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Lime SpatulaC844

Brown-black wood piece that flares upward along the handle where two symmetrical birds are back to back on handle end with spiral patterns. Short 'blade' tapers to a flat rounded point. The space in between has a ridge on either side with a heart-shaped face at the bottom end. Designs emphasized with lime.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
ebony wood and lime mineral
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Lime SpatulaC1088

Brown-black wood piece that has a handle in the form of a crouching human figure. Face has circular eyes and a long nose as well as a brow line. Head has a wide area for the hair. There is a band of triangles around the base of the figure. 'Blade' tapers to a flat rounded point and is perpendicular to the human figure.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
wood
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpatulaC841

Brown-black wood piece that has a handle in the form of two crouching figures with a decorated body. Figures are at right angles to each other. Figures are decorated with hour-glass shapes and crescent-shaped lines. Designs emphasized with lime. Faces have circular eyes, a long nose, and a wide mouth. 'Blade' tapers to a flat rounded point.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
ebony wood and lime mineral
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureC141 a

Oblong, rounded, brown piece that tapers at both ends. Has an animal head that has circular eyes with geometric patterns. There is a thin band around the 'waistline' separating the geometric designs on the head from the rest of the plain body. White clay emphasizes designs.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
clay and palm nut
Made in
Orokolo, Gulf, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowC914

A plain shaft with a long wood point in the shape of four sets of dull barbs. The base of the shaft is wrapped with fibre.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
wood, fibre and stem ?
Made in
Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowC898

A plain shaft that is bound at the end and the base with fibre. There is a long black, red, and white geometric patterned point which is elaborately carved with a central horizontal dotted line surrounded by a disjointed zig zag line and crown-like feature at either end below and a herringbone pattern above. The tip of the point ends in an elongated cone. The end of the shaft is notched.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
fibre, stem ?, wood and paint
Made in
Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpatulaC830

Brown-black wood piece that has a handle in the form of a crouching human figure. Spiral decoration at the junction of the 'blade' and the handle. Carved designs are filled in with white. Face has small circular eyes, a long nose, and a wide smile. 'Blade' tapers to a flat rounded point.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
ebony wood and lime mineral
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowC896

A plain shaft that is bound at the base with fibre. There is a long black, red, and white geometric patterned point which is elaborately carved with a vertically linear ? design below and a diamond-shaped design with an inverted picket-fence-like projection pattern above. The tip of the point ends in an elongated cone. The end of the shaft is notched.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
wood, fibre, stem ? and paint
Made in
Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dart QuiverB773 a-i

Dart quiver and eight darts: a) quiver made from one piece of leaf that has been folded over and the sides sewn with plant fibre to create a long narrow envelope type container; b-d) three darts composed of long, thin sticks with pointed ends and a slightly conical piece of wood near the butt end of each; e-g) three darts composed of long, thin sticks with pointed ends; h-i) two darts composed of a long, thin stick with pointed ends and coated with a black, pithy material, and part i has part of another dart tip stuck to it with this material.

Culture
Bidayuh
Material
stem ?, wood, leaf and plant fibre
Made in
Kalimantan, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceC71

White, round, flat shells are sewn overlapping each other onto a braided fibre, arranged so the largest shells are at the bottom of the necklace and the smaller shells near the ends.

Culture
Micronesian
Material
fibre and shell
Made in
Federated States of Micronesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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