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Dancing StaffIh229

A basketry covered wood stick which flares outward at one end. The handle end has five seed pods tied around with braided fibre or grass.

Culture
Ni-Vanuatu
Material
wood, fibre, grass and pod
Made in
Vanuatu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentIh223 a-c

Three long braided fibre strands of shell. The first piece (part a) has eighteen shells. The second piece (part b) has nineteen shells. The third piece (part c) comprises two strands, of which both have twenty shells each.

Culture
Ni-Vanuatu
Material
shell ? and fibre
Made in
Vanuatu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureIh222

Large brown wood figure curving into a conical shape with a face that is into the concave crescent. Has large flat ovoid eyes that taper at either outer side. The nostrils are large and flaring. There is an outward pointing multiple triangular fringe around and below the face. The top is three-tiered with truncated downward pointing conical shapes.

Culture
Ni-Vanuatu
Material
wood
Made in
Vanuatu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagIh210

Woven pandanus bag done in a plain diagonal plaiting with a top strip of a more intricate triangular geometric pattern. Long braided straps with tassels on the ends are made from thirteen small braids converging together on either side of the bag.

Culture
Ni-Vanuatu
Material
pandanus leaf
Made in
Vanuatu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HookC120

A curled fish hook shape with a notch at one end and a barb at the shorter end.

Culture
Ni-Vanuatu
Material
bone
Made in
Vanuatu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentC119

A curled fish hook shape with three notches at one end.

Culture
Ni-Vanuatu
Material
bone
Made in
Vanuatu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Decorated BambooC1291

A long cylindrical piece with rough geometric decorations in bands along the entire length.

Culture
Ni-Vanuatu
Material
bamboo grass
Made in
Vanuatu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC387

Plain shaft with long many-barbed head. Three longer barbs extend outward from the top in a triangular formation. The cord which holds the barbs is painted red. Fibre is coiled around the upper part of the shaft.

Culture
Ni-Vanuatu
Material
human bone, plant fibre and wood
Made in
Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Knife2642/2

Carved, wooden knife with a cut out 'X' shape near the centre of the handle part and a cross with a clover shape on top of it near the base of the handle part.

Culture
Ni-Vanuatu
Material
wood
Made in
Vanuatu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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