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Spear2948/147

Long bamboo and wood spear. Spear is bound to bamboo shaft with woven plant fibre and wax. Spear point is darker then bamboo shaft and has two sets of circular barbs of uniform size. Thin circular lines are carved into the butt end of the shaft.

Culture
Asmat
Material
bamboo grass, wood, plant fibre and wax
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear2948/146

Long bamboo and wood spear with carved bone head. Spear point is curved in the middle and has five barbs on each side. The spear point is bound with string to a narrow wooden shaft, which has traces of white powder on all sides. The wooden shaft is then bound with plant fibre to a slightly larger bamboo shaft. Lines are carved at the top and base of the bamboo shaft.

Culture
Asmat
Material
bamboo grass, plant fibre, fibre, wood and bone
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag2948/28

Large woven bag. Bag has 2 shoulder straps, and a third larger handle. Front is decorated with bunches of thin braided tassels hanging from bands of alternating brown and yellow triangles. No decoration on back.

Culture
Asmat
Material
plant fibre, leaf ? and bark ?
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Waist Ornament2948/20

Coil of split bamboo. Arrows, zigzags, and dots are marked on wider strands.

Culture
Asmat
Material
bamboo grass
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Waist Ornament2948/19

Thick coil of bamboo. No decorations on coils. Ends of one strand are knotted. Two loops of rope on opposite sides hold the coil together.

Culture
Asmat
Material
bamboo grass, plant fibre and plastic
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Waist Ornament2948/18

Coil of bamboo. No decorations on wide strands of bamboo. Two strands are knotted at the ends. A loop of rope holds the coil together.

Culture
Asmat
Material
plastic, bamboo grass and plant fibre
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Puppet3105/1

String puppet (marioneta) of the character Jupiter. Puppet wears a long off-white cotton robe with gold coloured grasses hanging around the outside and a gold coloured crown made of individual curved strips of metal with dark blue stone pieces attached to each. There is a painted paper collar that wraps around his neck and down the front; the arms are similarly constructed; the hands are carved of wood.

Culture
Portuguese
Material
cotton fibre, paper, grass, wood, paint, brass metal, stone ?, plastic and adhesive
Made in
Sintra, Lisboa, Portugal
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Horn Container2956/259 a-b

Yellow-brown goat horn with a cork plug at one end and a removable plug (part b) at the other end. Fine incised hearts and arches decorate the surface. A star is also carved on the surface and possibly the date 1928(?) above the star.

Culture
Portuguese
Material
goat horn and bark
Made in
Borba, Evora, Portugal
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Warrior Charm3084/1

Body adornment (karawut) woven of bark and fibre. The object is coloured with ochre, charcoal and lime, and takes a basic human shape with head at top, protruding nose running down the length of the face, large open eyes, and open mouth below nose. At bottom are two thin legs with dangling cowrie shells as feet. The chest is thickly padded. Lines of cowrie shells are sewn onto the torso and upper legs, and boar tusks, two per side, are attached along the midpoint edges. At back, a short loop of fibre is attached at mid-upper shoulder.

Culture
Abelam
Material
hibiscus bark, sennit fibre, boar tusk, cowrie shell, ochre pigment, charcoal pigment and lime pigment
Made in
East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear2948/174

Wood and bamboo spear. A thin, flat head of bamboo comes to a sharp point, and is bound at its other end to a narrow wooden shaft by string and beeswax. This is inserted into the shaved end of a thicker shaft of bamboo and secured with rattan, fibre and beeswax. Four thin lines are carved around the shaft where the shaving and wax begins.

Culture
Asmat
Material
bamboo grass, wood, plant fibre, bee wax, rattan and ochre pigment
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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