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FanIgh100

Fan made of woven palm sheath in diagonal checker weave, each strip about 1.5 cm. wide. Fan woven in one piece with cylindrical handle which is covered with thin palm leaf(?), also woven. Body of fan shaped like inverted triangle. Band of weaving 11 cm. wide at top in which strips are 1/2 width, partially woven in open pattern, with zigzag edge at top.

Culture
Eastern Melanesian ?
Material
palm leaf
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear PointIh219

Black wood spear point, generally round in cross-section, tapering at both ends. Bilaterally barbed at tip. Parallel, raised zigzag lines around circumference near socket end. Slight lip 4 cm. from socket end. Rasp and other carving marks.

Culture
Eastern Melanesian ?
Material
wood
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa ClothIi4

Tapa cloth with panels divided by dark brown lines. The rectangles are decorated with geometric designs, banner-like designs, and inscriptions in brown. The three smaller rectangles at one end have segments of the same designs.

Culture
Western Polynesian
Material
paper mulberry bark, paint and pigment
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Axe HeadC1757

Blue-grey stone axe head with light grey lines running through it. Has triangular shape with rounded corners and rounded blade. Edges tapered.

Culture
Western Melanesian ?
Material
stone
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC500

Plain, tapered, brown wood shaft with a long, conical point, under which, there is a rounded conical shape with twenty sets of eight barbs all around.

Culture
Eastern Melanesian
Material
wood
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC435 a-b

Sword-shaped club with teeth all along edges and carved spiral and geometric designs that are emphasized with lime. Handle has fluted edges and is emphasized by a design; ends are rounded.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
lime mineral, wood and stain
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC502

Hollow, cylindrical, bamboo shaft with designs filled in with black pigment and some areas painted red. Has a long, narrow, lance-olate leaf-shaped blunt hardwood point that is flat along one side while rounded at angles along a ridge at the other side. Some stem ? is coiled around the upper portion of the shaft. The lower portion of the shaft has a design that consists of a horizontal band with a zig zag leaf pattern and vertical lines of triangles in between curvi-linear lines.

Culture
Eastern Melanesian
Material
wood, bamboo grass, stem ?, pigment ? and paint
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC503

Plain, tapering, dark brown wood shaft. The barbed point is ribbed and has one pair of barbs in a geometric split u-shape with another one above that is part of the point tip.

Culture
Eastern Melanesian
Material
wood
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC504

Plain, tapered, dark brown wood shaft with a long barbed point. Two sets of eight barbs with a grid pattern along the middle. Shaft bulges along the upper portion.

Culture
Eastern Melanesian
Material
wood
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC505

Very plain, dark brown-black wood tapering shaft with a plain point. The end of the shaft is cut at an angle.

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