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ArrowIe412

A plain arrow shaft. There is fibre wrapped around the base of the shaft, near the pointed end. The point is made up of five stacked cones having the smallest in the middle with a large band carved with horizontal zig zag lines.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood and fibre
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerC1386 a-b

A round orange-red gourd container (part a) that has a design consisting of a wide horizontal band with black swirls, and dark spirals. The stopper (part b) is rolled bark with a woven grass design around the sides of brown outlines of diamond shapes on a natural background, and a tooth finial at the top.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bark, tusk, gourd fruit and glass
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ceremonial DaggerIe445

A circular clay face with short dark brown feathers on top and a bone point below that is convex on the front side while concave on the back side. The cowrie shell eyes are painted red and are outlined with a black line extending upward toward its respective temple, which in turn, is outlined with white and red. There is a long black line running down along the middle of the face to the end of the nose. The top of the forehead is decorated with small cowrie shells. The lips are pinched to pout out and the mouth area is white.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bone, paint, shell, clay and feather
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ceremonial DaggerIe443

A circular clay face with medium dark brown feathers on top and a bone point below that is convex on the front side while concave on the back side. The cowrie shell eyes are painted slightly red and are outlined with a black line extending upward toward its respective temple, which in turn, is outlined with red and white. There is a long black line running down along the middle of the face to the end of the nose. The top of the forehead is decorated with small cowrie shells. The lips are pinched to pout out and the mouth area is white.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bone, paint, shell, clay and feather
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ceremonial DaggerIe446

A circular clay face with long dark brown feathers on top and a long bone point below that is convex on the front side while concave on the back side. The cowrie shell eyes are outlined with a black line extending upward toward its respective temple, which in turn, is outlined with red and white. There is a long black line running down along the middle of the face to the end of the nose. The top of the forehead is decorated with small cowrie shells. The lips are pinched to pout out and the mouth area is red.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bone, paint, shell, clay and feather
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowC803

The shaft has dark vertically linear designs carved on a natural background above five cane joints. The base of the shaft is wrapped with thin red and natural coloured cane strips. The point is plain dark wood and has a wrapped tip.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
stem ? and wood
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowC1750 a-j

Plain shafts with points in the shape of multiple stacked cones. Some have bands of geometric design emphasized with white. Traces of red pigments remain on some points. Part a: six stacked cones having the smallest ones in the middle while the bottom-most one has a flared base with a band of geometric diamond-shaped patterning surrounded by a double ring at either sides; b: five stacked cones having the smallest ones in the middle with a band of segmented diagonal lines filled in with white in between; c: six stacked cones having the smallest ones in the middle with a band of six white horizontal zig zag lines surrounded by a white horizontal line at either sides; d: four stacked cones having the smallest ones in the middle with two rings; e: seven stacked cones having the smallest ones in the middle with a band of two outlined diamond shapes in white; f: six stacked cones having the smallest ones in the middle with a band of an outlined upward pointing arrow that has an outlined downward pointing arrow on the other side; g: five stacked cones having the smallest ones in the middle with four rings; h: five stacked cones having the smallest ones in the middle while the bottom-most one has a flared base with a wide geometric swirl design; i: four stacked cones having the smallest ones in the middle while the bottom-most one has a flared base with a band of double vertical lines surrounded by a ring at either sides; and j: six stacked cones having the smallest ones in the middle with three multiple fingered rings filled in with white.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, stem ?, fibre, paint and pigment
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Long ArrowC1365

The shaft is carved with an alternating pattern of dark vertically linear and diamond-shapes having a zig zag within designs on a natural background above the cane joints. The base of the shaft, near the pointed end, is wrapped with fibre. The long brown point is painted with black horizontal lines around the middle surrounded by black.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, paint and fibre
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Long ArrowC1360

The shaft is carved with dark vertically linear designs on a natural background above four of the five cane joints with the top most design consisting of triangles. The end of the shaft is wrapped with fibre. The base of the shaft, near the pointed end, has bark (?) wrapped around it. The point has two stacked cones, each with a double base.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, fibre and bark ?
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Long ArrowC1358

The shaft is carved with dark vertically linear design on a natural background above six of the eight cane joints. The end of the shaft is notched and wrapped with fibre. The point is carved with two arrow-barbs near the tip.

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