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StoolIe422

Wooden stool. Circular base and top set on four convex legs.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood and stain ?
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DaggerIe355

A dagger with a long, tapered, brown and black bone (human? or cassowary?) blade with a modelled red clay handle in the form of a human head. The face is painted black and white and is inlaid with a cowrie shell for each eye. It has a double headband made of cowrie shells and black curly human hair adhered to the 'head'.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
human hair, cowrie shell, clay and cassowary bone ?
Made in
Korogo, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskIe354

An oblong-shaped mask in blackened wood with cut-out eyes and mouth. Two small bumps on the forehead. Large eyebrows. Top of the head, the upper lip, and the jaw areas have been plastered with red clay, and gum, painted over in black, inlaid with cowrie shells, and human hair, held in place with glue.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
resin, clay, hair, cowrie shell, fibre ? and wood
Made in
Korogo, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CombC612

A simple handle created from the natural extensions of the two outer, two central, and two outer long teeth that fan outward radially. The handle has turquoise beads fastened with hair around the splints. Twenty-five long teeth fan outward radially. The teeth are woven tightly together at a half-way point and are decorated with pink, turquoise, and red glass beads.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bamboo grass, fibre, glass and hair
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SkirtC620

Grass skirt with a fringe made of numerous thin strips of red sennit and grass knotted onto waistband. There is a small knotted tie on one of the ends.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
grass and sennit fibre
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gable BoardC621

Flat, oval shaped wood with a stylized facial design carved in shallow relief. The negative space is covered in a white pigment. The back is undecorated and has a slight, rectangular shaped, tapered protrusion.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
lime mineral and wood
Made in
Orokolo, Gulf, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BullroarerC622

Carved wooden bullroarer with a flat, oval shaped body with tapered, pointed ends. The surface is incised with a repeating geometric pattern of vertical and horizontal lines intermixed with x-shapes. The cuts are detailed with brown pigment while the negative space has white pigment. The top has a hole drilled through and the back is slightly concaved.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
pigment, wood and lime mineral
Made in
Orokolo, Gulf, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WigC623

A wig with the hair secured by being knotted into a woven grass cap. Hair is brown with short curls overall.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
grass and human hair
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerC627 a-b

A plain round orange-red gourd container (part a). The cylindrical coiled stopper (part b) has a woven cover of clock-wise pointing arrows on an open work weave. The rim of the stopper is a yellow, and brown checkered pattern.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
gourd fruit, wood and grass ?
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeltC629

A wide flat circularly coiled bark belt that has elaborate linear geometric designs filled with white clay. Fibre cords are looped through holes at one end and near the middle.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bark, clay and fibre
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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