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ContainerC109

A plain round orange-red container made from a gourd. The stopper is rolled bark with a woven grass design around the sides of yellow and brown vertical zig zags and a carved head finial at the top. The head is carved with circular eyes, a nose from which radial grooved lines go along, and a notched mouth. A string goes through two holes opposite each other around the sides of the gourd.

Culture
West Papuan
Material
wood, fibre, grass and gourd fruit
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowC803

The shaft has dark vertically linear designs carved on a natural background above five cane joints. The base of the shaft is wrapped with thin red and natural coloured cane strips. The point is plain dark wood and has a wrapped tip.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
stem ? and wood
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketB151

Open weave basket with closely woven liner inside. Palm leaf strap attached to outer top rim.

Culture
Sakai
Material
palm leaf and stem ?
Made in
Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearK5.159

Spear with triangular spearhead that has a short cylindrical shaft with two raised bands at the top. The spear is secured to the long wooden shaft with woven stem ? decorated with horse hair that points towards the end of the shaft. The wooden shaft has been painted black.

Culture
Zulu
Material
wood, iron metal, horse hair fibre, stem ? and paint
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatB137

Circular, dome-shaped hat made from leaves with banding around the rim. A circular fabric piece with geometric red and white stitching arranged concentrically around a star design with a mirrored inset caps the hat's centre. Palm leaf painted or stained a red-brown colour, sewn to the rim and embroidered.

Culture
Malay
Material
fibre, stem ?, palm leaf and stain ?
Made in
Malacca, Maluku, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeltC630

A long very wide strip of coiled bark carved with geometric designs emphasized with white. The design consists of an alternating pattern of compressed six-pointed stars and four-pointed stars each having a dot with a double outline at its centre. The border consists of an inner horizontal line of notches and an outer horizontal line of zig zags.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bark, fibre and clay
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlC592

A big brown wood bowl that has a hemispherical shape with a raised ridge at rim, which has a zig zag border pattern all around the edge emphasized with white pigment. Two holes are made at the rim on opposite sides to each other.

Culture
Massim
Material
wood
Made in
Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowC877

The shaft is without linear designs above the cane joints. The base of the shaft, near the pointed end, is wrapped with an alternating natural and red coloured thin cane strips. The point is plain dark wood with a coil-wrapped tip.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
stem ? and wood
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CombC611

A plain handle which tapers to a mushroom-shaped finial, below which there are two horizontal rings carved at the top under the finial. Twelve long teeth fan outward radially. Twisted fibre cord is coiled around the middle.

Culture
West Papuan
Material
fibre and bamboo grass
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CombC606

A plain handle which tapers to a square finial. Ten long teeth fan outward radially. Twisted fibre cord is coiled around the middle.

Culture
West Papuan
Material
plant fibre and bamboo grass
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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