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Arrow1711/8

Bamboo arrow with pointed tip and geometric design carved into the bamboo near the tip. The design is accented with orange-red, white and brown pigment. The end of the arrow is notched and has thin strands of fibre wrapped around it. Fibre wrapped around the shaft, approximately one third of the way along the length from the tip.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
bamboo grass, clay ?, fibre, wood, resin ? and pigment
Made in
Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arrow1711/6

Bamboo arrow with pointed tip and geometric design carved into the bamboo near the tip. The design is accented with orange-red, white and brown pigment. The end of the arrow is notched. Fibre wrapped around the shaft, approximately one third of the way along the length from the tip.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
bamboo grass, wood, pigment, fibre, clay ? and resin ?
Made in
Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arrow1711/5

Bamboo arrow with pointed tip and geometric design carved into the bamboo near the tip. The design is accented with orange-red, white and brown pigment. The end of the arrow is notched. Fibre wrapped around the shaft, approximately one third of the way along the length from the tip.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
bamboo grass, clay ?, fibre, wood, resin ? and pigment
Made in
Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arrow1711/3

Bamboo arrow with pointed tip and geometric design carved into the bamboo near the tip. The design is accented with orange-red, white and brown pigment. The end of the arrow is notched and has thin strands of fibre wrapped around it. Fibre wrapped around the shaft, approximately one third of the way along the length from the tip.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
bamboo grass, wood, resin ?, fibre and pigment
Made in
Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketB566

Model winnowing tray. Tray is upturned at one end and flattens at the other. There is a thick band of pink coloured bamboo that lines the perimeter of the piece, inside and out. There are line designs painted on the interior with pink dye.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
bamboo grass and dye ?
Made in
Bihar, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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UmbrellaB568 a-d

Model of an umbrella. A long handle (part a) is split at the end to make four prongs and is wrapped with brown bark(?). The handle attaches to the centre of the underside of the umbrella's top (part b). The top of the umbrella is cone shaped, is woven in a herring-bone pattern, is decorated with a thick band of pink woven grass in its centre and is outlined in black coloured woven grass. There is also a thick band of pink bamboo that is attached to the perimeter of the umbrella top by evenly spaced bamboo loops. Part c is a long thin stick with brown bark(?) twisted around one end. Part d is a long thin stick that has no bark twisted on its end.

Culture
Turi
Material
bamboo grass, bark ? and dye ?
Made in
Bihar, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model TrapB572

Model fish trap. Cone shaped with round, flat bottom. Plain. Five sections of split bamboo tied to grey coloured twisted rings.

Culture
Turi
Material
bamboo grass, wood and fibre
Made in
Bihar, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Percussion Musical Instrument1170/33

Three bamboo bars attached together with bamboo crossbars that have been affixed with wound rattan. Between the bars, two large pieces of hollow bamboo are attached from a top piece of hollow bamboo, and the hanging pieces of bamboo have been cut in half from near the top to the bottom of each piece. Each hanging piece is attached with a crossbar running through a semi-circular hole in the bamboo.

Culture
Western Indonesian
Material
bamboo grass and rattan ?
Made in
Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Percussion Musical Instrument1170/35

Three bamboo bars attached together with bamboo crossbars that have been affixed with wound rattan. Between the bars, two large pieces of hollow bamboo are attached from a top piece of hollow bamboo, and the hanging pieces of bamboo have been cut in half from their midway point to the bottom of each piece. Each hanging piece is attached with a crossbar running through a semi-circular hole in the bamboo.

Culture
Western Indonesian
Material
bamboo grass and rattan ?
Made in
Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DollN2.926 a-d

One male and one female standing figure on a platform (part d) on a boat (part a). Both are painted with black, and white, however the male is also painted blue, and green while the female is also painted red, pink, and blue. Sail (part b) has character meaning "precious", and it is leaning on the mast (part c) There is a purple tassel on each side of the curved sail, and an orange tassel at the front. Sides of the boat are painted blue, red, black, and white.

Culture
Japanese
Material
wood, bamboo grass, paint and fibre
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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