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SpearC652

Chipped blade set in wood with pitch and fibre lashings. The shaft is made of cane. Geometric decorations outlined with string and accented with white seeds. Obsidian blade is triangular in cross section and is flat at the end. From the base of the point, the design is as follows: a red x-formation surrounded by white at either side and black at either end; and five sets of four seeds around red, white, and black diamond shapes.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
resin, wood, obsidian stone, plant fibre, seed, stem ? and paint
Made in
Admiralty Islands, Manus, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskC655

Carved mask attached to headpiece by fibres. Face is painted in geometric designs in white, red, and black. Shells for the eyes. Headpiece has real grey-brown hair at either side covered in white clay and an extended ridge running front to back along the middle, and is built on a frame of strips of red orange-brown wood and bark cloth. Elaborate decoration.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
bark, wood, human hair, clay, paint, shell and plant fibre
Made in
New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowC770

A plain shaft . There is a long black, red, and white triangular geometric patterned point which is elaborately carved. The barbed portion of the point ends in an elongated cone. The end of the shaft is notched.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
wood, fibre, stem ? and paint
Made in
Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC461

Wooden club made from a branch; cap-like knob on the bottom with a straight shaft leading to a curved end with spur. The underside of the curve has a rectangular section roughly carved, with traces of white paint.

Culture
Fijian
Material
wood and paint ?
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC462

Wooden club made from a branch; cap-like knob on the bottom with a straight shaft leading to a curved end with spur. The underside of the curve has a rectangular section roughly carved, with traces of white paint.

Culture
Fijian
Material
wood and paint ?
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA7367

Small flat face with raised cheek bones. The plain light brown wood face has circular cut out hole eyes outlined by black and surrounded by a tapering oval and a green area with black brows above. The nose has dark cut out nostrils. The open red mouth has a large lower lip and is showing sixteen red teeth. There is a black hairline outlined by red. Has slim ears, at the bottom and top of which, on either side, there is a hole.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bentwood BoxA7450 a-b

Tall square bentwood box (part a) with a slightly flared lid (part b). The front and back are painted red and black in different Northwest Coast stylized distributive designs. The front and back have complex designs. The side panels are painted with a black ovoid with a red line attached at the top right and bottom left corners. Box is adzed, kerfed, steamed, bent, last corner pegged, bottom pegged and nailed. The lid has traces of black paint and made of a single piece of wood.

Culture
Tsimshian ?
Material
red cedar wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonA7457

Wooden spoon with an elongated bowl and a flat handle. Painted designs and the letters "f" and "a" on handle in black and red.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonA7458

Wooden spoon with an elongated bowl and Northwest Coast designs painted on the handle in black and orange.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model PaddleA7460

Stylized design in black, green, and red on one side of a small wood paddle. Has a black oval in red-outline tapering eye surrounded by a thick green-outlined ovoid. A black split u within a larger green u form are at either end. An oblong black shape is along the upper back. There is a black three digit claw. A green semi-oval surrounded by a red u form is at the lower end. In front of the claw, there are two black shapes within a red u form. The tip has a red split u. The handle has a red, green, and black three digit claw at the end. The handle has a horizontal cylindrical finial.

Culture
Tlingit ? or Tsimshian ?
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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