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Flute Stop FigureIe481

Flute stop representing a male figure with a black and white painted face and a cylindrical post underneath its feet. The figure is wearing a tooth necklace with a cassowary feather skirt and a cowrie shell waistband. The figure is also ornamented with a cowrie shell headband, a circular piece of shell on the forehead, shell earrings, and a segment of tusk inserted through the nose with a strip of woven cord hanging from it. The eyes are inlaid with iridescent shell.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
cowrie shell, cassowary feather, fibre, tusk, tooth, paint, wood and shell
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskIe480

Mask depicting a long and narrow human face with protruding eyes, a protruding tongue and a recurved nose with the head of a boar-like figure at the chin. The face is heavily encrusted with shells at the edges, and ornamented with black cassowary feathers at the sides. Tusks protrude from the nostrils and the cheeks as well as from the cheeks of the boar-like figure. Sennit fibre tassels are tied through holes along the protruding rod running from the forehead to below the mouth. A loop hanger is attached at the top.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
sennit fibre, cassowary feather, shell, wood, paint, wool fibre and dye
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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Ceremonial DaggerIe444

A circular clay face with long dark brown feathers on top and a bone point below that is concave on the front side while convex on the back side. The cowrie shell eyes are painted red and are outlined with a black line extending upward toward its respective temple, which in turn, is outlined with white and red. There is a long black line running down along the middle of the face to the end of the nose. The top of the forehead is decorated with small cowrie shells. The lips are pinched to pout out and the mouth area is white.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bone, paint, shell, clay and feather
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ToyEdz1086

Stack of pink circular slips of paper with four coloured feathers protruding from the centre.

Culture
Chinese: Hakka
Material
paper, feather, leather skin and dye
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arrow1003/73

Wooden arrow with a metal arrowhead and three white and brown feather vanes affixed near the notched end of the shaft with sinew(?).

Culture
Plains ?
Material
wood, feather, sinew ? and metal
Made in
Alberta, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arrow1003/72

Wooden arrow with a metal arrowhead and three white and brown feather vanes affixed near the notched end of the shaft with sinew.

Culture
Plains ?
Material
wood, feather, sinew ? and metal
Made in
Alberta, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureIe493

Conical shaped woven basketry figure with two faces depicted. Top face is larger than the lower face, it has a tapered forehead that ends with a fibre, looped handle and is decorated with small feathers. Both faces have oval shaped holes for eyes, an opening for a mouth, a protruding nose and ears along with sennit fibre beards. Each face is painted white with brown and orange detailing. The bottom edge is wrapped with long pieces of fibre.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
fibre, wood, sennit fibre, paint and feather
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ornament1067/21

Triangular woven handle fans out towards the end. Thick layers of orange-yellow feathers adorn the end. Handle has several sections of horizontal stitching.

Culture
Wari
Material
plant fibre and feather
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Club1003/66

Long wooden handle with an elliptically shaped brown stone with tapering, pointed ends attached at the top. Wooden handle is encased in hide, a strip of which binds the stone club to the top of the handle. Two white and brown feathers are strung, along with a turquoise bead, from the top of the handle.

Culture
Plains
Material
skin, stone, wood, feather and glass
Made in
Alberta, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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