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ClubC1170

Sword-like club carved from dark brown wood with geometric designs carved in shallow relief. Club end is paddle-shaped with a prominant horizontal rib on both sides.

Culture
Samoan
Material
wood
Made in
Savai'i, Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC642

Plain, straight, cylindrical, brown wood handle with woven bands and a star-shaped black stone head. Star type. The head is a seven-pointed star. Above the head, there is a long woven band at the end of which, there are feathers. Below the head, there is a woven ring band, a shorter woven band, and a darker woven ring band.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
plant fibre, stone, wood and feather
Made in
Rigo, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC674

Wide sword-shaped brown wood club. 'Blade' has four vertical designs of spiral scroll lines bordered by a zig zag band at either end along with three shorter ones vertically downward near toward the middle, one side of which also has a band of circles in between. Emphasized with white chalk. 'Blade' flares outward to a flat blunt end. The 'grip' flares outward to a spiral and scroll design around the base with a simpler design around the base of the 'pommel'.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
chalk stone and wood
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LadleA7304

A yellow-brown wood ladle with a deep, curving bowl and a handle that is flat on the interior and rounded on the exterior.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
yellow cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SealN1.223

Seal carved from one piece of beige and black agate with a tree, a rock, a fisherman, and a boat depicted on one side in relief and emphasized with paint (?). The seal has a rounded top, a rectangular box-shaped body and a seal surface carved with Chinese characters.

Culture
Chinese
Material
agate mineral and ink ?
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC741

Cylindrical, brown wood piece that has slightly flared ends. One end is flatter while the other end is more conical. The handle is carved with a horizontal row of chevrons at the end and a longer section of rough dots above while the rest is plain.

Culture
Fijian
Material
wood
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerK5.44 a-b

Long, thin, wood container (part a) with incised line patterns on the body of diagonal lines creating triangular shapes. A horizontal grooved line goes around near the bottom end. There is a small handle on one side near the top. Neck is covered in a woven copper wire collar. Has a rolled fabric stopper (part b).

Culture
Shona
Material
wood, copper metal and fibre
Made in
Zimbabwe
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceD2.51

Necklace composed of twelve long strands of beads held together with seven leather strips through which the strands are strung; the four uppermost leather strips are halved, leaving an opening for the neck. Held together with cloth thongs and a leather strips at the top; beaded fringe at bottom. Alternating rows of blue and black glass beads, brass beads, and elongated polished bone beads. Geometric patterning. Yellow glass beads at the bottom of the fringe.

Culture
Plains
Material
glass, brass metal, bird bone, skin and fibre
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerK5.141

Brown medicine horn with green, black, red, blue, and white beads strung on thread and wound around the top rim of the horn. White beaded handle is attached to both sides of the opening of the horn. There are two paper labels attached to the handle, one is white, and one is brown.

Culture
Zulu
Material
horn and glass
Made in
Durban, Natal, South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceD2.53

Long, eighteen-strand beaded necklace. Alternating bands of spherical blue and red beads with elongated tube-like carved bone beads; bands are separated by strips of hide. Upper portion of necklace consists of black spherical beads split into two sections, creating a hole for the head; three strands of carved bone and white and black beads dangle from the back of the necklace, tied together with strips of cloth and hide.

Culture
Plains
Material
glass, bone, skin, fibre and dye
Made in
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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