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SpearC311

The tip is coiled with red and yellow plant fibre, below which, there are the following: four sets of four small barbs; and three sets of four increasingly longer barbs. The point is decorated with a red and yellow grass sleeve with a horizontal zig zag pattern around a central diamond shape pattern, a carved band that is emphasized with white and that consists of two figures (each of which has eyes, a triple upward pointing nose, and a diamond-shaped body), and a fibre tuft with string below. Red and yellow plant fibre coiling are at either ends of the grass sleeve. The dark brown wood shaft is plain and tapers at the end.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
wood, bone, plant fibre, grass and pigment ?
Made in
Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC512

Plain, brown wood shaft with a bone point that has many small barbs along each side. The point is set into the shaft with a pitch material. Along the upper portion of the shaft, there is a pyramidal shape followed by a plain section with a horizontal, upraised band below and a wider, horizontal, upraised band underneath.

Culture
Eastern Melanesian
Material
wood, plant fibre, resin and bone
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC1069

Chipped blade set in wood which is set in a cane shaft. Geometric designs outlined with string and accented with small discs (seeds or bones). Obsidian blade is a triangle in cross section and is flat along one edge while curving inward to create a point along the other edge. From the base of the point, the design is as follows: white diamond shapes surrounded by red; and three sets of four small discs along sets of red or white diamond shapes surrounded by black.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
resin, wood, plant fibre, stem ?, obsidian stone, seed ? and paint
Made in
Admiralty Islands, Manus, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC650

Chipped obsidian blade set in wood, then in cane shaft. Geometric designs outlined with string and accented with white seeds. Obsidian blade is a bending triangle in cross section and comes to a point. From the base of the point, the design is as follows: red, white, and black triangles and diamond shapes; and eight seeds, along each and in between each white diamond shape surrounded by red.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
obsidian stone, seed, stem ?, plant fibre and paint
Made in
Admiralty Islands, Manus, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC651

Chipped obsidian blade set into wood and attached to a cane shaft. Geometric decoration, outlined with string and accented with inset beads. Obsidian blade is triangular in cross section and comes to a point. From the base of the point, the design is as follows: red, white, and black triangles; a red pyramid carved with a downward pointing white leaf point on all four sides; and four sets of four seeds around red, white, and black trapezoids.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
obsidian stone, resin, stem ?, seed, plant fibre, wood and paint
Made in
Admiralty Islands, Manus, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Feather CapeC1463

Cape composed of various feathers of brown, white, red, and green in a checkered design on an openwork twining weave. The plant fibre twining is carried in pairs with pitch in opposite directions on a weft of dark brown human hair. The feather ends are caught under the rows of plant fibre twining with the tips protruding downward. A heavy three-strand braid of dark brown hair runs across the top. There is a plant fibre cordage tie at each top corner.

Culture
Maori
Material
plant fibre, feather, human hair and pheasant feather
Made in
New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC1575

Bone barbs set onto three prongs. The end of the shaft is plain and wrapped with white string and has a coiled wire loop with a nail bent through it. Near to this, the shaft is painted red and then becomes dark brown-black where it is wrapped with fibre at the base which is also painted red. The base of each of the three prongs is plain and then has a section painted red. Each bone barb is wrapped with fibre under which, there is a tiny barb.

Culture
Australian
Material
bone, plant fibre, wood and paint
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC1564

Long barbless hardwood point lashed to a cane shaft. A plain shaft of ten cane joints with the last one at the base of the point wrapped with stem ? to hold the point. The long dark point is plain.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood, stem ? and plant fibre
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC648

Chipped blade set into wood, then into cane shaft. Binding is decorated with black, red, and white triangles outlined with string and accented with white seeds. Obsidian blade is rectangular and angles along the edge to create a point at one side end. From the base of the point, the design is as follows: red, white, and black triangles and diamond shapes; and six seeds, one at either end and in between each white diamond shape surrounded by red.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
obsidian stone, seed, stem ?, wood, plant fibre and paint
Made in
Admiralty Islands, Manus, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShieldIb266

Six-sided, lozenge-shaped wooden shield with pointed ends and a raised rib down the centre. Curvilinear designs in black, grey and brown are painted on both sides: stylized floral patterning and demon-like faces with fangs on front; stylized floral patterning and humanoid figures on the reverse. Wooden handle attached at back.

Culture
Dayak
Material
wood, paint and plant fibre ?
Made in
Kalimantan, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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