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ShieldB465

Roughly rectangular wooden shield with points at both ends and a raised ridge down the centre. Bands of bamboo (?) laid horizontally across the shield at the top and bottom, held in place with zigzagging stitched of dark brown rattan (?); bands continue on reverse. Edges of shield are painted black; centre is painted red-brown. wooden handle on reverse.

Culture
Kayan
Material
wood, paint, bamboo grass ? and rattan ?
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Musical InstrumentB241

Large, lute-like wooden instrument with a solid front and a hollow, open back. An ornately carved neck with two holes at the top rises from the body. Strings and tuning pegs are missing.

Culture
Kayan
Material
wood
Made in
Kalimantan, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blowgun SpearB125

Hollow, dark brown wood shaft has slight swelling at butt to act as a mouthpiece and the metal lance-olate leaf- shaped point is fastened to the other end with three sets of stem ? binding, the lower two of which are wrapped around four times while the top one of which is wrapped around six times.

Culture
Kayan
Material
steel metal, stem ? and wood
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketB53

Dark brown, circular tight weave basket with a carved lipped lid that is secured to the basket by string.

Culture
Kayan
Material
rattan, wood and fibre
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BottleB52

A small rounded red-brown gourd with a carved mushroom cap wood stopper in the neck secured by string.

Culture
Kayan
Material
fibre, wood and gourd fruit
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerB38 a-bb

Red-brown gourd (part a) that has a spiral pattern burned black on brown. Carved cap with a woven cover is attached to the gourd by a piece of string through the cap which is then secured to the side of the gourd by a yellow bead. Twenty-seven dart covers (parts b-bb) made of carved pith are inside the gourd.

Culture
Kayan
Material
bone ?, fibre, wood and gourd fruit
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ear OrnamentB36

Two large tiger claws connected by a cord of beads that has a yellow-white and black checkered pattern with red beads in between. There are two large clusters or yellow-white, black, and red beads around each claw.

Culture
Kayan
Material
fibre, glass and tiger claw
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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