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Ceremonial Cane2600/75

Monkey's hand spirit cane. Polished ceremonial cane with a four fingered monkey's paw carved on the top, representing a monkey spirit.

Culture
Wounaan
Material
palm wood and lacquer
Made in
Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ceremonial Cane2600/74

Consumption cane. Slightly tapering wooden staff with a bulbous head showing very abstract facial features. Meant to depict the wasting away of the body to disease.

Culture
Wounaan
Material
palm wood
Made in
Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ceremonial Cane2600/73

Polished palm wood ceremonial cane made to represent a familar spirit. End is rectangular with a series of symetrical ridges and notches capped by a rounded top.

Culture
Wounaan
Material
palm wood
Made in
Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ceremonial Cane2600/72

A carved wooden ceremonial cane to cure consumption. Cane is crowned with a carved female familiar spirit figure with hat, slitted eyes and hands over her stomach.

Culture
Wounaan
Material
palm wood
Made in
Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dart Quiver2600/67 a-t

Two part quiver and 18 darts. Part a is a hollow reed quiver with red woven fibre sealing one end and a 4 cm band cut around the top of the other, on which to secure a rope. Part b is a longer hollow reed, sealed with tree tar at one end and corded fibre rope looped around the engraved band at the open end. Parts c-t are thin pointed tip darts made from palm wood.

Culture
Wounaan
Material
reed grass, dye, palm wood, fibre and wood resin
Made in
San Juan River, Choco, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ceremonial Cane2600/71

Palm ceremonial cane displaying a male familiar spirit with long arms extending from waist to chest. Figure has large protruding nose and ears and eyes in relief.

Culture
Wounaan
Material
palm wood
Made in
Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ceremonial Cane2600/70

Carved wooden cane used to cure consumption. A very simplistic head with a chipped out mouth is carved on the head of the cane, meant to show the wasting effects of disease on the body.

Culture
Wounaan
Material
palm wood
Made in
Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ceremonial Cane2600/69

A wooden ceremonial cane to heal tuberculosis. Slightly tapering palm wood staff with stylized carving of a figure lacking detailed features, meant to show the wasting effects of disease.

Culture
Wounaan
Material
palm wood
Made in
Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ceremonial Cane2600/68

Wooden ceremonial cane with carved female familiar spirit figure on handle.

Culture
Wounaan
Material
palm wood
Made in
Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ceremonial Cane2600/10

Polished ceremonial killing stick carved in the shape of a small spear. Reddish-brown in colour. Stick is slightly wider near the centre and tapers to a point.

Culture
Wounaan
Material
palm wood
Made in
Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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