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Sago Storage PotIe502 a-b

Pot made of clay with a face just below the flared rim and a grass ring (part b) that fits around the base of the pot. The face has raised circular eyes, a ridge around the eyes, and a recurved nose. A series of bean-like shapes in white, black and yellow surround the face with a brown background, a raised black wavy line border, and a series of emanating fin-like shapes in black and white outside the raised line.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
clay, paint and grass
Made in
Aibom, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model CanoeC848 a-c

Wooden model canoe (parts a-c) with one outrigger. The canoe has an oval-like shape with pointed ends, a rounded bottom and interior. The surface is painted red and black with white on the bow and stern which have small sections of shallow engraving. Across the top of the canoe are six pieces of bamboo that extend out to the pontoon and also support twelve thinner stripes of bamboo that run in opposite direction. The pontoon or float (part b) is cylindrical in shape is black with pointed, tapered ends. Inside of the canoe is a small, carved wooden paddle (part c).

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, rattan, bamboo grass, paint, lime mineral and fibre
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket2763/16

Colourful basket with rectangular base and oblong rim, woven with stiff pink, purple, white, green and natural coloured grass. Two looping macrame straps are attached at the top and bright yellow, pink, blue and green grass flowers and tassels decorated the front.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
leaf, grass, plastic fibre and synthetic dye ?
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ancestor Figure2751/1

Tall wood carving of an ancestor figure standing on a mounded base. Covered with carved body tattoos, a mask-like face on each shoulder, a protruding belly, and large genitalia hanging out from behind a bark loin cloth attached to a grass belt, the figure wears an elaborate mask painted in white, red and black pigments. The mask has large cowrie shell eyes, boar tusks sticking out of the nostrils, elaborate earrings, a feather headdress plus fringe of feathers, and is surrounded with a clay border into which are embedded numerous tiny shells.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, clay, feather, grass fibre, paint, cowrie shell, shell, boar tusk and bark
Made in
Kaminibit, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag2729/13

Square-shaped woven bag (bilum) with long macrame strap of twisted grass rope. Thick strips of dyed red and purple leaf ? alternate with brown to create a diamond pattern. Into the front side are woven bunches of brightly coloured yellow, purple, green and pink grass fibres, the one at top centre being a pompom.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
grass, leaf ?, dye, synthetic dye and plant fibre
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skirt814/9

Girl's pulpul of silk and wool twisted strands atached to cords of plant fibre? The hanging strands are blue and white and are in two distinct sections from the waist cord.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
silk fibre, wool fibre, plant fibre and dye
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskIe468 a-e

Part (a) is a long tear drop shaped plywood with three dimensional carved wood head attached centre front. Face has eyes outlined in red seeds, hook nose with open nostrils and long feather and fibre rope through wide indented mouth. Back board and head painted with geometric designs in brown, gold, white and black. White feathers double fringe attach to perimeter with twisted fibre band. Secondary face on board has wide smiling mouth. Attached black and white feather, red seed medallion top piece, back has support material of hat and ridge in wood. Four flat wood leaf shapes (b-e) with black and white zigzag markings, cut white feather surrounds them, attached at an angle to a stick bound with fibre and white feather down.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, paint, fibre, shell, feather and skin
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Loincloth814/8

Wool loincloth in an oval-like shape with one straight end, rounded sides and two rounded points at the other end. The cloth is grey with dark blue repeating stripes.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wool fibre, silk fibre and dye
Made in
Olubus, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Head OrnamentC115

Braided strands that are bound together at the upper mid-way point to create tassels, all of which are being held together and bound across the top to create a fringe-like effect. Has braided and twirled extended ends at either side.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
fibre and feather ?
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth1448/9

The cloth is rectangular and natural coloured with stripes of red and blue-gray. The blue-gray stripes are wide with diagonal rows of diamonds left natural coloured and painted red. The blue-gray stripes are flanked by thin red ones. The natural coloured spaces in between the stripes are decorated with borders of small blue-gray lines.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
paper mulberry bark and paint
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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