood at the bottom reverse.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, sennit fibre and paint
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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