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HookC944

Two pieces of carved shell attached together by fibre to make the hook section secure. There is a small white feather under the fibre wrapping.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
shell, fibre and feather
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ScraperA2.424 b

Round copper scraper blade that fits into the wide end of handle (part a).

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
copper metal
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Penis CoverC114

A hollow cylindrical bamboo grass piece that has an exterior surface design consisting of lozenges, herring bone, and two fish finely done in dark on a light natural-coloured background. There is a long opening approximately three-quarters the length of the case.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bamboo grass
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceC133

Ivory-coloured snail-like shells strung on a cord. The shells are arranged in a layered manner creating a double-pairs effect.

Culture
West Papuan
Material
shell
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceC130

A crescent shape edged in small white shells creating rectangular panels with seventeen perpendicular lines of the same small white shells. A long piece of fibre connects the two ends of the crescent.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
shell, rattan and fibre
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model PaddleC1403

A light brown wood model paddle. Plain handle. Blade has a long pointed lance-olate leaf shape with ridges along the middle of each side.

Culture
Samoan
Material
wood
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketC1450

A circular basket which tapers inward from the widest part at the middle. It has a simple open weave pattern with a design consisting of small panels of brown and red and a horizontal row of upward pointing triangles in open-work pattern around the lower sides.

Culture
Samoan
Material
palm leaf
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CupC540

Plain, thin, light reddish-brown shell cut in half and fairly conical in shape with smooth sides and a point at the end.

Culture
Fijian
Material
shell
Made in
Viti Levu, Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CupC558

Dark brown shell cut in half, twisted and woven handle attached to one side. Fan-shaped handle has two double longitudinal ridged rows. Shell has a point at the end with three equally spaced vertical ridges around the sides.

Culture
Fijian
Material
coconut husk fibre and coconut nutshell
Made in
Viti Levu, Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DishC470

A shallow dark brown wood dish with a roundish leaf shape, pointed at both ends, and having a tab for hanging cord on the under side. Has a rounded bottom.

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