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The shaft is carved with dark vertically linear designs on a natural background above the cane joints. The base of the shaft, near the pointed end, is wrapped with fibre. The point is ornately carved with many barbs. The design is emphasized with red and white pigment.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood and stem ?
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketH2.76 a-b

Square shaped basket (parts a-b) consisting of two square pieces that fit together. The exterior (part a) has a herringbone weave with elaborate geometric maze patterns in black and brown. The rim is reinforced with a splint. Part b has an elaborate weave but is not dyed. Plain string handle attached to part b.

Culture
Shuar ? or Achuar ?
Material
dye, fibre and stem ?
Made in
Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketH2.77

Woven basket consisting of two rectangular pieces, one fitting inside the other. The bottom rims are reinforced with grass and tied with dark sections of bark. The two parts are fastened with cotton twine.

Culture
Shuar ? or Achuar ?
Material
cotton fibre, stem ?, grass and bark
Made in
Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketH2.79

Woven basket consisting of two rectangular pieces, one fitting inside the other. Each is woven in a herringbone pattern and has dark brown edges. The two sections are fastened together with a twisted, tasseled cord.

Culture
Interior Amazonia
Material
cotton fibre, stem ? and bark ?
Made in
Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Raven RattleA2181

Two complementary parts in form of a raven. Reclining figure on raven's back connected to a frog by protruding tongue. Belly emphasized by a bird's face with recurved beak. Blue and red painted design.

Culture
Heiltsuk ?
Material
wood, fibre, paint and lacquer
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleD2.153

Flat circular loop, with feathers and pieces of hoof attached by leather skin that has clasps made of shell?

Culture
Plains
Material
antler ?, feather, leather skin, hoof and shell ?
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleD2.158

The rattle head is made of rawhide. The handle is made of a piece of wood wrapped in red wool and held on by a hide thong wrapped around its length. Head of rattle stained green on one side and orange on the other. Each of the two feathers has two red lines on it. There are small strips of white fur attached to the head. There is a looped band of fur attached to the end of the handle.

Culture
Blackfoot
Material
skin, feather, wood, rawhide skin and wool fibre
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleD2.163

Flat circular bone ? piece tied with thong. Has two pieces of shell ? clasps ? on the leather skin, which has a piece of horn attached.

Culture
Plains
Material
antler ?, leather skin, shell ? and horn
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HookC197 a-b

Two fish hooks. Both have red, blue, and white bead decoration dangling from string at the curved hook. At the other end, there is a two-lobed shape. Tortoise shell hook attached to pearl shell. One hook (part a) is larger than the other (part b).

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
tortoise shell, shell, glass and fibre
Made in
New Georgia, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC289

The tip is coiled with yellow-brown plant fibre, below which, there are the following: five sets of four small barbs; three sets of four increasingly longer barbs; and five sets of four small barbs. The point is decorated with a red and yellow grass sleeve with a horizontal zig zag pattern around a central red diamond shape pattern, a carved band that is emphasized with white and that consists of two figures (each of which has triangular eyes and a double upward pointing nose), and a fibre tuft. Bright red and yellow plant fibre coiling are at either ends of the grass sleeve. The dark brown wood shaft is plain and tapers at the end.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
wood, grass, plant fibre, bone and pigment ?
Made in
Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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