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SpearC290

The tip is coiled with yellow-brown plant fibre, below which, there are the following: three sets of four small barbs; three sets of four increasingly longer barbs; and seven sets of four small barbs. The point is decorated with a red and yellow grass coiling, a carved band that is emphasized with white and that consists of two figures (each of which has triangular eyes along with three upward pointing triangles below), and a carved ball. The red-brown wood shaft is plain.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
wood, bone, grass and fibre
Made in
Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC303

The tip is coiled with red and yellow plant fibre, below which, there are the following: five sets of four small barbs; three sets of four increasingly longer barbs; and five 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 eyes with a wide, diamond-shaped nose), and a fibre ball. The dark brown wood shaft is plain.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
wood, fibre, stem ? and bone
Made in
Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC1519

The tip is coiled with yellow-brown plant fibre, below which, there are the following: six sets of four small barbs; three sets of four increasingly longer barbs; and ten 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 consists of two figures (each of which has eyes, a bulbous nose, a wide smiling mouth, and hands resting below the belly), and a fibre tuft. The dark brown wood shaft is plain.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
bone, fibre, grass and wood
Made in
Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureC344

Standing female figure. Features are carved. Has tapering oval inlaid eyes, a nose, a closed red mouth, and a white line around the face that goes around above the eyes and angles downward near either cheek side. Hair is white in a grooved and upraised square pattern. Body is black. Armbands around the biceps consist of seventeen white bands below the wider red wood band. Belt is cream-coloured with red along the top. Ear ornaments are circular white hoops that have a black ridge around the middle. Anklets and bracelets are in white and red. Wood necklace is carved with five red bands and three white 'beaded' sections . Also has a deep pink-red beaded necklace with wiring. Has galvanized iron handle at the back.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
shell, paint, wood and glass
Made in
New Georgia, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Male FigureC345 a-c

Standing male figure (part a) with arms bent upward at the waist. Has tapering oval inlaid eyes, a nose, a closed mouth, and a white line around the face that goes around above the eyes and angles downward near either cheek side. Hair is white in a grooved and upraised lozenge pattern. Body is black. Fibre bands are wrapped around the biceps that consist of eight horizontal white bands below the wider red wood band around the upper portion that has a vertical zigzag pattern. Large necklace around the neck consists of a white circular loop with three rectangular pendants below, the left one of which has white, red, and blue beads and red fibre coiled around the top. Wears a white waist belt and leg bands just below the knees. Left hand holds a shield (part b) and right hand holds an axe (part c). The shield is made of light yellow wood that is pointed at both ends and painted with a black design at either end. The smaller end has a face(?) with oval grey eyes surrounded by three emanating horizontal black lines with a long nose that extends downward into a w-shaped mouth. The larger end has a horizontal black band that has nine plain boxes within and from which, a black line that is interrupted by a square hole and that extends downward toward the tip end along the centre into a w-shape. Fibre is attached at the back of the shield. The wooden axe has a slighty convex, curving red-brown shaft that tapers to a point and has a black arched blade at the other end with an upward pointing triangular feature just above the handle end.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
wood, paint, glass and fibre
Made in
New Georgia, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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StaffC363

Orange-red brown wood staff with a finial in the form of a nude male figure with inlaid oval shell eyes surrounded by a dark area. The hands rest on the belly just above the navel. Has breasts and genitalia. On top of the head, there is a truncated conical shape with a rounded bulb at the end. The shaft is short and plain and flares slightly downward and outward at the handle end.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
shell and wood
Made in
Aola, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC515

Plain, tapering, dark brown wood shaft with a slim point. A sharp point has broken off but the pitch used to hold it remains. Underneath the point, there is a downward flared conical shape with a very wide, grooved band below and an upraised ridge around underneath to mark the shaft.

Culture
Eastern Melanesian
Material
wood and resin
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC512

Plain, brown wood shaft with a bone point that has many small barbs along each side. The point is set into the shaft with a pitch material. Along the upper portion of the shaft, there is a pyramidal shape followed by a plain section with a horizontal, upraised band below and a wider, horizontal, upraised band underneath.

Culture
Eastern Melanesian
Material
wood, plant fibre, resin and bone
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC506

Plain dark brown-black wood shaft with lime and red rubbed into carved areas. The base of the point has three horizontal, rounded rings; a downward pointed, truncated conical shape; a wide, horizontal, grooved band; a truncated conical shape; and a cone at the tip. Along the lower end of the shaft, there are is a rectangular shape with two horizontal, rounded rings at either end. Under this shape, the shaft bulges slightly and then tapers down at the other end.

Culture
Eastern Melanesian
Material
wood and lime mineral
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC1069

Chipped blade set in wood which is set in a cane shaft. Geometric designs outlined with string and accented with small discs (seeds or bones). Obsidian blade is a triangle in cross section and is flat along one edge while curving inward to create a point along the other edge. From the base of the point, the design is as follows: white diamond shapes surrounded by red; and three sets of four small discs along sets of red or white diamond shapes surrounded by black.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
resin, wood, plant fibre, stem ?, obsidian stone, seed ? and paint
Made in
Admiralty Islands, Manus, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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