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MaskC1375

A dark brown-black wood mask carved with geometric linear designs filled with lime, and having black, red, and white colourings. The head tapers upward and is decorated with grooved curvi-linear designs consisting of white inverted u-shapes and red tear-drop shapes. The cowrie shell eyes have a red u-line underneath and high upraised eyebrows above. The cheeks have red dots outlined with white. The face is outlined with a white-gorooved line, below which, there is a red-grooved u-shaped mouth and a pointed chin. There is a grass tassel knotted through the red-outlined nose. The pointed beard is carved with white-grooved curvi-linear lines which swirl around the bottom.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
clay, grass fibre, cowrie shell and wood
Made in
Wabag, Enga, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BookN2.759

Book with various monthly activities illustrated in pink, green and brown. Covers are made from grass cloth. Book opens like an accordion, with one side having blank pages, and the other with illustrations. January No. 1 depicts people walking on a street carrying buckets, boxes, bags, and musical instruments with a gate in the upper right corner. February No. 2 depicts adults facing four banners or lanterns with four children at a large drum on the left, four more children carrying banners, and lanterns on the right. March No. 3 depicts people in a joyful march along a link of trees with pink blossoms. April No. 4 depicts children handing things to adults from a platform which has a waterwell with a statue. May No. 5 depicts men coming around a gate with one blowing a conch shell on the left side, and three chilren holding braided fibres along a water bank on the right side. June No. 6 depicts men doing burning near a shoreline along the upper corners, and people at a flower market along the lower corners with a diagonal line separating the two images. [July] No. 7 depicts three images: 1) Two men, and a lantern on the right side, 2) Lanterns blowing in the wind throughout a town on the top left side, and 3) Children holding hands in a circle onthe bottom left side. August No. 8 depicts an elderly man standing, and a woman kneeling at a table with fruit on the left side, and people standing on the balcony of a building overlooking a town on the right side. September No. 9 depicts people around the statue of a big bird. October No. 10 depicts people having a feast on the floor. November No. 11 depicts the upper portion of a building along the upper corners, and people in a line at a booth on the right side along the lower corners with a zig zag line separating the two images. December No. 12 depicts people making, and selling food at a market.

Culture
Japanese
Material
paper and grass fibre
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt2623/19

Narrow woven grass fibre belt. Twined bark fibre is woven down the centre of the belt, connecting white beads and a single yellow bead. Belt is a continuous circle.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
grass fibre, bark fibre and glass
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt2623/18

Unbroken band made of woven brown and bright yellow grass fibre with a geometric pattern.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
grass fibre and dye
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Armband2623/17

Unbroken band made of woven grass fibre. Bracelet is undyed with an interwoven dark brown zig zag pattern.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
grass fibre and dye
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Armband2623/16

Unbroken band of woven grass fibre. Bracelet is brown with a smaller decorated band of bright yellow patterning.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
grass fibre and dye
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Armband2623/15

Unbroken band made of woven grass fibre. Bracelet is brown with bright yellow patterning.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
grass fibre and dye
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Armband2623/14

Unbroken band made of woven grass fibre. Bracelet is brown with bright yellow patterning.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
grass fibre and dye
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt2623/13

Unbroken band of woven dark brown and undyed grass fibres, producing a thin, interlocking zigzag pattern.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
grass fibre and dye
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt2623/59

Thick unbroken band made of brown and yellow wove grass fibre. Belt has a geometric pattern throughout.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
grass fibre and dye
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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