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Model CanoeC924

Wooden model of an outrigger canoe with two rectangular shaped plaited woven sails with red designs and a deep, rectangular shaped hull. Attached to the centre is a rectangular shaped deck that supports the sails and the outrigger. The bow and stern are decorated with triangular-like shaped boards with red detailing. The bottom of the canoe is cylindrical shaped with tapered ends that are engraved with a crocodile. The outside of the canoe is decorated with black and red fish, figures and abstracted designs. The outer wall of the deck is detailed with two protruding head-like figures painted red and black. The outrigger is attached with three narrow, cylindrical shaped pieces of wood.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, leaf, paint and plant fibre
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model CanoeC926

Model canoe with two crab claw sails and a lean-to-like cabin at each end connected by a low wall on each side.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
palm bark, leaf, wood, fibre and dye
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model CanoeC928

Canoe is red, black, and white with decoration on bow and stern. Wood scaffolding between canoe and outrigger. Two large sails on two masts.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
rattan, leaf and wood
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC1018

Red-brown hardwood tip and blade (one side flattened) joined to a hollow, cylindrical, light yellow-brown bamboo handle with rattan wrap. The shaft has a section painted with a design that consists of a curvi-linear design with a face on the top and has horizontal lines above and cross hatching below.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bamboo grass, wood and fibre
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagC1234 b

Large nettle bag (bilum) in a trapezoidal-like shape, round and wide at the bottom then tapering to the top. On either side of the slit opening is the end of a woven handle. The body of the bag is detailed with two zigzag bands in maroon and green along the top; a band of maroon and green stripes followed by another zigzag band; all on a natural ground.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
nettle fibre and dye
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagC1234 c

Large nettle bag (bilum) in a trapezoidal-like shape, round and wide at the bottom then tapering to the top. On either side of the slit opening is the end of a woven handle. The body of the bag is detailed with maroon and green stripes that border the wide, central band with a triangular pattern, all on a natural ground.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
nettle fibre and dye
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagC1234 d

Large nettle bag (bilum) in a rounded rectangular shape with the sides angled inward to the top. On either side of the slit opening is the end of a woven handle. The body of the bag is detailed with two bands of a maroon and green stripes intermixed with a checkered pattern followed a single, solid maroon stripe; all on a natural ground.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
nettle fibre and dye
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagC1234 f

Large nettle bag (bilum) in a square shape with a slight taper along the sides to the top. On either side of the slit opening is the end of a woven handle. The body of the bag is detailed with maroon, brown and yellow stripes; a wide, central band with a maroon triangular and rectangular pattern followed by a band of maroon and brown stripes; all on a natural ground.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
nettle fibre and dye
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceC1235

Shells forming an image of a face. Hanging below the face, there are feathers attached at the bottom of vegetable fibres and which are free from the red cloth above it. Boar's tusks are attached by vegetable fibres above the face. Cowrie shells are woven on. Feathers are woven into the fibre.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
boar tusk, feather, conch shell, spondula shell and fibre
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa ClothC1236

Tapa cloth painted with a design in brown with black lines dividing the design into boxes filled with exes and lines as well as some outlined Arabic numbers and letters.

Culture
New Guinea ?
Material
paper mulberry bark
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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