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Arrow1711/7

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, resin ?, clay ?, fibre, pigment and wood
Made in
Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arrow1711/4

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
clay ?, resin ?, wood, pigment, bamboo grass and fibre
Made in
Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arrow1711/2

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, pigment, wood, resin ? and fibre
Made in
Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Flute1367/4

Light brown coloured long and narrow flute with three evenly spaced holes on front, and two holes on back that are further apart from each other. Body is hollow. Flute has nine distinct sections of different geometric designs that include checkered, zigzag, diamond, triangular, and linear patterns.

Culture
Philippines
Material
bamboo grass
Made in
Philippines
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera Staff1704/25

Cantonese opera prop representing a staff. Long, straight wooden stick with two notches carved near the top; stick is painted brown-red with a green top.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
bamboo grass and paint
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera Prop BasketEdz4329

Tall, cylindrical basket of woven bamboo.

Culture
Chinese
Material
bamboo grass
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bow Prop1704/21

Cantonese opera prop representing a bow. Long, flat, painted bamboo. One end has a rounded point, the other end has a squared-off point. The squared-off point has an incised section near its tip. The bow is painted with vertical stripes of dark red, black, white, and dark yellow.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
bamboo grass
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bow Prop1704/19

Cantonese opera prop representing a bow. A long curved piece of wood painted black on one side and stripes of red, black and white on the other.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
bamboo grass and paint
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera Staff1704/10

Cantonese opera prop representing a mourning staff. Solid bamboo reed with frayed cloth wrapped around three-quarters of its length. The cloth is beige and brown. The part of the reed that is showing has been painted blue-green. It has a hole running through its diameter near the end through which a blue, twisted string is looped.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
bamboo grass, paint and fibre
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera Prop1704/7

Decapitated head opera prop. Representation of a human head. Eyebrows are painted black, eyes are black and white, lips are red, and edge of throat is rimmed with red. A looped rod extends from the top of the head. It is wrapped with grey fibre. Black fibre is wrapped overtop of the grey fibre and hangs down at the sides. There is a hole on top of the head where the rod is attached.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
paper, paint, pigment, adhesive, bamboo grass and cotton fibre ?
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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