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Walking Stick3092/6

Walking stick surmounted by a two-faced head. The two-faced carving has one face with a closed mouth with fangs, and another with an open mouth and protruding tongue. The eyes of each face are inlaid with shell. The staff is made from rough wood (or possibly root?). There is a thick fibrous cord attaching the top of the staff to the main shaft. The cord, handle and carving are all coloured with a reddish-brown ochre pigment.

Culture
Maori
Material
wood, plant fibre, shell and pigment
Made in
New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cape3142/1

Korowai style cape. Garment is woven tightly of a tan coloured wool, with alternating short, thick stripes of tan and black applied to front along both edges and top. A thick black fringe hangs from the bottom, with a few strands double the length of the rest. The body of the cape contains double strands of long black fringe widely spaced, amongst a light covering of feathers and down. The back is undecorated. At top corners are attached twisted ropes of plant fibre, with a smaller piece at bottom right.

Culture
Maori
Material
wool, feather, dye and plant fibre
Made in
New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Club3123/85

Carved wooden club. Weapon is thin with tapering edges and a smooth finish. Head is kidney shaped, with a wide top and a sharply indented curve above a protruding carved figure of a human/bird amalgamation in a sitting position. Figure’s head is large and round, with deeply inset eyes, and a large sharp beak from which emerges a tongue that curves down to make contact with the figure's chest. Arms are bent, hands resting on stomach. Legs are bent at the knees and feet dangle. The handle of the club is short and narrow, culminating in a pommel carved into two circles, one with inset beads of abalone shell on each side at centre, the other with a hole through which is tied a small thong of leather.

Culture
Maori
Material
wood, abalone shell and leather skin
Made in
New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bodice3102/2

Woven bodice. The garment is a long piece of intricately patterned woven wool, wide at centre and narrowing toward ends. The patterns are linear and triangular shapes and motifs in red, black, yellow and white. A braid in the same colours is attached at the top to create shoulder straps. The bodice fastens at the back with a strip of velcro. The interior edges are lined with thin strips of a stiff, loose-weave, polyester fabric.

Culture
Maori
Material
wool fibre, nylon fibre and polyester fibre
Made in
Wellington, North Island, New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skirt3102/1

Skirt composed of strands of alternating beaten and unbeaten flax stalks forming a horizontal striped pattern where the unbeaten stalks are a light yellow colour, and the beaten segments are a dark brown colour. The stalks hang from a woven waistband made of dark brown braided fibre with long ties on each end, also braided.

Culture
Maori
Material
new zealand flax fibre, fibre and dye
Made in
Wellington, North Island, New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skirt3026/1

Skirt composed of strands of alternating beaten and unbeaten flax stalks forming a horizontal striped pattern where the unbeaten stalks are a light yellow colour, and the beaten segments are a dark brown colour. The stalks hang from a woven waistband made of dark brown braided fibre with long ties on each end, also braided.

Culture
Maori
Material
new zealand flax fibre, fibre and dye
Made in
New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cape3011/1

Shoulder cape. Long and narrow with a woven flax band at top that holds four long braided and twisted ties at the upper corners. Long braids of flax are attached to the band and fall down in front of the cape’s open weave middle section, mixing with a thick row of hanging flax stalks at bottom. The stalks are the unprocessed ends of the woven fibre making up the rest of the cape, and create sound when moved. The top half of cape is decorated and reinforced with horizontal stripes of finely woven fibre, dyed brown.

Culture
Maori
Material
new zealand flax fibre
Made in
New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Box2935/1 a-b

Two piece box covered with a carved design. The inside of both sides has a carved-out area in the shape of small, flat eye glasses. The outer surface of both sides is intricately carved in a pattern of swirling lines and precise squares with small points. Part a, the top, has the face of an animal at either end, with a ridged forehead, large round eyes, a protruding nose, and a wide, open mouth with tongue extending down to chest. The interior is smooth and undecorated. The outer surface of the carved top shows an ochre coloured pigment in parts of the decoration as well as one area that has a bit of white in the design.

Culture
Maori
Material
wood and pigment
Made in
New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ceremonial Adze2838/1 a-b

Carved ceremonial adze with small carved stand (part b) to hold blade for upright display. Adze is decorated mainly in three sections: at the top appear to be two entwined creatures, both with circular shell eyes; at centre of handle is another carved creature with circular shell eyes, and another is carved at the butt end. Adze has a long narrow dark green stone blade, which is lashed to the handle with a light yellow-white twine. The stand is wood with a slot carved for the blade and decorative designs carved into the sides.

Culture
Maori
Material
kauri wood, stone, abalone shell and fibre
Made in
Wellington, North Island, New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Manawanui2769/1

Serigraph print with Maori and Musqueam design elements. The circular abstract pattern of a Salish spindle whorl is presented in black, red, white and light brown. Written in pencil outside the lower edge of the design are the print number (96/99), title and signature of all three artists.

Culture
Coast Salish: Musqueam and Maori
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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