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Basket3021/1

Basket in an open weave. Basket has a small rectangular base, widening toward the mouth where the rim bends slightly inward. The handle is thick and robustly woven, standing firm above the centre of the basket. It divides into two arms on each side near the basket’s rim, and these are woven into the body and across the base.

Culture
Polynesian
Material
grass ?
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2849/1

Carved and painted wooden figure of a man playing a nose flute. The figure has a narrow, long oval-shaped head. His eyes are shell inlay. He has a long nose with large nostrils. His mouth is formed of a slit in the wood. Attached to his nose is a long flute that has a zigzag edge that faces outwards. He holds the flute in his left hand and it connects with his body again at his lower torso. The man’s pectoral muscles are very pronounced. His right arm is rounded at the end and does not have a hand. The man is standing and his knees are slightly bent. He does not have feet instead his calves connect to a two-level base. From the back of the figure, one can see that his lower spine is curved and that his buttocks are sticking out. He has pronounced buttocks muscles. There is an inscription carved into the bottom of the object.

Culture
Eastern Melanesian
Material
wood, paint and shell
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC516

Long, plain, tapered, red-brown wood shaft. Long barbed point with traces of red pigment. The point has three hooked barbs along the upper portion and four hooked barbs along the lower portion all along one side with a single barb on the opposite end of the lower portion of barbs and a geometric figure-eight design at the base.

Culture
Eastern Melanesian
Material
wood and pigment ?
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC515

Plain, tapering, dark brown wood shaft with a slim point. A sharp point has broken off but the pitch used to hold it remains. Underneath the point, there is a downward flared conical shape with a very wide, grooved band below and an upraised ridge around underneath to mark the shaft.

Culture
Eastern Melanesian
Material
wood and resin
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC512

Plain, brown wood shaft with a bone point that has many small barbs along each side. The point is set into the shaft with a pitch material. Along the upper portion of the shaft, there is a pyramidal shape followed by a plain section with a horizontal, upraised band below and a wider, horizontal, upraised band underneath.

Culture
Eastern Melanesian
Material
wood, plant fibre, resin and bone
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC506

Plain dark brown-black wood shaft with lime and red rubbed into carved areas. The base of the point has three horizontal, rounded rings; a downward pointed, truncated conical shape; a wide, horizontal, grooved band; a truncated conical shape; and a cone at the tip. Along the lower end of the shaft, there are is a rectangular shape with two horizontal, rounded rings at either end. Under this shape, the shaft bulges slightly and then tapers down at the other end.

Culture
Eastern Melanesian
Material
wood and lime mineral
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC513

Plain tapered, dark brown wood shaft with an elaborate head ending in a cone-shaped point. Shaft bulges around near the middle while tapering to an end with a black band around the lower portion. From the base of the shaft to the cone-shaped point, the design is as follows: three horizontal bands; a downward pointing, truncated pyramidal shape; a cylindrical shape that has a groove around the upper portion; and a bulging section tapering to a medium cone-shaped point.

Culture
Eastern Melanesian
Material
wood
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC553

Plain tapered, dark brown wood shaft with elaborately shaped point ending in a cone-shaped point. Shaft bulges around near the middle while tapering to an end. From the base of the shaft to the cone-shaped point, the design is as follows: five horizontal bands around three-quarters of the circumference; a downward pointing, truncated pyramidal shape; four horizontal bands around three-quarters of the circumference; and a bulging section tapering to a large cone-shaped point.

Culture
Eastern Melanesian
Material
wood
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth1266/1

Tapa cloth in a circular shape painted with a geometric design in black and reddish-brown. At the very centre of the painted design is a five-pointed star inside a circle, which is inside a four-pointed star shape. The design also incorporates diamond shapes, zigzags, and solid black and reddish-brown bands.

Culture
Western Polynesian ?
Material
paper mulberry bark and paint
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model PaddleC1405

Light brown wood paddle with a slightly flat cylindrical handle. Paddle blade shape is long with slightly rounded flat side edges tapering to a point. Flat base of the paddle blade is carved with a curved line on either side.

Culture
Western Melanesian
Material
wood
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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