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Breast OrnamentC155

A heart-like spade-shaped piece with the centre pierced in contour. There is a small hole at the top centre.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
mother of pearl shell
Made in
Roviana Lagoon, New Georgia, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Breast OrnamentC156

Slightly curved, flat, iridescent pearl-like piece with the shape of a bird with wings outstretched. Linear design emphasized with black and having a diamond-shaped pattern outline. Lower wings have open work design that consists of six circles at either side. Central diamond shape cut out in the middle surrounded by curvi-linear lines.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
shell and paint
Made in
New Georgia, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Breast OrnamentC157

Heart within an oval. The heart has a black geometric border of diamond shapes that each have a line through them. The v-shape that connects the top of the heart to the oval has a similar pattern to that of the heart. The crescent shape that connects the bottom of the heart to the oval has a black pattern of sideways m's. .

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
shell and paint ?
Made in
New Georgia, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Breast OrnamentC159

Bilaterally abstract symmetrical design within a circle. Design consists of a central open circle with an open cross shape at either side held in the middle by a scroll-like pedestal at the top and the bottom. Has a hole at the top for hanging.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
shell
Made in
New Georgia, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Breast OrnamentC160

A U-shaped pearl-like shell piece with eight teeth at the mouth and a hole at the curved end.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
mother of pearl shell
Made in
Grasse, New Georgia, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Breast OrnamentC161

A small flat white circular piece, creating a bracelet-like effect.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
shell
Made in
New Georgia, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceC162

The pendant is made of a pearl-like shell with a comb-shaped shell among a brown seed, two semi-transparent red beads, and pink-white shell beads.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
fibre, shell, seed and glass
Made in
Roviana Lagoon, New Georgia, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentC164

A flat shell disc (kapkap) with a carved, thin, tortoise-shell disk attached over the shell and held in place by the string and tooth. Intricately pierced tortoise-shell placed over white shell. Tortoise-shell has the following concentric designs from the centre outward: cross-like; eight radiating delta-like shapes; thirteen clockwise pointing loops; and sixteen notched triangles.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
tortoise shell, tooth, fibre and shell
Made in
New Georgia, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerC441

Basket-shaped coconut shell container with handle. All one piece of coconut shell; three dark lines come up the sides of the container from the bottom centre.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
coconut nutshell and lacquer
Made in
Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa ClothC933

The tapa cloth is natural in colour with designs in greyish-dark green. There are two repeating designs: a human-like figure with a long body and a shape resembling a sideways 'H'. The figures are repeated in rows, on one side of the cloth.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
banyon tree bark, paint and indigo pigment
Made in
Santa Isabel, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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