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Model CanoeC929 a

Large model canoe with an outrigger and a triangular sail.

Culture
I-Kiribati
Material
wood, leaf and plant fibre
Made in
Gilbert Group, Kiribati
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC1021

Cylindrical handle covered with fibre of natural colour and black. Carved rounded head with elongated lozenge protrusion decoration all around and a plain boss on the end.

Culture
Fijian
Material
plant fibre and wood
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowC1366

A very long plain polished dark brown bow with a black string that has groups of yellow bands.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
plant fibre and wood
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowC1370

A long plain brown bow with a string.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
plant fibre and wood
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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StopperC1270

A great number of vegetable fibres wadded together in a rough circle to form a flattened ball shape. Fibres are lashed in place by long fibre strips.

Culture
Fijian
Material
plant fibre
Made in
Nakoro, Nadroga-Navosa, Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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AxeC1624

Axe with handle made of one piece of wood that has been hafted in a bent splint, reinforced with resin and bound with plant fibre string. Handle tapers toward end; stone axe blade affixed between wood by resin.

Culture
Australian
Material
stone, wood, resin, plant fibre and ochre pigment ?
Made in
Western Australia, Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SwordC410

Circular, red-brown shaft and handle that tapers to a flat point. Flat ribbed 'blade' with eighteen pairs of shark teeth along both edges. There is a cross-guard piece near the end of the handle which curves toward the 'blade' and has three shark teeth along the concave edge at either side.

Culture
I-Kiribati
Material
shark tooth, plant fibre and wood
Made in
Nukunau, Gilbert Group, Kiribati
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowC1395

The shaft is plain. The base of the shaft, near the pointed end, is wrapped with cane fibre. The point is plain dark wood that has an inflected long hardwood point with minute barbs.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
plant fibre, wood and reed grass
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatC1756

The mat is made from long strips of leaf, arranged in a double layer and sewn along all four edges.

Culture
Oceania
Material
leaf and plant fibre
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC1569

Long straight barbless hardwood point lashed to softwood shaft. (broken off). Painted in sections of red, white, and black from bottom to top and appears to have had some coiling around the middle white area. The base of the shaft is wrapped with fibre. The long dark red-brown point is plain.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood, resin, plant fibre and paint
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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