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Male FigureC345 a-c

Standing male figure (part a) with arms bent upward at the waist. Has tapering oval inlaid eyes, a nose, a closed mouth, and a white line around the face that goes around above the eyes and angles downward near either cheek side. Hair is white in a grooved and upraised lozenge pattern. Body is black. Fibre bands are wrapped around the biceps that consist of eight horizontal white bands below the wider red wood band around the upper portion that has a vertical zigzag pattern. Large necklace around the neck consists of a white circular loop with three rectangular pendants below, the left one of which has white, red, and blue beads and red fibre coiled around the top. Wears a white waist belt and leg bands just below the knees. Left hand holds a shield (part b) and right hand holds an axe (part c). The shield is made of light yellow wood that is pointed at both ends and painted with a black design at either end. The smaller end has a face(?) with oval grey eyes surrounded by three emanating horizontal black lines with a long nose that extends downward into a w-shaped mouth. The larger end has a horizontal black band that has nine plain boxes within and from which, a black line that is interrupted by a square hole and that extends downward toward the tip end along the centre into a w-shape. Fibre is attached at the back of the shield. The wooden axe has a slighty convex, curving red-brown shaft that tapers to a point and has a black arched blade at the other end with an upward pointing triangular feature just above the handle end.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
wood, paint, glass and fibre
Made in
New Georgia, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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StaffC363

Orange-red brown wood staff with a finial in the form of a nude male figure with inlaid oval shell eyes surrounded by a dark area. The hands rest on the belly just above the navel. Has breasts and genitalia. On top of the head, there is a truncated conical shape with a rounded bulb at the end. The shaft is short and plain and flares slightly downward and outward at the handle end.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
shell and wood
Made in
Aola, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fish SpearC721

Seven long, dark wood prongs with carved barbs which alternate at either side that are held together and all lashed to a plain shaft along the lower portion with two braided rings of bamboo grass ? and at the base of the shaft with bamboo grass ? coiling.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
bamboo grass ? and wood
Made in
Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SkirtC964

Skirt with strands of bark (?) extending down from a navy cloth waistband that has several points along the bottom edge, each point ending in a dark blue bark (?) tassel alternating with natural brown bark (?) tassels at the peaks between the points, and is decorated with shells, seeds, and yellow and blue tassels. Twisted cord for fastening.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
fibre, shell, seed, bark and dye
Made in
Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PounderC684

Short, cylindrical stick with a rounded bottom and a sea horse-shaped finial carved at the top. Dark brown wood.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
wood
Made in
New Georgia, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Garment1448/30

Garment made from dyed bark fibre(?) woven in a warp and weft pattern in a rectangular shape with fringes at the ends. The garment has a plaid pattern in purple, green, blue and yellow.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
pandanus leaf fibre and dye
Made in
Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Feather MoneyC438

Money in the form of a coil of bark fibre with red scarlet honeyeater bird's feathers and pigeon feathers gummed to the bark. The feathers overlap like shingles. The money is in several parts: a) a segment with nearly all of the scarlet honeyeater feathers intact; b) coil of bark fibre with pigeon feathers attached; c) coil of bark fibre with pigeon feathers and remains of some scarlet honeyeater feathers attached; d) coil of bark fibre with pigeon feathers and remains of some scarlet honeyeater feathers attached; e) coil of bark fibre with pigeon feathers and remains of some scarlet honeyeater feathers attached; f) end segment of woven fibre and bark with a roughly square piece of tortoise (?) shell lashed to the bark and light grey Job's Tears seeds at the edge as well as a segment of braided bark strap; g) four pieces of coil.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
bark fibre, feather, tortoise shell ?, seed and resin ?
Made in
Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowC909

A plain shaft with a long wood point in the shape of multiple stacked cones. The point has four stacked cones progressing shorter toward the top with the one at the tip being of the medium size and a horizontal row of diagonal grooved lines around the base.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
fibre, wood and stem ?
Made in
Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskIg413 a-g

A large deep brown wood mask (part a). The circular brown wood pupil of the eyes are outlined with a black swirl and surrounded by a piece of white shell for the sclera of the eye. Along the prominent forehead, there is a horizontal row of eight white shells. Through the large nose, there is a tapering cylindrical white object (part b) that has four black vertical bands around either end. Dangling from the nose, there is a flat circular crescent-shaped shell that has a grey sheen. The tear-drop-shaped ears have a circular ornament on their lobes that is white all around with a sheened shell centre. The prominent rounded wood headdress has a flat white circular disc piece at the centre front with an intricately designed perforated turtle shell piece on top. On top of the headdress, there is a flat triangular brown wood projection decorated with shell inlay in a geometric pattern. A flat crescent-shaped shell (part c) is attached at either back side end of the mask with black cord. The crescent-shaped shell (part c) has a pearl-like sheen and is decorated on the front with a black outline of a bird form at either top end and a dark bird form in the middle with a black outline all around the shell. A dark brown cord (part d) is attached to the crescent-shaped shell (part c) through a flat tear-drop-shaped shell piece that has two holes, a thin brown wood human figure, and a white shell decorated with a vertical line of horizontal fish along the middle front. Six white, brown-black, and orange-brown beaded strands (part e) are attached at either back side end of the mask. A light brown basketry bag (part f) that comes to a point at the bottom has, along its rim, brown braided cord strands that attach to the bottom of the mask with a metal hook (part g).

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
kerosene wood, palm leaf ?, egg cowrie shell, black lip shell, gold lip shell, nautilus shell, turtle shell and clam shell
Made in
Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowC771

A shaft carved with dark vertically linear designs above the second cane joint from the end. Shaft is bound at the end and the base with red and natural cane fibre. The arrow point is multi-barbed with carved splinters of bone which are attached by cane fibre wrapping to the point. The end of the shaft is notched.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
stem ?, fibre and bone
Made in
Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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