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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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BasketC593

Basket with bag-like design: two braided handles, and an oval shape with a slit down the centre top to form the mouth.

Culture
Massim
Material
palm leaf
Made in
Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketC594

A very flexible bag-like basket. Main design consists of three equally spaced horizontal bands in black on a natural background. In between the horizontal bands in black there is a pattern of vertical woven strips creating vertical rectangles along a natural weave of horizontal strips. There is a connecting braided handle going from one side to the other with tassels.

Culture
Massim
Material
palm leaf and hemp fibre
Made in
Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagC595

A small plain woven bag with a rectangular shape. Bag can stand up.

Culture
Massim
Material
palm leaf
Made in
Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CombC604

A plain square handle. Seven teeth of varying lengths fan outward radially. Twisted plant fibre is coiled around the middle.

Culture
Massim ?
Material
plant fibre and wood
Made in
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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