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Blowgun2814/53

Blowgun with long cylindrical wooden shaft. Shaft tapers slightly towards the base and is completely wrapped in thin strips of palm bark. A thick circle of plant fibre is wrapped around the shaft nearer the top. A hollow mouth piece, flared at both ends, is attached to the top of the shaft with resin.

Culture
Makuna
Material
wood, resin and palm fibre
Made in
Vaupes, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pan Flute2814/44

Flute with three wide pipes, wrapped in leaves. The ends are loose and frayed.

Culture
Makuna
Material
tucum palm fibre, reed grass and bark
Made in
Vaupes, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pan Flute2814/43

Flute with three wide pipes, wrapped in leaves. The ends are loose and frayed.

Culture
Makuna
Material
tucum palm fibre, reed grass and bark
Made in
Vaupes, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pan Flute2814/41

Flute with eight progressively shorter and narrower pipes, held together with palm twine tied around the width. The pipes are open at the mouth end and closed at the other.

Culture
Makuna
Material
tucum palm fibre and reed grass
Made in
Vaupes, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Broom2814/22

Small broom with a short handle made of eight tightly woven braids. Loose strips of palm fibre have been split to make the bristles of the broom head. A black piece of rope is tied around the base and top of the handle, perhaps to hang the broom.

Culture
Yukuna
Material
tucum palm fibre
Made in
Vaupes, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arm Band2787/33

Natural rafia fibres twined and woven into a band with long two-ply twined fringe at one end is looped together end to end.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
palm leaf fibre
Made in
Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Container2790/25

Small round basketry-covered gourd container with round opening and a thin twined string handle.

Culture
African
Material
gourd fruit and palm fibre ?
Made in
Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cloth2790/22

Almost square cloth of cropped woven raffia in a pattern of yellow and brown diamond shapes, with a fringe all around edges.

Culture
Kuba
Material
palm leaf fibre and dye
Made in
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CapeN2.1162 b

Cape composed of palm fibres sewn together with a twined fibre rope. The ends of the palm fibres hang loose at the bottom. The cape has two twined rope loops at the sides of the top and a twined tie at the centre.

Culture
Okinawan
Material
palm fibre
Made in
Okinawa, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CapeN2.1162 a

Cape composed of palm fibres sewn together with a twined fibre rope. The ends of the palm fibres hang loose at the bottom. The cape has thick double-twined rope ties at the neck.

Culture
Okinawan
Material
palm fibre
Made in
Okinawa, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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