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Model House2724/1 a-c

Rectangular model village spirit house (haus tamburan) on 14 dark brown carved stilts has a basketry and clay mask with Cowrie shell eyes hanging at each end and a fringe of reddish grass along the bottom. Woven grass rope roof and walls with two small square openings in each are supported by an inner bamboo frame and floor boards. Wood house post finials carved in the shape of birds sit atop the roof peaks at each end; (b) stands upright with engraved markings on chest and light brown open wings while the darker (c) bends forward and looks down, scalloped wings with dark brown markings pointing upwards.

Culture
Iatmul
Material
bamboo grass, grass fibre, clay, cowrie shell and sisal fibre
Made in
Kaminibit, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shark Calling Rattle2716/28

One part of a three piece artistic representation of the attributes of the "shark caller". Curved fragments of coconut shell, which are strung onto two strips of rattan bound together into a loop handle, make a rattling sound when shaken.

Culture
Malagan
Material
wood, rattan, bamboo grass and coconut nutshell
Made in
Libba, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shark Calling Beater2716/27

One part of a three piece artistic representation of the attributes of the "shark caller". The thick wood beater has bands of red, black and white at one end and a thick rope looped through a hole at the narrowed end.

Culture
Malagan
Material
wood, paint and grass
Made in
Libba, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skirt2763/20

Large rectangular purple and blue batik sarong skirt or textile. The place name "Lifou" is painted on in white near one of the hemmed short ends.

Culture
Kanak ?
Material
cotton fibre, dye and paint ?
Made in
Lifou, New Caledonia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile2763/19

Rectangle of transparent white textile with bright painted decoration. A purple flower with yellow centre hangs above four flower-shaped faces on vine-like orange, yellow, blue and green stalks. The name of the artist is painted in black near one of the hemmed short edges.

Culture
Ni-Vanuatu
Material
paint and cotton fibre
Made in
Vanuatu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket2763/17

Flat, rectangular, light-coloured basket or purse with two long braided grass straps knotted together at the ends. Ends of the vertical strands are left exposed along the bottom in a thick fringe. Shiny strands of blue, yellow and orange are interwoven to create several diagonal bands.

Culture
Murik
Material
bamboo leaf ?, grass, synthetic fibre ? and synthetic dye
Made in
Murik Lakes, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth2763/11

Small rectangle of tapa cloth with smaller rectangular design on one side painted brown, pale red, and black. Central floral motif with four large brown petals and four smaller black ones is set within a large diamond, with identical opposing sides, which is itself set within a circle filled with short black horizontal lines. On either side, a half circle filled with similar motifs is separated two vertical brown leaves.

Culture
Samoan
Material
paper mulberry bark and paint
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drum2763/9

Fat, disc-like drum made of folded coconut husks bound with braided grass rope. Short rope handle is attached to binding.

Culture
Kanak ?
Material
coconut husk fibre and grass
Made in
Lifou, New Caledonia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pot2763/8

Small, heavily glazed dark reddish brown clay pot. The rim flares out slightly from the neck, from which relief coils wind down to join a coil around the belly of the bulbous body with small flat base. Small punches into the clay form wavy lines that fill the upper area.

Culture
Ni-Vanuatu
Material
clay and glaze
Made in
Vanuatu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shell Necklace2763/7

Necklace made of small yellowish shells strung onto plastic thread. Shell-fringed medallion-like pendant is made of blue, green, and yellow plastic raffia wrapped around a disc of cardboard ? and decorated with a ring of shells around a brown seed.

Culture
Tuvaluan
Material
shell, plastic fibre, paper and seed
Made in
Tuvalu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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