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ClubC1285

Flat sword-shaped dark brown wood club. Plain 'blade' tapers to a point. The 'grip' has three vertical designs of Inter-locking scroll with crescent design emphasized with white pigment. Has a simple 'cross-guard' and 'pommel'. As a club it is a very poor shape to hold - possibly a staff of office.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
wood and pigment ?
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PounderC1286

Plain wooden pounder; club-like shape, with splits in wood.

Culture
Western Melanesian ?
Material
wood
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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StaffC1287

Staff with a tapering handle that has a mushroom-shaped finial with floral designs in low relief on top. Bottom of handle broken off.

Culture
Eastern Melanesian ?
Material
wood and stain
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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StaffC1288

Brown wood staff with a cylindrical tapered shape. The finial is cone-shaped with a disc below it. The end of the handle flares outward.

Culture
Eastern Melanesian
Material
wood
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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StaffC1290

Cylindrical, black wooden staff with one flat end and an acorn-shaped finial on the other. Rusted nails at evenly spaced intervals line one side of the staff; remnants of material stuck beneath some nails.

Culture
Oceania
Material
paint, wood and metal
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Decorated BambooC1291

A long cylindrical piece with rough geometric decorations in bands along the entire length.

Culture
Ni-Vanuatu
Material
bamboo grass
Made in
Vanuatu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowC1292

Dark-brown bow with thicker and thinner strand of braided fibre cording attached to both ends. Ends of bow taper and are pointed. Portion of fibre at one end hangs down.

Culture
Oceania
Material
wood and sennit fibre
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC1294

Thin, cylindrical, brown wood handle that has a disc-like finial at the end which has floral designs in low relief at the bottom. At the other end, there is a simple baluster shape with two disc-like shapes at the base and one disc-like shape at the top end.

Culture
Eastern Melanesian ?
Material
wood
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagC1298

Square woven flax bag with geometric designs in yellow and natural colour; weaving pattern in X-like design. The reverse side has vertical strips of fibre, a few in yellow; plain bands of weaving run horizontally. Along the sides are thick layers of yellow and natural coloured fringe. The top has two thin twisted handles with tassels.

Culture
Maori
Material
flax fibre
Made in
New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagC1299

Rectangular woven flax bag with geometric designs in yellow and natural colour; weaving has an X-like shape. The underside is undecorated. Along the sides are thick layers of fringe. The top has two thin twisted handles with tassels.

Culture
Maori
Material
flax fibre and dye
Made in
New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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