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SpatulaC846

Brown-black wood piece that has a handle in the form of a crouching human figure. Body is decorated with crescent-shaped lines. Face has circular eyes and a long nose as well as a brow line, and an open mouth with jagged teeth. A knob is at the top of the head. There is a band of triangles around the base of the figure. Designs emphasized with lime. 'Blade' tapers to a flat rounded point and is perpendicular to the human figure.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
lime mineral and ebony wood
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Lime SpatulaC844

Brown-black wood piece that flares upward along the handle where two symmetrical birds are back to back on handle end with spiral patterns. Short 'blade' tapers to a flat rounded point. The space in between has a ridge on either side with a heart-shaped face at the bottom end. Designs emphasized with lime.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
ebony wood and lime mineral
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpatulaC841

Brown-black wood piece that has a handle in the form of two crouching figures with a decorated body. Figures are at right angles to each other. Figures are decorated with hour-glass shapes and crescent-shaped lines. Designs emphasized with lime. Faces have circular eyes, a long nose, and a wide mouth. 'Blade' tapers to a flat rounded point.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
ebony wood and lime mineral
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpatulaC830

Brown-black wood piece that has a handle in the form of a crouching human figure. Spiral decoration at the junction of the 'blade' and the handle. Carved designs are filled in with white. Face has small circular eyes, a long nose, and a wide smile. 'Blade' tapers to a flat rounded point.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
ebony wood and lime mineral
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubIg405

Black-brown, tapering wooden stick with a rounded ball at the bottom and an elaborately carved handle at the top; handle is carved in the stylized shape of a seated human covered with curvilinear designs in relief. White pigment is rubbed into the curvilinear designs.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
ebony wood and pigment ?
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Lime SpatulaC843

Lime spatula with an elongated blade that has a rounded tip and flares to a small hilt on top of which a figure is standing. The figure is two-sided (the front of the body and face is depicted on both sides) and is decorated with incised designs that have been filled with lime mineral.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
ebony wood and lime mineral
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC669

Club with roughly cylindrical handle that flares outwards at the guard and has a flat butt end with a rounded edge. The blade of the club is flat and slightly flared to a flat end. The blade has zigzag and scroll motifs at the top, and the handle hilt has rows of triangles and diamonds, each incised into the wood. The designs are emphasized with white pigment.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
ebony wood and lime pigment
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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AbacusN2.529

Abacus with twenty-one rows of wooden beads divided into groups of fours and ones. Framed in black. White divider between row of fours and row of ones. Held together by metal dowels.

Culture
Japanese
Material
ebony wood, bamboo grass, wood and metal
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Lime SpatulaC833

Brown-black wood piece that has a handle carved in a spiral design. Spiral design is consisting of three interconnected spiral curls along the 'back side' with a circle in between and having the main part of the handle which has a larger spiral curl curve underneath the three interconnected ones. In the middle, there is a three-prong v-shape. At the top, there is a fish-like design with a spiral curled tail. Designs emphasized with lime. 'Blade' tapers to a flat rounded point and is perpendicular to the handle.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
ebony wood and lime mineral
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure1384/10

A human-like figure standing on a base. The face is a long thin pointy oval with a bald head, a high nose, a compressed mouth, and a chin. The long arms rest at the sides of the body and the legs are fairly short. The figure is carved with clothing around the bottom portion of the body.

Culture
Makonde ?
Material
ebony wood
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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