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Adze3490/2

Adze with a wedge-shaped blade made of smooth, grey stone. Blade is inserted into a thin piece of wood. Plain border carved in high relief where blade is inserted. Wood piece is attached to a carved, wooden hafting platform. End of platform comes to sharp point, that curves upward slightly. All pieces- blade, wood piece, and platform- are lashed together with wide, braided bands made of plant fibre. Adze haft extends from the bottom centre of the platform. It is cylindrical, long and slightly curved.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, plant fibre and stone
Made in
East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drum3490/1

Hourglass-shaped, wooden drum; both ends are round and open. One half of the drum is undecorated. The other half is covered entirely in horizontal bands, with designs carved in low relief. Top band has a plain white line through the centre, trimmed with orange on either side. Second band has an orange zigzag in the middle. The negative space is painted orange and white, creating a triangular motif. Third band is made up of a line of chevrons, alternating in orange and white. The fourth band is the widest, with large repeating diamonds with stylized orange crosses in the centres. All diamond exteriors have orange borders, some have white interior borders and some crosses are trimmed with white. Negative space along top of band is painted white and negative space along bottom is painted orange, creating a triangular motif. Bottom band is identical to second, but thinner. Interior of one opening has vertical beige lines, painted at intervals along the edge.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood and paint
Made in
East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Headdress3326/54

Feather headdress(?) composed of a small conical woven base with hole at centre, and feathers tightly woven in creating a ring. The downy feathers are attached closest to the base. A thin twisted fibre cord is woven to the rim with a length of cord left unwoven.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
cassowary feather, plant fibre and fibre
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Decorated SkullC624

Clay is molded over the skull to form facial features with cowrie shells used for the eyes. Decorated with dark brown-black curled human hair. Mostly red with some black paint used to accentuate and to decorate the facial features with circular lines, curvi-linear lines, and large dots. Twisted corded fibre is attached through and around the ears.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
human bone, cowrie shell, human hair and clay
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShieldIe465

Shield made from one piece of wood with a slightly raised carved geometric pattern in bands of zig-zags and arc shapes, both formed by squares. The piece of wood is curved overall and a bark fibre handle on the reverse is attached through two holes at the sides of the shield with knots in the front. The shield is stained black on the front.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, bark fibre ? and stain ?
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShieldIe462

Shield made from one piece of wood that has a slight curve and is cut into an elongated ovoid shape. The surface has a low relief carved geometric design made up of raised losenge shapes in a scalloped design around the edge and four rounded arms joined by an oval shape, all filled with lozenge shapes. There are two holes at the sides of the shield.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Decorated SkullC342

Clay is molded over a human skull. A yellow-orange brown cord is fastened on in rows, representing hair in contour lines. Shell eyes are round within concave.

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