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Band1188/46 c

Band with an oval shape composed of plant fibre with a triangle design in black and white formed by painted clay applied to the surface of the plant fibre and outlined with strips of wood secured to the plant fibre with thinner strips of wood. Plant fibre ties at ends.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
plant fibre, clay, wood and paint
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagC1229 c

Bag woven from off-white and grey-brown palm leaf and red-brown bark to form geometric designs. Several fringes along top edge with two woven loop handles.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bark and palm leaf
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagC1238

Bag with a rectangular shape woven with alternating colours of bark as well as off-white and light brown grass to form a geometric design. Top edge finished with several fringes. Two flat woven handle straps attached at top.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
grass and bark
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC642

Plain, straight, cylindrical, brown wood handle with woven bands and a star-shaped black stone head. Star type. The head is a seven-pointed star. Above the head, there is a long woven band at the end of which, there are feathers. Below the head, there is a woven ring band, a shorter woven band, and a darker woven ring band.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
plant fibre, stone, wood and feather
Made in
Rigo, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskIe447

Mask based on the top of a turtle shell for the face. Face is painted white with red contour lines and a black chin. Face is outlined by a black line which also goes down along the nose, creating a heart-like form. Eyes are each made out of a cowrie shell and are outlined by a black line that tapers to a point at the outer side. Nostrils are red outlined by black. Thirty-seven other shells are surrounding the face. Red clay molded ears. Mask is surrounded by a seven layer coil of red plant bark, or root? Hanging plant fibre cord at the top centre.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
turtle shell, clay, fibre, cowrie shell and paint
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskIe448

Mask based on the top of a turtle shell for the face. Face is painted white with red circular lines around the eyes that are surrounded by two black circular lines. Face is outlined by a black line which also goes down along the nose, creating a heart-like form. Eyes are each made out of a cowrie shell. Nostrils are black and red. Small red mouth. Twenty-one other shells are around the top portion of the face. Red clay molded ears. Mask is surrounded by a nine layer coil of brown plant bark, or root? Long, thin brown-black feathers are at the top of the head. Hanging plant fibre cord at the top centre.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
turtle shell, paint, fibre, shell, clay and feather
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Suspension HookIe452

Carved male figure hook. Black wooden hook in the form of a human figure with a crescent-shaped base, with inlaid cowrie shell eyes. The ears curl around. Underneath the large nose, there is a curving beak-like mouth that extends downward to the belly. Carved with upraised eyebrows and a hair line. From the wide shoulders, the thin arms rest to the sides. Has genatalia. The knees are slightly bent forward and the feet are resting on the base. A brown piece of plant fibre is tied around the upper body.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, cowrie shell and plant fibre
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskIe451

Open-work basketry woven mask of plant fibre that tapers from the sides to a long vertical point, creating the nose with a circular eye on either side surrounded by a vertical oval. From the top of the head, there are three flat levels of radiating zig zag bands. Natural brown.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
plant fibre
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureC141 a

Oblong, rounded, brown piece that tapers at both ends. Has an animal head that has circular eyes with geometric patterns. There is a thin band around the 'waistline' separating the geometric designs on the head from the rest of the plain body. White clay emphasizes designs.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
clay and palm nut
Made in
Orokolo, Gulf, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PaddleIe471

Brown wood paddle that has a long cylindrical handle tapering to a rounded knob and then a point at the end. At either ends of the knob, there are five incised horizontal bands. Geometric shaped lines are carved on the handle near the paddle end. The blade has an elongated ovate shape.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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