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Shield3383/8

Shield with designs carved in low relief on the concave front. The body has abstract mirrored M-shaped designs in orange-red, outlined in black, with off-white in the negative space. The top of the shield has two large round white eyes, outlined in black with black pupils and a vertical ridge extending down between them. Back is plain with a large vertical carved handle. A loop of plant fibre is tied to the handle with a Jayapura Airport (DJJ) Merpati airlines luggage tag attached.

Culture
Asmat
Material
wood, paint and plant fibre
Made in
Basim, Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shield3383/6

Shield with designs carved in low relief on the convex front. The body has abstract mirrored M-shaped designs in orange-red, outlined in black, with brown in the negative space. The top of the shield has abstract eyes and nose. Back is plain except for a single black line painted horizontally across the shield above a large vertical carved handle.

Culture
Asmat
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear2948/152

Long bamboo and wood spear. Spear point is bound to bamboo shaft with plant fibre and wax. Two lines are carved into the top of the bamboo shaft. Spear point has four pointed barbs staggered along the right side and five along the other side. Bamboo shaft is lighter in colour than the spear point.

Culture
Asmat
Material
bamboo grass, wood, plant fibre and wax
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear2948/151

Long bamboo and wood spear. Wooden spear point bound to bamboo shaft with woven plant fibre and wax. Thin lines circle top and butt end of bamboo shaft. Spear point has four staggered sets of barbs escalating in size and number along the length of the point. Shaft is lighter colour than spear point.

Culture
Asmat
Material
bamboo grass, wood, plant fibre and wax
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear2948/150

Wooden spear. The bamboo shaft is bound to a carved wooden spear point with a small section of woven plant fibre. Three lines are carved under the joint. The carved spear point is quite long and consists of three smaller, rounder sets of barbs, two longer barbs and a thin point. Five thin lines are carved onto the base of the point. The spear point is a darker brown then the bamboo shaft.

Culture
Asmat
Material
bamboo grass, plant fibre and paint ?
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear2948/149

Long bamboo and wood spear. Wooden spear point bound to thick bamboo shaft with woven plant fibre. Thin lines carved around top and butt end of shaft. Spear point is darker than shaft and has two sections of barbs carved in a circular pattern in middle of spear point.

Culture
Asmat
Material
bamboo grass, wood and plant fibre
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear2948/148

Long bamboo and wood spear. Wooden spear point bound to bamboo shaft with woven plant fibre and wax. Spear point carved with alternating circle and triangle patterns. Circles also carved into top and butt end of shaft. Spear point darker then bamboo shaft.

Culture
Asmat
Material
bamboo grass, wood, plant fibre and wax
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear2948/147

Long bamboo and wood spear. Spear is bound to bamboo shaft with woven plant fibre and wax. Spear point is darker then bamboo shaft and has two sets of circular barbs of uniform size. Thin circular lines are carved into the butt end of the shaft.

Culture
Asmat
Material
bamboo grass, wood, plant fibre and wax
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear2948/146

Long bamboo and wood spear with carved bone head. Spear point is curved in the middle and has five barbs on each side. The spear point is bound with string to a narrow wooden shaft, which has traces of white powder on all sides. The wooden shaft is then bound with plant fibre to a slightly larger bamboo shaft. Lines are carved at the top and base of the bamboo shaft.

Culture
Asmat
Material
bamboo grass, plant fibre, fibre, wood and bone
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace2948/100

Shell bead necklace with feather pendant. Necklace consists of a single, closed, strand of bell shaped shell beads. Feather pendant is attached by bending the quill over the plastic cord.

Culture
Asmat
Material
feather, paint, plastic and shell ?
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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