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ClubC728

Cylindrical, brown wood handle with the head formed by the stubs of the surface roots and the tap root. Head has eleven protrusions all around and a flat point at the end. The handle has a design at the end that consists of wide vertical rows of ziz zags with plain lines in between and bordered by a horizontal band of zig zags at either end.

Culture
Fijian
Material
wood
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC1494

Cylindrical, red-brown wood handle with the head formed by the stubs of the surface roots and the tap root. Head has six protrusions all around and a flat point at the end. The handle has a design at the end that consists of vertical rows of ziz zags with plain lines in between and a horizontal row of zig zags above.

Culture
Fijian
Material
wood
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WeaponC719

Short, dark brown wooden spear-like weapon; leaf-like blade with a raised rib down the centre of both sides.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
wood and stain ?
Made in
Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC741

Cylindrical, brown wood piece that has slightly flared ends. One end is flatter while the other end is more conical. The handle is carved with a horizontal row of chevrons at the end and a longer section of rough dots above while the rest is plain.

Culture
Fijian
Material
wood
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC739

Plain, cylindrical, brown wood piece that has slightly flared ends. One end is flatter while the other end is more rounded. No decoration.

Culture
Fijian
Material
wood
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Eel TrapC828

Eel trap with latticework walls composed of strips of wood lashed together with twined plant fibre. The entrance to the trap is a cylindrical hole with a flap that opens to the inside of a rectangular compartment with an opening covered by a plant fibre net. There are two square flaps in the roof of the trap that open to the remaining space inside the trap. The roof above the opening is arched, and the roof at the opposite end of the trap comes to a point at the centre. Two wooden bars are attached vertically to both sides of the trap.

Culture
I-Kiribati
Material
wood, fibre and plant fibre
Made in
Gilbert Group, Kiribati
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TrapC894 a-b

Trap made from shafts of bamboo split into multiple strips and held together with bark strand lashings to form a cavity at the centre with two pieces of wood lashed across the bottom where there is an opening. A wooden float with tapered ends is attached to one side to act as a float. A second float (part b) is detached from the object.

Culture
Tahitian
Material
wood, bark and bamboo grass
Made in
“Society Islands: Tahiti” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model HouseC736

Model house on stilts with a door, a wooden plank floor, and a plain gable roof. Constructed from palm leaves folded over wooden sticks and secured with thin sticks woven through slits in the leaves, and these are secured over a wooden frame with twined plant fibre.

Culture
Fijian
Material
palm leaf, wood and plant fibre
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model CanoeA401 a-b

A painted brown wood model canoe (part a) with a human figure (part b). The interior of the canoe (part a) has an inner red rim and three horizontal rectangular bench seats, each of which has a hole drilled through the middle. The vertically grooved blue bow has an animal figure carving with big bulging black eyes, upraised three-lobed black eyebrows, an open mouth tha has red lips, and plain teeth, a red nose, and a blue body. The plain blue stern has a painted abstract motif consisting of a central circular blue eye that has teeth toward the middle of the boat and red extensions following the contours of the boat end. A human figure (part b) with a hat is sitting on a bench. The figure (part b) is sitting in a crouching, and curling position with its knees bent, and its elbows bent directly above with three curling figures for each hand. The figure's black eyes are surrounded by a dark blue area with black eyebrows above and a red mouth with a red body. The red and blue hat is cylindrical at the top and flares downward and outward at the bottom.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
paint and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlA406 a-b

A wood dish (part a) in the form of a beaver, with a lid. The dish (part a) has a black body with the black eyes surrounded bya a blue area. The mouth is open with teeth, two of which curve to loop outward. The black nose has nostrils. The small ears at the top are painted pink-red. The paws and the rim are painted pink-red. The tail is carved with a lattice work pattern. The lid (part b) has a human head design with a black killer whale fin on the head. The human head's black eyes are surrounded by a blue area with black eyebrows above. The red mouth is slightly open, and there is a big nose. The arms are resting on top of the lid in a W-like shape. The killer whale fin has a hole outlined with pink-red. The top of the lid is black. The rim of the lid has an alternating pattern of black and natural brown coloured diagonal bands.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
paint and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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