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Ancestor Figure2751/1

Tall wood carving of an ancestor figure standing on a mounded base. Covered with carved body tattoos, a mask-like face on each shoulder, a protruding belly, and large genitalia hanging out from behind a bark loin cloth attached to a grass belt, the figure wears an elaborate mask painted in white, red and black pigments. The mask has large cowrie shell eyes, boar tusks sticking out of the nostrils, elaborate earrings, a feather headdress plus fringe of feathers, and is surrounded with a clay border into which are embedded numerous tiny shells.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, clay, feather, grass fibre, paint, cowrie shell, shell, boar tusk and bark
Made in
Kaminibit, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ornament2720/21

Ornament made of woven plant fibre and two boar tusks. The tusks curved inward to a narrow woven basket covered at the bottom with fur. The basket has a black and yellow pattern and tapers towards the top. There is a green string attached to the basket end.

Culture
Asmat
Material
boar tusk, fibre and plant fibre
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentC977

The tusks form a circle with their bases connected with red fabric and woven bands attached to the centre where there are two teeth.

Culture
Asmat ?
Material
bark, fibre, tooth and boar tusk
Made in
Papua, Indonesia ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace2623/27

Boar tusk and bush banana tips necklace. The tusks are wrapped to the strand of bush banana tips with two types of fibre. The banana tips are strung on a clear plastic fibre.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
nutshell, boar tusk, plastic fibre and fibre
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dance Staff2596/6

Large figure head mounted on a wooden staff. Figure appears to have a wooden core, covered with clay and cobwebs. Vibrant blue, red and white paint cover the main surface of the face. Figure has a cone-shaped head wrapped with coir rope, protruding cylinder eyes and a long red nose. Two boar tusks curl upwards at each side of his mouth. Three vertically striped birds stick out from his forehead. Sticks with wound tufts of bushy grass fibres hang down over his ears.

Culture
Ni-Vanuatu
Material
wood, clay, pandanus leaf, paint, boar tusk and silk fibre
Made in
Malakula, Vanuatu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask2623/4

Near circle of 18 boar's teeth, bound together with fibre through a hole bored at the gum end. Layer of printed paper over the fibre binding, then layer of thick dark red substance with a layer of clear yellow adhesive over. Impressed into the dark red substance and adhesive are a semi-circle of red seeds (1.5 x 1 cm), surrounded by white shells (0.8 x 0.5 cm). The tips of the teeth opposite the decorated section also have holes bored. Reverse is undecorated. Wooden bar wrapped in plant fibre on reverse, 5 cm from bottom of decorated edge.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
boar tusk, paper, seed, shell, plant fibre and adhesive
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Body MaskIe415

Tumbuan 'mask' or body costume. Conical shape made of a wooden frame and wrapped with a large piece of mulberry bark that is painted with a vertical striped pattern in dark brown, light brown and orange. Along the bottom edge is a long fringe of sennit(?) dyed red and black; the sides have two red tufts. Attached to the front is an oval shaped wooden mask covered in white clay. The face has a long forehead, protruding brow, nose and red tongue. The septum has boar tusks running through; eyes are inlaid with shell. Around the eyes and nose is black and white spotted detailing. Above the mask are black feathers, a large tuft of sennit ? dyed black and painted red and white. The top back has a fibre woven plate, an erect woven handle and a pink and blue fabric decoration with white feathers. The top sides have wooden handles painted black, red and white.

Culture
Asmat
Material
palm leaf, clay, paint, feather, wood, shell, cotton fibre, plant fibre, mulberry bark, boar tusk and dye
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rattle1485/7

Plant fibre rattle with a rounded triangular base that tapers to join a cylindrical shaped body that ends in an oval shaped loop handle. The body and handle are overlaid with thin layers of wrapped plant fibre which is decorated with a black pigment. The base has two pieces of boar tusk inside.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
plant fibre, boar tusk and pigment
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ancestor MaskIe495

Carved wooden, oval shaped mask representing a face. The top of the head is inlaid with two different types of shells. The forehead is elongated with a ridge down the middle and recessed eyes inlaid with cowrie shells. The nose is protruding and has a section of a boar tusk in each nostril. The mouth is partly open exposing carved teeth. Bundles of sennit fibre line the bottom edge. The mask is painted with orange, black and white pigment. The back is undecorated.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, cowrie shell, shell, sennit fibre, boar tusk and pigment
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskIe479

Carved wood mask consisting of a head with an elongated brow; a long nose, mouth and chin. The top of the head is decorated with cassowary feathers and a small tuft of human hair. The face is elaborately detailed with dark blue, light blue and brown stylized designs on a white ground. There is a long, cylindrical shaped piece of wood that stretches from the bottom of the nose to the bottom of the mask; on the end is a small carved bird. The forehead and the side of the face are inlaid with rows of small shells; the eyes and sections of the forehead are detailed with inlaid cowrie shells. The nose has boar tusk on either side. The lower sides and bottom are lined with small bundles of sennit fibre. The bottom tip and the sides have bundles of black feathers.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, shell, cassowary feather, sennit fibre, human hair, boar tusk, paint, cowrie shell and feather
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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