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Carving720/24

Long wooden piece with eleven projections that angle inward and taper to a point. Central projection is small and rounded. Small flat knobs are found at each end of the piece.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Roof Ornament2633/36

Roof top ornament. Low-fired ceramic ornament that is partially painted in white and black, hollow underneath. A female figure straddles the bowl section with her hands on her thighs. A fish-shaped handle runs over top.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FluteIe370

Flute consisting of hollowed bamboo held together by crisscrossed fibre. Three rings of cassowary feathers, one at the bottom, middle and top. Just below the top ring is a small hole carved out of the bamboo. The top feather ring is woven on tightly with fibre which covers this area. The stopper of the flute, above the top feather ring, is a human male figure standing full front with arms down to the side. His head is disproportionately large to the rest of his body. Standing behind him is small bird which is resting its hands on the shoulders of the human figure. Its long beak extends over the head of the human figure. The creature has ridges along its back. Tassels come out of these ridges. The bamboo and the fibre ties are covered in a black stain.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
human hair, cowrie shell, cassowary feather, sennit fibre, wood, bamboo grass, pigment and fibre
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PotIe369

Bulbous shaped clay pot with rim that flares out. Rectangular shaped handles on either side with rounded ends that curve upwards. Between the handles on both sides are two raised circles, one is set inside the other.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
clay, oil and charcoal
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PotIe367

A deep round clay pot on a pedestal base. Rim has radiating grooves cut all around and a ring coloured brown. White sides are interrupted by two raised brown wavy horizontal lines and eye-like patches. White ends in a wavy pattern, below which, there is brown. Brown darkens near the bottom of pot and on the pedestal. Inside the bowl and in the hollow of the base, there is black from staining or burning.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
clay and pigment
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Canoe BailerIe366

A deep wood scoop with parallel handle ending in a knob. Carved lines on the scoop curve from the mid-point to the base of the handle, joining at a human-like image. Stained black.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
charcoal, oil and wood
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Canoe ProwIe365

Canoe prow that tapers from the concave back to a rounded point at the front where it is carved into a crocodile-like head capped at the nose with a rounded point at the tip. Behind this is a carving of a head with notched rows along the forehead, large eyes and a recurved beak-like nose. The underside is carved with geometric and scale-like designs, and the surface is stained dark brown.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood and stain
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HookIe364

Carved wooden yipwon (hook figure) set in a concaved rectangular piece of wood. There are three hooks, two pointing one direction the other one pointing towards the others. In the centre there is the base of a hook which appears to have broken off. Both of the edges are carved from high to low in opposite directions giving a slightly twisted look to the piece.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gong BeaterIe363

A solid wood stick tapering from a thick use-worn butt to a point at the other end. A wavy, eye-like pattern is carved along the narrow half and is separated from the undecorated butt end by two encircling grooves. The design is stained black on the raised parts and pigmented grey in the incisions. The undecorated wood is light brown.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, clay, oil and charcoal
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DrumIe362

Cylindrical, tapered, hollow wood piece. The bottom third has been carved with geometric designs, the top has texture from the carving. The carved area is narrower than the top. The base has two points that the drum rests on. Fibre is tied around the bottom and halfway up.

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