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ArrowIe308

An arrow shaft, 86.5 cm. long, made of a variety of pitpit (sword grass). The shaft is red-brown with black coating. The fore-shaft of the black palm wood is 13 cm. long between the bindings. At the joint, with the shaft, there is a sleeve of woven rattan 1 cm. wide. The foreshaft is bound to the point coated with grey clay. The long bone point protrudes 14 cm. beyond the binding.

Culture
Kewa
Material
fibre, bone, rattan, palm wood, resin, clay and bark
Made in
Iapi, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowIe352

An arrow shaft, 62.5 cm. long, made of a variety of pitpit or sword grass. The shaft has black coating. The round foreshaft of black palm wood is 25.5 cm.long between bindings. Bound at the insertion into the shaft, there is a sleeve of woven rattan 2 cm. wide and to the point with a band of bark cord 5.5 cm. wide. The palm wood is bound with a narrow sleeve of woven rattan less than 1 cm. wide. The foreshaft is also bound with a narrow sleeve of woven rattan. The bark cord band is coated with grey clay. The point is a solid round bone projection 12.5 cm. beyond the binding and coated with a black substance.

Culture
Kewa
Material
bone, bark, resin, clay, ochre pigment, palm wood, rattan and sword grass
Made in
Iapi, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressIe345

A rounded knitted headdress drawn in around the edges on a string. Top has a rounded rectangular panel, 19 x 17 cm, knitted in a ribbed pattern. Ribs have been coloured red and white with ochre and clay.

Culture
Kewa
Material
ochre pigment, clay and bark
Made in
Koiari, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Roof Ornament2633/36

Roof top ornament. Low-fired ceramic ornament that is partially painted in white and black, hollow underneath. A female figure straddles the bowl section with her hands on her thighs. A fish-shaped handle runs over top.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentIe317

A bailer shell, white on the convex surface, with an irregular brown coating on the concave surface. Triangular shape with rounded corners and one corner notched. Five holes are bored near the two upper corners. Through two of these, there has been strung a double length of cheesecloth 61 cm. long. The cheesecloth is coloured with yellow clay.

Culture
Kewa
Material
clay, cotton fibre and bailer shell
Made in
Koiari, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureEd5.3070

Clay figure representing a woman with grey hair, white blouse, and black skirt, sitting on a red cushion with white circles. There is a yellow tassel at each corner of the cushion. Her eyebrows are arched and her eyelids turn downwards. She has a red bowl in front of her in between her legs, and she is holding an orange stick with both of her hands.

Culture
Japanese
Material
silk fibre, fibre, paint and clay
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CupEd5.2326

Outside has a narrow band of black with a white and gold classic scroll. Raised footing at base with red and gold. Inside has a partial gold and red dragon with a pearl at top and a black and gold scene in bottom with sun, sun rays, gate and water. Three red calligraphy characters on bottom.

Culture
Japanese
Material
glaze, paint and clay
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CupEd5.2120

Cup with black parallel stripes on outside from base to rim. Raised foot. Inside at bottom is a square with two chrysanthemums, a green circle with black lines around the square and a yellow band with black lines on cavette. Green band and black lines on inside of rim. Green inscription on underside of base with four characters.

Culture
Japanese
Material
glaze, paint and clay
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CupEd5.1950

Outside has a blue, green and gold vine, leaves like grapes and fruit like pomegranate. Inside has two horses at bottom and near the mouth a "diapered" pattern of green on light brown with two patches of red on gold design.

Culture
Japanese
Material
clay, paint, glaze and gold metal
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowIe307

An arrow shaft, 88.5 cm. long, made of a variety of pitpit (sword grass). The shaft is light brown with black coating. Inserted into the tip of the shaft, held with a woven rattan sleeve 1 cm. wide, is a long point of black palm wood 27 cm. long, which appears to have had a thin point which was broken off. The point is incised with longitudinal wavy lines filled with short parallel lines and rubbed with red ochre and grey clay.

Culture
Kewa
Material
resin, clay, ochre pigment, palm wood, rattan and fibre
Made in
Iapi, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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