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Headdress988/2

Large woven headdress, rectangular in shape with rounded corners. The front edge is lined with a row of white buttons. Attached to the sides are three strands with red seeds and large pieces of shell on the ends.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
leaf, shell, seed and glass
Made in
Paiella, Enga, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureIe493

Conical shaped woven basketry figure with two faces depicted. Top face is larger than the lower face, it has a tapered forehead that ends with a fibre, looped handle and is decorated with small feathers. Both faces have oval shaped holes for eyes, an opening for a mouth, a protruding nose and ears along with sennit fibre beards. Each face is painted white with brown and orange detailing. The bottom edge is wrapped with long pieces of fibre.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
fibre, wood, sennit fibre, paint and feather
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskIe492

Large, carved wooden shield, oval in shape painted black and brown with pigment. Carved in relief are two large birds, one at the top facing upwards, the other at the bottom facing downwards. The beaks of the birds curve down into the shield, the eyes are inlaid with cowrie shells the feathers are incised and their wings are spread wide. The top bird has a long tail while the bottom bird’s tail forms in the mouth of a human face. The head is a slightly protruding forehead, a high brow that exaggerates the large eye sockets; the eyes are inlaid with large cowrie shells. The nose is large and pointed with a hollow septum and a piece of fibre twine tied through. The mouth is triangular with bared teeth. The background is painted and incised with a repeating stylized pattern. The underside is hollowed. There is a fibre twine looped tie at the top.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
paint, shell, wood and fibre
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt814/10

Girl's belt formed of six wool strands tied together at one end with pieces of fibre twisted in. There are sections of blue and yellow.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wool fibre, sisal fibre ?, palm leaf and dye
Made in
Olubus, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt814/6

A brown flat piece curved around so that the ends overlap. Woven over the flat curved piece, there is a dark brown and light brown geometric design which ends wrapped around a stick at both ends attached to the flat curved piece through two holes.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
rattan ? and bark
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Chain814/5

A long closed chain with links made of plant fibre.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
plant fibre and bark ?
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace814/3

A long necklace of shells connected with fibre string and a pendant made of a shiny-orange long flat curved shell.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
shell and fibre
Made in
Enga, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ornament814/2

A small turtle shell with a string attached.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
turtle shell and fibre
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Toy814/1 a-d

A small toy car (part a) with a detached wheel (part c) and a wheel (part b) attached to an axle (part d).

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bamboo grass and wood
Made in
Olubus, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth1188/44

The tapa cloth is natural in colour with designs painted in reddish-brown and gray. There are eight squares all together; two rows of four. The squares are defined by thick brown lines outlined with gray. All the squares have a diagonal line in the centre. The rest of the square is filled with snake-like lines and small coloured-in shapes. All the lines and shapes are brown and outlined in gray then surrounded by a dotted gray line. The cloth is painted on one side only.

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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