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Belt2623/19

Narrow woven grass fibre belt. Twined bark fibre is woven down the centre of the belt, connecting white beads and a single yellow bead. Belt is a continuous circle.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
grass fibre, bark fibre and glass
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rope2623/45

Roll of bark twine.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bark fibre
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace2623/44

Coconut shell scraper attached to a necklace of Job's tears strung on green plastic fibre. Scraper has been sharpened to a concave rounded edge and sides have been notched for decoration. A small piece of bark fibre rope loops the scraper to the necklace, hiding the plastic fibre. Pahaion necklace.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
coconut nutshell, plastic fibre, bark fibre and job's tear seed
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag2623/32

Bilum bag loosely woven from twined bark fibre. Colours on bag alternate in horizontal bands and patches, and the strap is dyed yellow.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bark fibre and dye
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag2623/31

Bilum bag woven from brightly dyed commercial fibre with the strap made from undyed bark fibre. Horizontal striped pattern in blue, black, orange and two shades of pink.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
synthetic fibre, dye and bark fibre
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag2623/30

Bilum bag woven from multi-coloured dyed bark fibre with banded and checkered designs. A circular design in undyed fibre is woven into the bottom left of one side.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bark fibre and dye
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag2623/29

Bilum bag woven from dyed, twined bark fibre in white, purple and pink horizontal bands, with intermittent vertical bands of the same colours.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bark fibre and dye
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Head Ring2623/28

Five rows of small white shells woven into a band of woven bark fibre. Bark fibre string extends from the band at both sides. A small piece of animal skin with fur is attached loosely at one end of band.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
shell, bark fibre and skin
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace2623/26

Simple beaded necklace on corded bark ? fibre. Necklace is half orange, half red beads, with white-black-white combinations interspersed.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
glass, bark fibre ? and dye
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace2623/25

Fragments of plastic red electrical wire casing, strung on bark fibre. Necklace has a single white shell and a wire casing 'tassle' in red and black.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
plastic, bark fibre and shell
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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