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Hook3625/3

Carved black wooden yipwon (hook figure). Downward pointed hook containing the form of a human figure in profile. The figure's face is carved underneath the uppermost hook. The face is elongated with a furrowed brow, sharp cheekbones and chin. The eyes are closed and the mouth is small with a defined lower lip. The body of the figure consists of four opposed hooks encircling a central diamond shaped protrusion. The back of the hook is slightly curved, ends with one human leg with a striped knee and a small foot. The surface of the wood has been blackened.

Culture
Abelam
Material
wood and pigment
Made in
East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask3625/2

Turtle shell and basketry face mask. The dark red clay(?) face is built on the rounded outside of a turtle shell and surrounded by a thick basketry edge with a woven loop at the top for hanging. The mask has short, curly, dark brown hair attached along the top of the forehead. The face is painted with a black pigment with horizontal stripes and rows of triangles. The narrow pointed nose, mouth, and ears are prominently built-out with clay, and detailed. The mouth is painted black with a red slit down the centre of the bottom lip. The ears are pierced with a hole at the top, outer, and bottom edges. The eyes are inlaid cowrie shells with built out eye sockets and horizontal black stripes underneath. The edge of the face is outlined with face down cowrie shells. The forehead has another row of smaller shells inside the cowrie shells. A trio of the same small shells is inlaid into each cheek in a triangle shape. The back of the mask is the inside of the bare turtle shell, stained black with holes along the edge where the basketry is attached.

Culture
Abelam
Material
turtle shell, plant fibre, clay ?, pigment, cowrie shell, shell and hair
Made in
East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear3573/25

Chambri Lakes initiation spear. Top, flat triangular crocodile-like head, with carved and painted semi-circular eyes and a black circle on snout. Plaited twine tied with a loop. Next section is ornately carved with six flowers, with a horn-shape extending from each flower. In between each pair of flowers appears a half flower, with horn-shape extending out into crosshatched fishtail end. Next section uncarved, light brown, with black bands on top and bottom ends, and small tapered carved sections. Next section ornately carved, two flowers, with concentric semicircles extending out. Thin handle wrapped with plaited red-brown twine. Lower section has ancestral face with five barbed pieces, four of which are ornately carved. The base of which is a smooth black.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood and paint
Made in
East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ancestor Mask3573/26

Murik Lakes ancestor mask. Carving of an oblong and narrow face, with a prominent nose with a curved tip extending beyond the lower part of the face. The nose has two columns of holes drilled above the nostrils(?), and along the outer edge of each ear. Mask is painted red for the lips, ears, and extending down from the eyes to the nose, black on the lower portion of the face, extending up and around the eyes, and with white lime pigment in the designs on the forehead. The small eyes and mouth are cutout. Plant fibre is looped through the top. Interior of mask is concave.

Culture
Murik
Material
wood, paint, fibre and lime mineral
Made in
Murik Lakes, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Adze3490/2

Adze with a wedge-shaped blade made of smooth, grey stone. Blade is inserted into a thin piece of wood. Plain border carved in high relief where blade is inserted. Wood piece is attached to a carved, wooden hafting platform. End of platform comes to sharp point, that curves upward slightly. All pieces- blade, wood piece, and platform- are lashed together with wide, braided bands made of plant fibre. Adze haft extends from the bottom centre of the platform. It is cylindrical, long and slightly curved.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, plant fibre and stone
Made in
East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drum3490/1

Hourglass-shaped, wooden drum; both ends are round and open. One half of the drum is undecorated. The other half is covered entirely in horizontal bands, with designs carved in low relief. Top band has a plain white line through the centre, trimmed with orange on either side. Second band has an orange zigzag in the middle. The negative space is painted orange and white, creating a triangular motif. Third band is made up of a line of chevrons, alternating in orange and white. The fourth band is the widest, with large repeating diamonds with stylized orange crosses in the centres. All diamond exteriors have orange borders, some have white interior borders and some crosses are trimmed with white. Negative space along top of band is painted white and negative space along bottom is painted orange, creating a triangular motif. Bottom band is identical to second, but thinner. Interior of one opening has vertical beige lines, painted at intervals along the edge.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood and paint
Made in
East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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