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Lime Container1461/7

A light brown container with the upper half having an oval-like shape and the lower half having a round shape. The design consist of spirals, zig zags, straight lines, and dots. Through a hole at the top there is a fibre looped cord tied. Within the container is a piece of woven fibre.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
gourd fruit and fibre
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spoon1461/3

A wide bowled spoon. The handle has a hole in the middle of the top central part where it is edged at the top with four protruding grooves, and there is a protruding vertical rectangle at each side.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
coconut nutshell
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skirt1188/46 b

Skirt made of dyed lengths of orange-brown grass looped over two lengths of blue cord at the waist that extend beyond the edges of the skirt to form ties.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
fibre and dye
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Band1188/46 d

Band of curled plant fibre with white clay and black painted triangle design along the edges. The plant fibre is lashed together on the reverse with strips of wood(?).

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, clay, plant fibre and paint
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ancestor Spirit MaskIe490

Large mask made from wood fibre with a painted clay cover. Conical shape. Eyes are a double "6" shape with white, black, and brown concentric circles. Nose is broad and cross shaped, leading to a large open mouth. Pointed ear projections with curving ridges joining ears with top of mask. Fringed skirt around perimeter at base.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood fibre, paint and fibre
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FluteIe489

Flute consisting of a large piece of bamboo, bound with two sets of fibre ties and two cassowary feather rings at the top, middle and bottom. The stop of the flute is a carved kneeling man facing outwards with a large, crooked beak bird standing behind him with its chest pushed out and its wings behind its back standing on a jagged board. The bird and human figure has inlaid cowrie shell eyes and are detailed with white and brown pigment. The figures, the bamboo and the fibre ties on the bamboo are covered in a black stain.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
cassowary feather, bamboo grass, wood, stain, pigment and cowrie shell
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DrumIe488

Carved wood drum with an hourglass-like shape. There is a rounded, rectangular shaped handle on the side; opposite is a carved, cutout design of two bird figures. The central surface is detailed with an incised geometric design with white pigment in the cuts. Reptile skin is resting on the top of the drum; binding is missing.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
reptile skin, wood, lime mineral and stain
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ancestor MaskIe487

Carved wood ancestor mask consisting of a head with an elongated brow; a long nose, mouth. The top of the head is decorated with cassowary feathers and two rows of cowrie shells. The forehead, sides and chin of the face are painted with black pigment and are inlaid with rows of numerous small shells. The face is decorated with white and black detailing on a brown ground. There is a long, cylindrical shaped piece of wood that stretches from the bottom of the nose to the bottom of the mask that makes up the body of a crocodile; on the end is the reptiles head which faces downwards. The lower sides and bottom are lined with small bundles of sennit fibre.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
fibre, cassowary feather, wood, shell, lime mineral, cowrie shell, charcoal pigment and pigment
Made in
Tambanum, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureIe472

Figure depicting a standing female decorated with red seeds on the eyes and stomach, a fibre fringe threaded through the nostrils, and stained dark brown overall. The figure has a painted face in white and yellow as well as stomach and chest markings in white. She wears a sennit fibre skirt with tufts of sennit fibre at the top of the head. Decorated with feathers at the neck and front right leg.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, seed, feather, sennit fibre, paint and stain
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PaddleIe470

Brown wood paddle that has a long cylindrical handle slightly tapering to a carved crocodile head. Geometric incised 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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