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Tool2600/9

Four interlocking pieces of reed, each with the centre peeled away, leaving a hard exterior and soft interior.

Culture
Wounaan
Material
reed grass
Made in
Pimia River, Choco, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dart Quiver2600/2 a-ss

Quiver and dart set. Cylindrical wooden quiver (part a) with lid (part b) is attached to hollow corked gourd (part c) by rope-like fibre. The gourd is stuffed with a natural coloured fibre. There are forty-one barbed darts (d-ss), two of which have wound wool-like fibres at one end; part f is a piece of fibre.

Culture
Wounaan
Material
reed grass, tar resin, palm wood and fibre
Made in
San Juan River, Choco, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ear Ornament2623/6

Ear decorations. Two lengths of bamboo with two types of feathers and tufts of fur sticking out one end. Decorations are strung together with corded plant fibre. The bamboo has burnt etching in geometric patterns down the barrel.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bamboo grass, feather and animal hair
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket2628/1

Rectangular cedar bark basket with braided handles. Swamp grass mid-section has a thunderbird with arrow design, bordered on top and bottom by a purple and a green and yellow checkered band.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark, dye and swamp grass
Made in
Ahousat, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blowpipe Dart2516/4 a-ee

31 poison-tipped darts, made of long thin sticks of bamboo, pointed at both ends. At top of each is a wooden cylidrical tip cover which tapers down in size.

Culture
Murut
Material
bamboo grass, wood and poison resin
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dart Quiver2516/3 a-b

Dart container with lid. Part a is the bamboo container with a concave base, and two bands of interwoven bamboo or rattan strips that have a connecting string. Attatched by these is a wooden implement with a carved design at the top and two rods at the bottom. It is also attached by wound bamboo strips at the bottom and top. Part b is a lid with the top hollowed out somewhat.

Culture
Murut
Material
wood, poison resin, fibre and bamboo grass
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dart Quiver2516/2 a-l

Bamboo dart container (part a) with a lid attached with string, containing darts and other items. Quiver has interwoven bamboo around lid and three bands around bamboo that attach a dark brown wooden implement to the side. A thin metal strip runs along side and bottom of container and both sides and top of lid. Single string is tied near centre of container. Inside container are parts b-l. Part b is an l-shaped object, wider at one end with a hole in it. Part c is a circular wooden coil of two layers with a hole in the middle. Part d is a twisted wooden piece with a thin rope through one of its two holes. Parts e and f are two cylindrical, hollow bamboo sticks. Part g is a dart-like object with a thin pointed tip and wider main body. Parts h-l are blowpipe darts, long and thin with tapering cylindrical shaped attachments at top.

Culture
Murut
Material
bamboo grass, metal, paper, wood and fibre
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Folding FanN3.55

A closing fan made of twenty-six flat bamboo ribs lacquered dark brown with tapering end pieces of natural colour bamboo. Edges of the ribs curve inwards just below the point where they reach the paper cover of the fan, which is white. Fan is held together with a brass rivet that has a small ring on one side. Rivet is set into wooden ends of a slightly darker colour, which flare outward at the base.

Culture
Korean
Material
bamboo grass, paper, wood, metal, lacquer and adhesive
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Batik Tool2569/4

An Indonesian batik pen with a bamboo handle and a copper receptacle with a thin spout.

Culture
Indonesian
Material
bamboo grass, wax and copper metal
Made in
Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Batik Tool2569/3

Batik pen with a bamboo handle and a copper receptacle with a narrow curved spout.

Culture
Indonesian
Material
bamboo grass and copper metal
Made in
Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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