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MaskIe423

An elongated face mask with carved extensions from the top and the bottom. The forehead is raised. The face recedes sharply. The eyes are set upon the facial surface and are oblong with dark centres, looking straight ahead. The nose flares. The mouth is oblong with a surrounding raised area. The chin is raised from the facial surface.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, metal, paper and ink
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureIe425

A carved wooden crocodile head. Two large eyes with incised outer rims and the nose on top of the head. Ten teeth are carved along the figure's right jaw while the left jaw has two lines incised to mark the jaw, but has no teeth. The lower jaw extends to two horn-like protuberances with a deep ridge under the head. Eye screw behind the head. 'New Guinea' is marked on the back in black crayon.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood and metal
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerIg406 a-b

Distorted brown sphere (part a) open at one end with a cylindrical light wood stopper (part b). Sphere (part a) has a geometric design in horizontal bands that are incised around the upper half of the outer surface. The inside is hollowed out and filled with white powdered lime? The stopper (part b) has an incised band around the upper edge. It is 9 centimetres in diameter and 2.7 centimetres long.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
coconut nutshell, wood and lime mineral ?
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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StoolIe422

Wooden stool. Circular base and top set on four convex legs.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood and stain ?
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DaggerIe355

A dagger with a long, tapered, brown and black bone (human? or cassowary?) blade with a modelled red clay handle in the form of a human head. The face is painted black and white and is inlaid with a cowrie shell for each eye. It has a double headband made of cowrie shells and black curly human hair adhered to the 'head'.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
human hair, cowrie shell, clay and cassowary bone ?
Made in
Korogo, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskIe354

An oblong-shaped mask in blackened wood with cut-out eyes and mouth. Two small bumps on the forehead. Large eyebrows. Top of the head, the upper lip, and the jaw areas have been plastered with red clay, and gum, painted over in black, inlaid with cowrie shells, and human hair, held in place with glue.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
resin, clay, hair, cowrie shell, fibre ? and wood
Made in
Korogo, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CombC609

A plain handle which tapers to a simple square notched finial. Ten long teeth fan outward radially. Twisted grass cord is coiled around the middle.

Culture
Massim ?
Material
grass and bamboo grass
Made in
Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CombC612

A simple handle created from the natural extensions of the two outer, two central, and two outer long teeth that fan outward radially. The handle has turquoise beads fastened with hair around the splints. Twenty-five long teeth fan outward radially. The teeth are woven tightly together at a half-way point and are decorated with pink, turquoise, and red glass beads.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bamboo grass, fibre, glass and hair
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SkirtC620

Grass skirt with a fringe made of numerous thin strips of red sennit and grass knotted onto waistband. There is a small knotted tie on one of the ends.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
grass and sennit fibre
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gable BoardC621

Flat, oval shaped wood with a stylized facial design carved in shallow relief. The negative space is covered in a white pigment. The back is undecorated and has a slight, rectangular shaped, tapered protrusion.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
lime mineral and wood
Made in
Orokolo, Gulf, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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