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SpearC298

The tip is coiled with red plant fibre, below which, there are the following: five sets of four small barbs; five sets of four increasingly longer barbs; and four sets of four small barbs. The point is decorated with a red and yellow grass sleeve with a horizontal zig zag pattern, a carved band that is emphasized with white and that consists of two figures (each of which has circular eyes, a triple u-shaped mouth, and an x-shaped body), and a fibre tuft. Bright red and yellow plant fibre coiling are at either ends of the grass sleeve. The dark brown wood shaft is plain and tapers at the end.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
wood, grass fibre, bone and paint
Made in
Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC311

The tip is coiled with red and yellow plant fibre, below which, there are the following: four sets of four small barbs; and three sets of four increasingly longer barbs. The point is decorated with a red and yellow grass sleeve with a horizontal zig zag pattern around a central diamond shape pattern, a carved band that is emphasized with white and that consists of two figures (each of which has eyes, a triple upward pointing nose, and a diamond-shaped body), and a fibre tuft with string below. Red and yellow plant fibre coiling are at either ends of the grass sleeve. The dark brown wood shaft is plain and tapers at the end.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
wood, bone, plant fibre, grass and pigment ?
Made in
Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC292

The tip is coiled with red plant fibre, below which, there are the following: four sets of four small barbs; three sets of four increasingly longer barbs; and six sets of four small barbs. The point is decorated with a light and dark brown grass sleeve with a horizontal zig zag pattern and a carved band that consists of two figures (each of which has eyes, a downward curving feature above and in between the eyes, a double upward curve below, and a large upward curve underneath). Red and yellow plant fibre coiling are at either ends of the grass sleeve. The dark brown wood shaft is plain and tapers at the end.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
wood, grass, fibre and bone
Made in
Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC290

The tip is coiled with yellow-brown plant fibre, below which, there are the following: three sets of four small barbs; three sets of four increasingly longer barbs; and seven sets of four small barbs. The point is decorated with a red and yellow grass coiling, a carved band that is emphasized with white and that consists of two figures (each of which has triangular eyes along with three upward pointing triangles below), and a carved ball. The red-brown wood shaft is plain.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
wood, bone, grass and fibre
Made in
Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC1519

The tip is coiled with yellow-brown plant fibre, below which, there are the following: six sets of four small barbs; three sets of four increasingly longer barbs; and ten sets of four small barbs. The point is decorated with a red and yellow grass sleeve with a horizontal zig zag pattern, a carved band that consists of two figures (each of which has eyes, a bulbous nose, a wide smiling mouth, and hands resting below the belly), and a fibre tuft. The dark brown wood shaft is plain.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
bone, fibre, grass and wood
Made in
Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BootsN2.182 a-b

Pair of boots woven from grass with a row of black fibre at the base of the leg and greenish-brown cuffs.

Culture
Japanese
Material
fibre, grass and dye ?
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear1176/3

A spear stick, missing the point. Long, hollow, cylindrical, light brown bamboo stick, divided into relatively equal sections by six darker sections, with a woven sleeve at one end. The three darker sections closest to the woven sleeve each have a horizontal band of grooved cross hatching along the top and the bottom while the next to below just have a horizontal band of grooved cross hatching along the top and the last one at the other end has none.

Culture
Eastern Indonesian ?
Material
bamboo grass and fibre
Made in
Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gambling GameA4480 a-e

Irregularly-shaped, stone-like piece of ochre (part a). Flat, ovular stone with a circular hole bored near one edge; stained red and black (part b). Short, cylindrical double-pointed paint stick (part c). Rolled hide sheet (part d) with one pointed end enclosing thin strips of cedar bark; cloth thong tied to tip of pointed end. Elongated, yellow-white antler toggle with a short cloth thong tied through a circular hole bored through one end (part e).

Culture
Nisga'a
Material
antler, skin, cedar bark, stone, ochre pigment and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth1448/32

Tapa cloth in a rectangular shape and painted with seven panels, each with bands of zigzag lines that have double hooked shapes emerging from the points and several v shapes, all in light brown and dark grey. The panels each have a border.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
paper mulberry bark and paint
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth1448/7

Tapa cloth painted with four rows of three sets of two rough triangle shapes with diagonal lines between and around them, each row divided by two bands and a band at each shorter end, all in reddish-brown outlined in black.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
paper mulberry bark and paint
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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