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SkirtC1225 d

Skirt composed of dyed red, orange, and brown knotted grass fringes that hang from a cord waist band.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
grass
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SkirtC1225 b

Skirt made of grass fringe in different lengths and dyed red, orange, and brown. The knotted fringes hang from a waistband.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
grass and dye
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SkirtC1225 a

Skirt made of knotted strands of grass hanging from a twined grass waistband. The grass is dyed red, orange, and brown in vertical stripes.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
grass and dye
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskIe491

Mask, oval shape in shape with a slight narrowing at the bottom; made of a fibre surface mounted on a bamboo support. Depicted is a face in the lower quarter of the mask. The face has round, cutout eyes and a flat protruding mouth with down attached below. Above and around the face is a curving leaf-like pattern along the sides and centre in black and red on a white ground. Design outlined in vines as lines. Long fibre fringe on band along the entire perimeter. Woven hook at the top.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
down feather, paint, fibre and bamboo grass
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DaggerIe424

Geometric and stylized designs are carved into the bone which tapers to a sharp point. There is a carved face with big eyes, a wide nose, and a mouth. There is a hole at the top of each side.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
cassowary bone ?
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Headdress1477/1

Headdress made of woven fibre that forms a cap with long straps attached together to form a criss-crossing pattern inside a u shape that extends down from the cap. The cap and straps are ornamented with off-white cowrie shells, and the woven fibre is dark brown.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
fibre, cowrie shell and pigment ?
Made in
Palembei, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth1448/31

Tapa cloth with overall geometric pattern in light and dark brown repeated ten times and featuring a diamond at the centre of each panel.

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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Headdress1468/1

Headdress made of a woven fibre dome covered in brown and black cassowary feathers.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
cassowary feather and fibre
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dance Skirt1448/14

Dance skirt made from a layer of leaves and plant segments(?) at the waistband, under which is a slightly longer layer of dyed purple bark, and finally a longer layer of grass.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
leaf ?, bark, plant, dye and grass
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Carrying Bag1448/13

Carrying bag (bilum) woven from light brown fibre with a geometric line and box pattern on the face in dark brown, red, and blue. The top and bottom edges of the bag are curved.

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