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Bag2623/30

Bilum bag woven from multi-coloured dyed bark fibre with banded and checkered designs. A circular design in undyed fibre is woven into the bottom left of one side.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bark fibre and dye
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag2623/29

Bilum bag woven from dyed, twined bark fibre in white, purple and pink horizontal bands, with intermittent vertical bands of the same colours.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bark fibre and dye
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Head Ring2623/28

Five rows of small white shells woven into a band of woven bark fibre. Bark fibre string extends from the band at both sides. A small piece of animal skin with fur is attached loosely at one end of band.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
shell, bark fibre and skin
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace2623/27

Boar tusk and bush banana tips necklace. The tusks are wrapped to the strand of bush banana tips with two types of fibre. The banana tips are strung on a clear plastic fibre.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
nutshell, boar tusk, plastic fibre and fibre
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace2623/26

Simple beaded necklace on corded bark ? fibre. Necklace is half orange, half red beads, with white-black-white combinations interspersed.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
glass, bark fibre ? and dye
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace2623/25

Fragments of plastic red electrical wire casing, strung on bark fibre. Necklace has a single white shell and a wire casing 'tassle' in red and black.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
plastic, bark fibre and shell
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace2623/24

Large polished shell and bush banana tips strung on green plastic string. Shell has two additional holdes at each end, suggested that it had previously been used for a similar purpose.

Culture
Torres Strait Islander
Material
shell, nutshell ? and plastic fibre
Made in
“Torres Strait Islands: Thursday Island” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace2623/23

Necklace made from bush banana tips and Job's tears in alternating sections and strung on clear plastic fibre.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
job's tear seed, plant and plastic fibre
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bullroarer2623/11

Wooden bullroarer, tapered at ends and sides, with small hole and indentation at one end for the corded bark fibre string. Body of bullroarer is carved and painted with linear and zigzag-type designs.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bark fibre, black palm wood and paint
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask2623/10

Abstract tooth-shaped mask. Masonite board base with a layered border of white shell, red seeds, and white beads.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood fibre, shell, seed and glass
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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