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Headrest3055/1

Carved wooden headrest. Rectangular base with hollows on side and back. Back hollow is framed by a carved line. Two figures joined in a curved line form the top. Facial features are faintly carved on side and deep on the other. Both have large foreheads. Each figure is holding a board connected to the base and carved with swirling lines. A dome with curls on each side rests in the middle of the two figures. A ridged curved board spans the top of the headrest. Inscription on base in white paint.

Culture
West Papuan
Material
wood
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearIe461 a-b

Very long, brown wood spear in two pieces (parts a-b). The first piece (part a) has a paddle-like protrusion with an open lattice work design near the end that is carved with a bisymmetrical geometric swirl pattern in four sets while ten horizontal rings are carved around above to the bone tip. The second piece (part b) is wrapped around with ribbed cord, attached to which, there are seeds and white feathers.

Culture
West Papuan
Material
wood, bone, fibre, feather and seed
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearIe459

Long, light brown wood shaft that has three horizontal bands around the base. The head is bound onto the head and consists of a barbed bone point that has four small bilateral barbs. The red-brown wood head underneath the bone point is carved with barbs around the upper portion of its sides along with inverted split u's. A woven fibre sleeve is at the base of the head on the shaft.

Culture
West Papuan
Material
wood, bone ? and fibre
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fish SpearIe460

Long, cylindrical light brown wood shaft. Forked head consists of four long, dark points bound together at the middle of their length and where they insert into the shaft.

Culture
West Papuan
Material
wood and fibre
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CombC602

A plain handle which tapers to the simple notched finial. Part-way up the handle, ther are two horizontal rings carved. Twelve long teeth fan outward radially. Twisted fibre cord is coiled around the middle.

Culture
West Papuan
Material
fibre and bamboo grass
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerC109

A plain round orange-red container made from a gourd. The stopper is rolled bark with a woven grass design around the sides of yellow and brown vertical zig zags and a carved head finial at the top. The head is carved with circular eyes, a nose from which radial grooved lines go along, and a notched mouth. A string goes through two holes opposite each other around the sides of the gourd.

Culture
West Papuan
Material
wood, fibre, grass and gourd fruit
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CombC611

A plain handle which tapers to a mushroom-shaped finial, below which there are two horizontal rings carved at the top under the finial. Twelve long teeth fan outward radially. Twisted fibre cord is coiled around the middle.

Culture
West Papuan
Material
fibre and bamboo grass
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CombC606

A plain handle which tapers to a square finial. Ten long teeth fan outward radially. Twisted fibre cord is coiled around the middle.

Culture
West Papuan
Material
plant fibre and bamboo grass
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceC133

Ivory-coloured snail-like shells strung on a cord. The shells are arranged in a layered manner creating a double-pairs effect.

Culture
West Papuan
Material
shell
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure720/22

A tall figure of a man with long legs bent slightly at the knees. He is holding a long thin curved shield with his right hand at the top and his left hand at the back. The shield has a reddish-brown side-by-side mirror-image spiral design on a white background. He has five grooves along the sides of his ribs, two sets of three downward pointing arrow-like grooves on his chest and a zig zag groove along the outside of his legs. His cheeks are grooved and his hair is painted black. His feet are standing on a tall thin angled stilt-like base.

Culture
West Papuan
Material
wood, paint and metal
Made in
Papua, Indonesia ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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