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BowlEd5.3390 a-b

Bowl with lid: bowl has panels of floral design on white ground separated by yin and yang design with floral motif border in red with gold cross-hatch design; upside-down saucer-shaped lid has small red flower in centre bordered by a raised rim, and same design as bowl with blue bands around central raised rim and lip at outside rim. Inside plain white. Outside; red, gold, green and underglaze blue.

Culture
Japanese
Material
clay, glaze and paint
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowIe311

An arrow shaft, 94 cm. long, binding to a point, of pitpit (sword grass). The point is bound to the shaft with a 10 cm. wide band of trade cord coated with yellow clay. The point is triple made of three flat bamboo slivers bound to the outside of the shaft, each projecting 10.5 cm. beyond the shaft and 1 cm. wide, tapering to a sharp point, flaring out from the shaft.

Culture
Kewa
Material
clay, cotton fibre, bamboo grass and fibre
Made in
Iapi, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowIe310

An arrow shaft, 82 cm. long, made of pitpit (sword grass). The shaft is light brown with black coating. The foreshaft of black palm wood, 41 cm. long, has an incised design. At the point of insertion into the shaft, there is a sleeve of woven split rattan 1 cm. wide. The foreshaft is inserted into a hollow lanceolate bone point 10 cm. long with a sleeve of woven split rattan 1.5 cm. wide at the point of insertion. The point is rubbed with grey clay. The foreshaft is rubbed with grey clay and red ochre.

Culture
Kewa
Material
fibre, bone, rattan, ochre pigment, resin, clay and palm wood
Made in
Iapi, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BandIe331

A band of two circles crossed twice, creating four lengths, woven in a natural light brown bark fibre. On all edges of the band, there are horizontal rows of white beads (including one orange and two red beads). Partially coated with a white substance.

Culture
Kewa
Material
paint, bark fibre and clay ?
Made in
Koiari, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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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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