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Spear2642/9

Light brown coloured wooden spear with yellow-brown woven plant material near the tip of the spear with dark brown resin that holds seven sharp spikes on each side of the tip.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bone ?, resin ?, wood and bamboo grass
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HookC1318

Rounded wooden shaft decorated with abalone shell inlay along the inner concave curve. Bone barb secured with a twisted string. Has no leader.

Culture
Maori
Material
wood, abalone shell, fibre and bone
Made in
New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeadrestC1031

Curved piece of bone tied and supported by two inverted "u" shaped wood legs. Tapered legs with wide square feet.

Culture
Fijian
Material
wood and whale bone
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HookIg402

J shaped hook with long braided cord wrapped around one end and plain cord wrapped around other end to secure bone; the bone barb has broken off; heavy cord line.

Culture
Western Melanesian
Material
bone, fibre and wood
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HookIg403

J shaped wooden hook with thick braided cord attached to one end and thinner cord wrapped around other end to secure bone barb; heavy cord line.

Culture
Western Melanesian
Material
bone, fibre and wood
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC1740

Plain, dark brown wood pointed spear with one bone barb secured by string. The end of the long shaft is wrapped with beige cloth.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood, resin, fibre and bone
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC1497

The tip is coiled with red plant fibre, below which, there are the following: five sets of four small barbs; two 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 and that consists of two figures (each of which has circular eyes in a double diamond shape outline and a double upward pointed nose), and a fibre tuft bordered by string at either end. Bright red and yellow plant fibre coiling are at either ends of the grass sleeve. The red-brown wood shaft is plain and tapers at the end.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
bone, grass fibre, wood and pigment ?
Made in
Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC1576

Eight barbed prongs set into shaft which is painted in white and red sections. The wood fore-shaft is set into the reed shaft. Base of the reed shaft is wrapped with stem ? or fibre. Wood fore-shaft is painted white at either end. Base of the wood fore-shaft is also wrapped with stem ? or fibre. Remnants of prongs are at the end.

Culture
Australian
Material
bone, resin, plant fibre, wood, stem ? and paint
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC1577

Three prongs are firmly set into a brown wood shaft. Each prong has a barb. The shaft is painted in sections of white, black, and red from bottom to top.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood, plant fibre and bone
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC1578

Long, tapering, brown wood shaft with a point that has one barb.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood, resin, plant fibre and bone
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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