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NecklaceC134

A light brown braided band holding two horizontal rows of white shells strung on fibre cord.

Culture
West Papuan
Material
plant fibre, palm leaf and shell
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Breast OrnamentC136

A large oval shell that is multi-toned brown on the convexly curved exterior and that is white on the concavely curved interior. There are four holes in the formation of a square, through which, fibre cord is looped for hanging.

Culture
West Papuan
Material
shell and fibre
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceC137

Large white oval shell pendant that has two holes through which the decorated cord attachs. Cord has small shell disks strung in rows along each side.

Culture
West Papuan
Material
plant fibre and shell
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentC138

Two cut shells polished and attached together to create a figure-eight shape. Plain except for the spiral which results from the nature of the shell.

Culture
West Papuan
Material
shell, fibre and grass
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC645

Plain, tapering, brown wood shaft with a barbed point. The point is carved with an elongated barb with four triangular barbs below. At the base of the point, there is a large tuft of rather thin red, yellow, grey, and white feathers attached with string.

Culture
West Papuan
Material
plant fibre, feather and wood
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerC110

A plain round orange-red gourd container. The stopper is rolled bark with a woven grass design around the sides of yellow and brown vertical zig zags.

Culture
West Papuan
Material
gourd fruit, fibre and bark
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerC111 a-b

A small egg-shaped orange-red gourd (part a) decorated with red and white beads with a cowrie shells which hangs loose at each side. Very shallow pricked line design. The stopper (part b) is rolled bark with a woven grass design around the sides of brown and black diagonal lines.

Culture
West Papuan
Material
fibre, cowrie shell, glass and gourd fruit
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MoneyC112

An alternating pattern of off-white and dark brown discs with a hole, strung together.

Culture
West Papuan
Material
coral ?, coconut nutshell and fibre
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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