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ClubC374

Bands of inter-locking scroll crescent and zigzag designs covering the entire piece. Sword shaped with a wide blade. Open handle.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
wood
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC376

Club with roughly cylindrical handle that has a conical tip and a curved, flat, and tapering blade. The surface is painted black and carved with an elaborate geometric design with a carved fish head at the base of the inner curve. There are inlaid round pieces of shell in the oval segment that joins the handle and the blade.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
shell, wood and paint
Made in
Ulawa, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bonito Fish FigureC378

Dark brown fish on base with several horizontal bands composed of several rows of triangular pieces of inlaid pava shell, and decorated with inlaid pava shell triangles on fins and around head. Two dorsal fins, tail fin, two pectoral fins, and one ventral fin; long, tapered nose.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
pava shell, milky pine wood and stain
Made in
New Georgia, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC384

Rectangular paddle-shaped club with four-panel design outlined vertically with toothed borders and horizontally with multiple band borders. Three peaks at top, and cylindrical handle extending from bottom.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
wood and stain
Made in
Tikopia, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Walking StickC386

Dark brown walking stick with a tapering cylindrical shaft and rounded ends.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
wood
Made in
New Georgia, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Paddle HandleC234

2 birds face each other on a scroll, black, red and blue-grey.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Roviana Lagoon, New Georgia, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Decorated ShellC235

A clam shell has been cleaned, polished, and placed inside a seed pod.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
seed and shell
Made in
New Georgia, Western, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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StaffC236

Staff decorated with long shell rectangles that cover the entire handle. Red fabric covers knob bound with braided rattan at one end.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
wood, fibre, shell and grass
Made in
Malaita, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArmbandC237

Beaded armband with red diamond and blue triangle pattern, outlined with white, all on a fibre base.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
glass and plant fibre
Made in
Roviana Lagoon, New Georgia, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArmbandC238

Woven band with geometric designs predominantly in red, black, yellow on dark ground.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
grass and dye
Made in
Malaita, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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