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ArrowC820

The shaft is carved with dark vertically linear designs on a natural background above six cane joints. The point is plain dark wood.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood and grass
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpatulaC831

Spatula with an elongated flat blade that has a rounded tip, and a handle with four ridges. The butt end of the handle has a cylindrical finial with an incised zigzag design. Where the neck of the blade meets the handle there is an incised scrolling design. The incised designs have been filled in with white pigment.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
ebony wood and lime mineral
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpatulaC834

Brown-black wood piece that has a handle in the form of a crouching human figure with spiral and feather designs which are emphasized with lime. Face has large circular eyes, a long cross-shaped nose, and a wide smile with teeth. 'Blade' tapers to a flat rounded point. Triangular band design between the figure and the rest of the carved designs.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
ebony wood and lime mineral
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlC892

Semi-spherical shaped, deep wood bowl with a wide ridge at the rim. Each side has a c-like shape carved in low relief. There is a black stain on the surface. There are four holes in the ridge where it was possibly hung.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood and stain
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC663

Club with three-tiered handle, the top two segments tapering and the bottom segment conical, and a sarrated flat blade that curves outwards slightly at the edges to a blunt tip. The finial has an incised fern-like design, and the blade has mainly scroll patterns with some geometric motifs.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
wood
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC664

Club with a long tooth-edged blade, a cylindrical handle, and a finial at the tip of the handle with a scrolling design. The blade tip is rounded, and the blade has a raised band running lengthwise that flares outward to the edges at either end of the blade.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
wood
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC665

Wide sword-shaped brown-black wood club. 'Blade' has geometric designs of three vertical concentric fan-like semi-circles from the 'cross-guard' near toward the middle. Emphasized with white pigment. 'Blade' flares outward to a flat blunt end that has a wide grooved band. The 'grip' flares outward. 'Pommel' has a rounded arch design.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
ebony wood and pigment ?
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC666

Wide sword-shaped brown-black wood club. 'Blade' has designs of four vertical scrolls near the blunt end where there is a blunt protrusion with a zig zag line in between. Emphasized with white pigment. 'Blade' flares outward to a flat blunt end. Has a simple flat 'grip' that flares outward and a flat rounded 'pommel'.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
ebony wood and pigment ?
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC670

Wide sword-shaped dark brown wood club. 'Blade' has four vertical designs of spiral linear patterns scroll lines bordered by a zig zag band at the end nearer toward the middle. Emphasized with white pigment. 'Blade' flares outward to a flat blunt end that has a wide horizontal grooved band. The 'grip' flares outward to a 'cross-guard' that has a spiral linear pattern design. 'Pommel' is a rounded arch shape with a thin horizontal grooved band around the base.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
ebony wood and pigment ?
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC671

Brown wood sword-shaped club but with a blunt straight-edged ended 'blade'. The end of the 'blade' is covered with a band of spiral linear pattern emphasized with white pigment. Has a tapering 'cross-guard' and an arch design on the 'pommel' where there is a flat, curved, carved protrusion at the end.

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