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FluteIe385

Bamboo pole bound with bamboo grass, covered with dark pigment, and divided by three rings of woven bamboo grass and dark feathers. The wooden stop forms a crocodile merging into a crested bird. Both have cowrie eyes; the bird also has a row of fibre tassels hanging from the back and a cheek mound with feathers, shells, and a fibre loop.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
pigment, cowrie shell, cassowary feather ?, fibre, wood and bamboo grass
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FluteIe384

Flute formed by a bamboo tube, split its whole length, held together with rings and lashings of bark and with a hole in the side near the stop. The wooden stop has a kneeling woman, with a bird on top of her head, and a human head upside down behind her legs with black cassowary feathers adorning it. Cowrie shells are inlaid into the eyes, the bird's neck, and the human foreheads. There is hair on the human heads and another fringe of cassowary feathers at the open end.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bamboo grass, wood, cassowary feather, pigment, hair, cowrie shell and bark ?
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressIe438

Headdress composed of a piece of tapa cloth with rounded corners and decorated with bands of zigzag in red ochre. Woven and wound string with a linear pattern in light grey Job's Tears seeds and segments of black bamboo. The exposed string is rubbed with red, black and yellow pigment (?).

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bamboo grass, paper mulberry bark, fibre, seed and ochre pigment
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LoinclothIe437

A bark cloth backed beaded panel. The beads are grey and polished and woven with plant fibre string in rows. There is a cross-pattern of black electrical wire pieces. The edges are dyed red, and the top is alternately dyed red, then has grey beads and yellow dye in vertical rows.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
plane wood, dye, paper mulberry bark, root and bamboo grass
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeadbandIe436

A pandanus leaf string headband with grey polished plane stem beads. The beads alternate with the string. Light horizontal rows with eight beads are on each vertical strip. The centre has two vertical rows of long cylindrical black beads with two vertical rows of grey beads. Each end has red dye on the string, and the braided ties.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
plane wood, paint and pandanus leaf
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PounderIe442

Sickle-shaped sago pounder of stained wood, and cane. The wood handle has an animal figure with striated nostrils carved on one end. The centre is covered by an upside down v-shaped plaited cane fibre matting topped by a small ringed wooden knob. The removable part is solid cane held on by a wrapping of cane fibre.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, fibre ? and stain
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ancestor MaskIe441

Large wooden mask. Has a pointed brow with slanted oval eyes that have white rings for irises. Large beaked, inward curving nose which becomes part of the face. The eyes and the mouth areas are painted black with the remainder stained with red ochre. The mouth is very small and has an open u-shape. From ear to ear, there are small notched ridges from around the face. The whole mask is surrounded with grasses and other natural fibres. Eight holes hold grass ring to mask.

Culture
Murik
Material
wood, fibre, pigment, plastic ? and adhesive ?
Made in
Murik Lakes, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LadleIe440

A ladle with a handle that has a relief carving of six bird-like heads, all of which have large curved noses. The bowl is a half coconut shell. The bowl is tied to the handle with cane fibres through four holes forming two criss-cross patterns on the back. The end of the handle has four rings and a knob.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
kwila wood, coconut nutshell and cane grass
Made in
Madang, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LadleIe439 a-b

A ladle with a garamut handle (part a) that has a relief carving of six bird-like heads, all of which have large curved noses. The bowl (part b) is a half coconut shell and is tied to the handle with cane fibres through four holes forming two criss-cross patterns on the back. The end of the handle has one ring, and a knob. The handle is loose.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
garamut wood, coconut nutshell and cane grass
Made in
Madang, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeadbandIe435

A pandanus leaf string headband with grey beads alternating with the string. Eight horizontal rows with eight beads are on each vertical strip. The string is dyed yellow at either end, in between the beads.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
pandanus leaf, plane wood and dye
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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