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ClubC665

Wide sword-shaped brown-black wood club. 'Blade' has geometric designs of three vertical concentric fan-like semi-circles from the 'cross-guard' near toward the middle. Emphasized with white pigment. 'Blade' flares outward to a flat blunt end that has a wide grooved band. The 'grip' flares outward. 'Pommel' has a rounded arch design.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
ebony wood and pigment ?
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC666

Wide sword-shaped brown-black wood club. 'Blade' has designs of four vertical scrolls near the blunt end where there is a blunt protrusion with a zig zag line in between. Emphasized with white pigment. 'Blade' flares outward to a flat blunt end. Has a simple flat 'grip' that flares outward and a flat rounded 'pommel'.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
ebony wood and pigment ?
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC670

Wide sword-shaped dark brown wood club. 'Blade' has four vertical designs of spiral linear patterns scroll lines bordered by a zig zag band at the end nearer toward the middle. Emphasized with white pigment. 'Blade' flares outward to a flat blunt end that has a wide horizontal grooved band. The 'grip' flares outward to a 'cross-guard' that has a spiral linear pattern design. 'Pommel' is a rounded arch shape with a thin horizontal grooved band around the base.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
ebony wood and pigment ?
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC671

Brown wood sword-shaped club but with a blunt straight-edged ended 'blade'. The end of the 'blade' is covered with a band of spiral linear pattern emphasized with white pigment. Has a tapering 'cross-guard' and an arch design on the 'pommel' where there is a flat, curved, carved protrusion at the end.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
ebony wood and lime mineral ?
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC672

Black-brown sword-shaped wooden club with zigzag and scroll patterns carved in relief; carved designs are emphasized with white pigment.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
ebony wood and pigment
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PaddleC675

Carved wooden paddle with a leaf-shaped blade; upper half of blade is carved with spiral designs. Straight, unadorned handle topped by a scroll-shaped finial.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
wood
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpatulaC835

Brown wood piece that has a thick spiral pattern on the handle emphasized with lime. Paddle-like 'blade'.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
ebony wood and lime mineral
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpatulaC836

Spatula with an elongated flat blade that has a rounded tip, and a handle with four ridges. The butt end of the handle has a cylindrical finial. Where the neck of the blade meets the handle there is an incised abstract design that has been filled in with white pigment.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
ebony wood and lime mineral
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpatulaC837

Brown-black wood piece that has severe geometric designs carved on the handle consisting of a long 'eye' down along the middle with rimmed edges that flare slightly outward down along the blade from a widely carved horizontal band. A flat, rectangular-shaped finial as at the end of the handle. 'Blade' tapers to a flat rounded point from a ridge along the middle.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
ebony wood
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpatulaC838

Spatula with an elongated flat blade that has a rounded tip, and a handle with four ridges that tapers towards the end where one plane extends slightly beyond the other.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
ebony wood
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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