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Tool3092/7

Oblong stone tool, with a smooth surface and two rounded ends. Cross-hatched lines are incised at one end .

Culture
Nakanai
Material
stone
Made in
New Britain, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC431

Long, brown wood piece shaped like a long blunt sword with short blunt spurs on both sides of the end. Simple geometric design carving emphasized with white pigment at the end with the short blunt spurs. A ridge goes down the middle of each side. Near the handle end, there are two circular upward flaring cross-guard-like features that go around.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
wood and pigment ?
Made in
New Britain, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bowl1485/12

Carved wooden, oval shaped bowl with pointed ends engraved with an upside down human face. Detailed are incised triangular shaped, crown-like headdress; eyes and a nose in relief. The mouth is made by two elongated, oval shaped decorations that extend to meet the edge of the headdress. On the sides, in the middle, are two identical, small bodies carved in relief with protruding neck, arms, ribcage ?, and legs. The wood is covered in a dark brown patina.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
wood
Made in
New Britain, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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StaffC653

Staff with a simple tapering shaft painted black and having cane and feather tied on at one end. The feathers are mainly red and grey.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
feather, wood, stem ? and plant fibre
Made in
New Britain, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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StaffC654

Staff with simple tapering pointed shaft painted black. Decorated with cane and feathers which are tied at one end; feathers are mainly red, grey and black.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
wood, plant fibre, stem ? and feather
Made in
New Britain, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC432

Long, brown wood piece. Both ends are flat and spoon-shaped, but flat. Both ends are painted with red ochre and have an outward curving ridge at the base. The handle in between tapers down more to one end and flares outward more to the other end.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
wood and ochre pigment ?
Made in
New Britain, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShieldC798

Wood shield, oval in shape with a slightly carved, bilaterally symmetrical stylized design painted brown, black and white. There is a triangular shaped raised section near the middle which has a two woven straps forming an x-shape across it. The edges have a woven border. The back has a carved out handle and is painted with two similar designs.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
wood, fibre and pigment
Made in
New Britain, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentC1441

Rattan, braided, and rent to form a circle around which the string is wrapped with the seeds facing the outside. There is a row of greyish-coloured, rather longish seeds around the outside.

Culture
Western Melanesian ?
Material
fibre, rattan and seed
Made in
New Britain, Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HookC204

Hook composed of a piece of shell carved into a hook shape and bound to a cylindrical piece of wood with plant fibre string. A length of plant fibre rope is attached to the end opposite the hook.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
wood, plant fibre and shell
Made in
New Britain, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceC222

Necklace made from a heavy braided fibre band with a large white shell pendant.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
fibre and shell
Made in
New Britain, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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