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HookC1641 c

The hook is 'J' shaped. The upper portion is light brown, blunt at the end and flat on the back side. The lower portion is dark drown, thicker, pointed at the end and rounded on the front and back sides.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HookC1641 d

The hook is 'L' shaped. The upper portion is light brown, blunt at the end and flat on the back side. The lower portion is dark drown, pointed at the end and rounded on the front and back sides.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BoomerangC1495

A rounded wood boomerang that has simple parallel zigzag linear designs which are charred in places on the decorated top side face. This design consists of a double zigzag line (that are parallel to one another but) on either side of a central band of multiple curvi-linear lines that follow the shape of the boomerang. Pairs of vertical dashes are throughout. The back has a wavy texture with diagonal grooves along the convex edge.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arm OrnamentC1732 b

A simple brown circular piece, creating a bracelet-like effect. The sides are flat and carved with an exterior design consisting of a lozenge pattern.

Culture
Torres Strait Islander
Material
coconut nutshell
Made in
“Torres Strait Islands” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arm OrnamentC1732 c

A simple brown circular piece, creating a bracelet-like effect. The sides are flat and carved with an exterior design consisting of a herringbone pattern.

Culture
Torres Strait Islander
Material
coconut nutshell
Made in
“Torres Strait Islands” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arm OrnamentC1732 d

A simple brown circular piece, creating a bracelet-like effect. The sides are flat and carved with a very simple exterior "design" consisting of two triangle shapes.

Culture
Torres Strait Islander
Material
coconut nutshell
Made in
“Torres Strait Islands” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arm OrnamentC1732 e

A simple brown circular piece, creating a bracelet-like effect. The sides are flat and carved with an exterior design consisting of a lozenge pattern.

Culture
Torres Strait Islander
Material
coconut nutshell
Made in
“Torres Strait Islands” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fire StickC1426 a-b

Reddish wood for part a and b has been peeled of all bark. One end of part a is rounded smooth, the other is rounded with a hole in the centre. One end of part b has three circular notches.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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GourdC1427

Decorated baobab fruit with incised and painted figures of a kangaroo and a bird surrounded by abstract patterns.

Culture
Australian
Material
baobab fruit and paint
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BoomerangC1596

Red-brown wood boomerang that has a ridged grooved texture that appears similar to that of having had flakes chipped off. Same texture on both sides. The wood is of a yellow colour along the concave edge near the lower portion of one end

Culture
Australian
Material
wood
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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