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Knife2516/10 a-b

Knife with long blade and highly decorated scabbard. The blade has carved designs near tip and near handle. Bone handle has inter-woven wires wound around lower part and incised designs covering upper part. Tufts of pink, dark brown and off-white hair are attached at protrusions of handle. Blade has blackened throughout all non-sharpened areas. Part b is a wooden scabbard with four large areas of inlaid bone carving covering much of front, attached by bent metal pins. The bone carving closest to top has a fang-like protrusion sticking sharply out. Between the carvings are many tufts of red, black and white hair and two beadwork bands. The sides are held together with grass bands. At back is a thin pod-like sheath, attached by a grass band and by the woven handle protruding through an opening in the sheath. Dark brown pitch(?) is rubbed over the edges and undecorated areas of the front of the scabbard.

Culture
Iban
Material
wood, metal, bone, pod ?, pig hair ?, dye ?, human hair ?, glass and grass
Made in
Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Knife2516/9 a-b

Bone-handled knife (part a) with long pointed metal blade. Base of bone handle has thick band of inter-woven wires wound around it, top has incised designs. At top and protrusion of handle there are tufts of hair, some dyed red, and longer strands of dark human hair. Blade has darkened to almost black in some areas. Part b is a wooden scabbard with incised designs in upper section, and at bottom. It has 14 dark brown double bands of grass encircling it. There are two woven circular designs made of light and dark coloured grass, among the bands. On the upper part there are 14 rows of light coloured grass wound around and through the wood underneath the incised design. Attached to the back of the scabbard is a thinner scabbard that appears to be made from a seed pod(?) which is lashed onto the scabbard with string and wire. There is a braided grass handle attached at the back of the scabbard, and a tie of cotton printed fabric tied to the handle. The wood of the scabbard has a red stain(?) over most of its surface and there is another longer tuft of hair attached behind the scabbard.

Culture
Iban
Material
wood, pod ?, human hair, cotton fibre, stain ?, metal, pig hair ?, grass ?, steel metal and bone
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket2516/8

Tightly woven, split-rattan basket. Two woven handles attached to top with a length of un-split rattan(?) which has been threaded through the entire circle of loops at the rim of the basket. Handles are attached at base with another length of un-split rattan(?) and string. Design is in natural and dark brown patterns. From top: natural circles in dark background with dark centres; geometric diamond-shaped design (abstract bird ?) in natural on dark ground; four-petal flower shapes in natural on dark ground; and dark wave(?) pattern on natural ground. Dark bands at top and bottom of design.

Culture
Penan
Material
rattan, fibre and dye
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket2516/7

Tightly woven, split-rattan basket with vertically alternating rows of black and plain rattan near the rim. Underneath, a snake-like motif in black is outlined by horizontal rows of black above and below. In middle of basket, an inter-connected cane-like motif is depicted in black. The snake-like motif appears again below this. At the bottom of the basket are a series of alternating horizontal rows of black and plain rattan. At the rim is a green synthetic cord which is connected through a pattern of white synthetic fibre coils. The cord runs twice around the rim and then down the outer wall to go through a hole in the centre of the base where the two ends are knotted together.

Culture
Penan
Material
rattan, dye and synthetic fibre
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blowpipe Dart2516/6 a-zzz

78 darts made of very thin bamboo, pointed at both ends. At the top of each dart a round, tapered wooden cover has been slipped over the tip.

Culture
Murut
Material
bamboo grass and wood
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dart Quiver2516/5 a-d

Part a is a hollow bamboo tube with part of one side open. Tied inside are nine long thin darts, pointed at both ends. One end of each has been dipped in poison. Parts b and c are two loose darts, also with poison on tips. Part d is a very thin, flat piece of bark or wood used as a wrapper to go around the other parts.

Culture
Murut
Material
bamboo grass, bark ? and poison resin
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShieldB465

Roughly rectangular wooden shield with points at both ends and a raised ridge down the centre. Bands of bamboo (?) laid horizontally across the shield at the top and bottom, held in place with zigzagging stitched of dark brown rattan (?); bands continue on reverse. Edges of shield are painted black; centre is painted red-brown. wooden handle on reverse.

Culture
Kayan
Material
wood, paint, bamboo grass ? and rattan ?
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bark BeaterB128

Bark beater. Long dark brown cylindrical wood piece with coil design tapering into smaller end with knob.

Culture
Bidayuh ?
Material
wood
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BlowgunIb417

Blowgun of natural light brown wood. Wide metal lance-olate blade lashed to muzzle end with worn braided binding and five sets of rattan. Shaft tapers from mouthpiece to muzzle. 1.1 cm. wide hole at each end. Pith at centre is bored with a very small hole (slightly curved) for darts.

Culture
Punan
Material
wood, iron metal and rattan
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BlowgunIb416

Blowgun of natural dark brown wood. Thin metal lance-olate blade lashed to shaft with four sets of rattan binding, the lowest one of which is wrapped around four times while the middle two are wrapped around twice and the top one is wrapped around multiple times. Muzzle is plugged with pandanus leaves. Shaft widens slightly from muzzle to butt end, where it flares to form mouthpiece. Mouthpiece slightly concave; hole at centre (0.9 cm.) edged with red wax. Pith inside hole with small hole bored through length.

Culture
Punan
Material
wood, iron metal, rattan, pandanus leaf and wax
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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