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Breast OrnamentC156

Slightly curved, flat, iridescent pearl-like piece with the shape of a bird with wings outstretched. Linear design emphasized with black and having a diamond-shaped pattern outline. Lower wings have open work design that consists of six circles at either side. Central diamond shape cut out in the middle surrounded by curvi-linear lines.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
shell and paint
Made in
New Georgia, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Breast OrnamentC157

Heart within an oval. The heart has a black geometric border of diamond shapes that each have a line through them. The v-shape that connects the top of the heart to the oval has a similar pattern to that of the heart. The crescent shape that connects the bottom of the heart to the oval has a black pattern of sideways m's. .

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
shell and paint ?
Made in
New Georgia, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Breast OrnamentC160

A U-shaped pearl-like shell piece with eight teeth at the mouth and a hole at the curved end.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
mother of pearl shell
Made in
Grasse, New Georgia, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentC164

A flat shell disc (kapkap) with a carved, thin, tortoise-shell disk attached over the shell and held in place by the string and tooth. Intricately pierced tortoise-shell placed over white shell. Tortoise-shell has the following concentric designs from the centre outward: cross-like; eight radiating delta-like shapes; thirteen clockwise pointing loops; and sixteen notched triangles.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
tortoise shell, tooth, fibre and shell
Made in
New Georgia, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceC538

Red seed beads in groups of six or seven, with white snail-like shells in pairs; all strung on a a fine light brown plant fibre string.

Culture
Fijian
Material
shell, seed and plant fibre
Made in
Lau, Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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StaffIg404

Tapering, cylindrical, brown-black wood staff with a finial that is in the form of two pairs of symmetrical very stylized figures with scroll and linear patterns emphasized with white pigments. Faces have circular eyes, a long nose, and a wide smile.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
wood and lime mineral ?
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceC950 a-b

Alternating flat circular white shell and dark shell strung with fibre string. Two pieces, one of which (part a) is longer than the other (part b).

Culture
Eastern Polynesian
Material
fibre and shell
Made in
Line Group, Kiribati
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CombC29

A handle which tapers to a finial consisting of three vertical lines of "stacked cones" with a prong-like feature at the end of the middle one. The main design along the handle is consisting of cut-out crescents, triangles, and lozenges. Thirteen medium-sized teeth fan outward radially.

Culture
Samoan
Material
wood
Made in
Savai'i, Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CombC33

A handle which has a finial consisting of five curved notched protrusions with the middle one coming to a point at the top. The main design along the handle is consisting of cut-out vertical zig zag lines, triangles, and star-burst-like shapes. Eleven short teeth fan outward radially.

Culture
Samoan
Material
wood
Made in
Savai'i, Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceC62

Alternating groups of red and white beads on brown fibre. White coloured disk-like shell with a toothed edge hangs as a pendant and is accented by a large blue coloured bead.

Culture
I-Kiribati
Material
glass, shell and plant fibre
Made in
Nonouti, Gilbert Group, Kiribati
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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