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Bag3031/1

Large woven string bag (bilum). Bag is constructed of plant fibre string, loosely woven in order to allow the bag to be expandable. Its shape is wide at the shoulder, narrowing toward a rounded bottom. The mouth is wide, edged with a wrapped stich. The bag is coloured in stripes of a variety of pinks, purple, green and tan. The upper two corners of the bilum extend into long handles, unattached, that each culminate in a variety of cotton fabrics, plain, coloured and patterned, tied to the handle ends. Small bits of dyed pink feather down are intertwined in the thread at the centre front.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
plant fibre and dye
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sursab - Flute3033/1

Painting in synthetic polymer paint on canvas, stretched on a black wooden frame. Image is of a crouching male, facing right, wearing a large coloured headdress as well as leg, wrist, arm and waist bands, and holding a flute in both hands in front of his upper body. The background is in three shades of blue. Signed in lower right corner: "P.JAKUPA.JNR 2008-2012".

Culture
New Guinea
Made in
Goroka, Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag2981/4

Large bilum with an open weave. Bottom is rounded. Decorated with a pattern of diagonal bands of yellow, green, red, and purple. Top of bag is open with a flat woven green and yellow handle.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
grass fibre and dye
Made in
Mount Hagen, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag2981/3

Large bilum with an open weave. Bottom is rounded, as is opening. Handle is knotted at the top. Striped decorative pattern in red, yellow, brown and green.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
grass fibre and dye
Made in
Lae, Morobe, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag2981/2

Large bilum with an open weave. Bottom is rounded, and open at the top, with a thick handle. Bag has a pattern of narrow bands of black, red and grey-white as decoration across the surface.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
grass fibre and dye
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag2981/1

Woven bilum with curved bottom and handle. Fibre surface is decorated with a geometric pattern in pink and purple. Bag is also decorated with seed and feather ornaments, attached with beaded ties, all over one side and the egdes. The woven handle has small cowrie shells wound around it.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
grass fibre, feather, seed, shell, glass and dye
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Musicians2916/1

Stylized metal sculpture of two musicians made from recycled metals welded together. Both figures hold musical instruments. The kneeling figure plays a guitar-like instrument while the standing figure holds a saxophone to his open mouth. Both heads have simple, rounded facial features and tall wiry hair standing up. The two figures have elongated, thin, white legs and a partially open tubular torso formed from a curved sheet of metal. Their backs are white and fade to a grey-black near the curled edges of the stomach. The concave portions of the torsos are largely silver. Each figure has one thick, white tubular arm and one grey wire one. Additionally, each has one hand with elongated wire-like fingers.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
metal and paint
Made in
Makia, Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag2835/1

Large woven string bag (bilum) decorated with stripes of dyes fibre and animal fur. Bag has a curved bottom and wide opening, with the long handles tied together at the ends. The ends have tassels. The bag has stripes in atlernating bands of colours and undyed fibre, as well as bands with animal fur woven in. The widest stripes are purple, with green, yellow and red also used. The lower edges of the opening are oversewn in orange.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
plant fibre, animal hair and dye
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2849/2

Carved wooden figure with a large head and hook shaped legs/feet. The figure has a wide forehead, a heavy brow and deep, close-together eyes. On the left side of its head, the figure’s ear has two holes through it. It is missing the right ear. Its nose is long and has large, flared nostrils. Its mouth is formed by two carved straight lines. The front of the body has various motifs incised into it. On the upper left side is a triangle-like motif; in the centre is an abstract design with grain-like shapes protruding from three points and a circle in its centre. There is an abstract face incised in the lower left side of the body. The form of the figure culminates in an anchor or hook-like shape, with one prong on the left and one on the right. On the back of the head is a protrusion that forms a large hole through which a piece of string is tied for hanging.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood and fibre
Made in
East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pot2831/2

Hand-built round-bottomed pot with wide opening. Carved design covers entire outer surface, mostly abstract but two faces and a snake are also evident. Some of the raised design elements are painted orange and black.

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