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Armband988/6

Black band thickly woven in a herringbone-like pattern.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
stem ?
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Armband988/5

Brown-grey circular band woven in a herringbone-like pattern.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
stem ?
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Armband988/4

Brown-grey wreath-shaped object made of thick, woven stems (?).

Culture
New Guinea
Material
stem ?
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Armband1203/1

A piece which has wood sticks attached to each other with metal wire. The wood sticks are curved around to make a conical-like shape with one end larger than the other and then tapering down to a smaller end. The piece is covered with seventeen horizontal rows of cowrie shells and one vertical row of cowrie shells at the larger end.

Culture
Naga
Material
cowrie shell, wood and metal
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Armband424/8 b

Feathered armband consisting of numerous green and red feathers, with black colouring, bound together with fibre twine which is wrapped around a small rope of braided black hair. The end of the rope has thin twine wrapped around it along with a green fabric tie.

Culture
Kayapo
Material
feather, plant fibre, hair and cotton fibre
Made in
Mato Grosso, Brazil
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArmbandSf1161

Armband for the lower arm, woven so that one end has long warp tassels from end of pattern while the other end is looped with cord running through the length of the warp.

Culture
Mayoruna
Material
palm fibre
Made in
Peru ? or Brazil ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Armband1243/5 e

The armband has a thick overall black fibre fringe and a black fabric band with two thin ties. The armband is made from pieces of black fibre sewn together into the black fabric band.

Culture
Sri Lankan
Material
wool fibre ?, dye and cotton fibre ?
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArmbandEd1.297 a-b

Pair of arm bands for the lower arm shaped like cylinders tapering to the wrist. Arm bands are made of parallel lengths of bamboo with a circle of rubber inserted through holes in the bamboo lengths at each end, onto which are threaded bamboo cylinders that serve as spacers between the ends of the lengths of bamboo.

Culture
Korean
Material
bamboo grass and rubber
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArmbandEd1.296 a-b

Pair of cylindrical armbands for the lower arm, made by interlacing lengths of rattan to form figure 8 shapes parallel to the length of the cylinder. The shapes are attached to each other with wrapping made of rattan skin. Each cylinder ends in a double circle of rattan at the narrower end of the cylinder, and a single circle at the wider end. The circles are covered with wrapping of rattan skin, which also attaches the ends of the figure 8s to the circles.

Culture
Korean
Material
rattan
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArmbandEd1.295 a-b

Pair of cylindrical openwork arm bands for the lower arm, tapering slightly to wrist. Arm bands are made of lengths of rattan parallel to the length of the arm interlaced diagonally in a very open weave, and ending in a double circle at each end covered in interlaced wrapping of smooth strips of a white material.

Culture
Korean
Material
rattan, bark ? and grass ?
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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