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Spear2948/143

Spear made with a bamboo shaft. The shaft is joined to the bundle of metal points that form the spearhead, bound by woven plant fibre. This bundle of organic fibre is connected to a woven section of synthetic fibre through a number of tight loops between the two bundles. The spearhead consists of five pointed metal pieces and five metal pieces with triangular, perforated tips. These different metal pieces are arranged roughly equidistant from each other to form a conical shape.

Culture
Asmat
Material
bamboo grass, plant fibre, synthetic fibre and iron metal
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bow2948/142 a-b

Wooden bow. The limbs of the bow have a dark striped appearance with alternating bands of dark brown and black wood. The limbs have two bulges at either end to support the bowstring and the body of the bow comes to a prominent point at one end. The wood of the shaft is smoothed and polished in appearance with only minor traces of fine-grained dirt present near the pointed end. The bowstring is formed into two looped knots at either end to allow placement on the bow limbs. The wood at the looped ends of the bowstring is mottled dark brown and yellow–brown in appearance with the topmost layer of wood flaked off in places.

Culture
Asmat
Material
wood and plant fibre
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bow2948/141 a-b

Wooden bow. The limbs of the bow are smoothed and pointed with woven fibre bands at either end. The bowstring is slightly misshapen and bent with evidence of severe fraying and deterioration of the looped ends, so that one end of the string can no longer be placed onto the bow limb. Between the weave of the woven end pieces of the bow limbs there is dark dirt caked into the material, and the woven fibres are discoloured a darker brown. At one end of the body of the bow there are also present circular rings of fibre in addition to the woven fibre piece.

Culture
Asmat
Material
wood and plant fibre
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bow2948/140 a-b

Wooden bow. The bow is slightly curved upwards at either end and glossy in appearance. There appear to be three very lightly carved rings or marks around either end. The bowstring, part b, has two fibrous, woven ends that form loops to fit on the bow.

Culture
Asmat
Material
wood and plant fibre
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bow2948/139 a-b

Wooden bow. The body of the bow (part a) is slightly curved with blunt ends and a bundle of woven fibres fixed to one end. The fibres are woven loosely enough to allow some movement of the bundle along the bow limbs. The bowstring (part b) is misshapen and stiff with fraying of wood fibres along its length, and two woven loops at either end. The loop that is unattached to part a has a long frayed end with many wood fibres hanging loose.

Culture
Asmat
Material
wood and plant fibre
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bow2948/138 a-b

Wooden bow. The bow has a smoothed surface with a carved point at one end and two sections of woven fibre at either end. At the obtuse end there is also a wrapped ring of thicker plant fibre, probably serving as a rest for the bowstring. The bowstring is slightly misshapen and bent in sections. The ends are formed into loops which are fraying and loosened. One loop is smaller but has been separated into many thin, woody strands.

Culture
Asmat
Material
wood and plant fibre
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bow2948/137 a-b

Wooden bow. The body of the bow has a carved circular bulge or platform at one end where the woven looped end-piece of the bow string rests. Attached to the bow limbs are two small circular rings of woven fibres set slightly in from the ends, which are carved into points. The bowstring has only one woven loop, and the other end of the bowstring is misshapen and bends upwards to a broken point where the other loop would have existed.

Culture
Asmat
Material
wood and plant fibre
Made in
Atsy, Papua, Indonesia ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt2948/109

Feather belt. The belt consists of a waistband of woven plant fibre decorated with an overlain undulating, woven band of fibre. The borders of the waistband as well as the raised band are decorated with red pigment while the waistband itself is unpainted. The thicker end of the waistband is stained a darker hue than the rest. Extending from the waistband and attached to it by strands of fibre are numerous long white, black and speckled feathers. The feathers range in size and quality of preservation. The feathers are attached to the waistband in groups of twos.

Culture
Asmat
Material
plant fibre, feather and ochre pigment ?
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Headband2948/104

Seed headband. The headband consists of three parallel, joined bands of seeds strung on synthetic fibre. Both ends of the headband consist of woven plant fibres, which are knotted together.

Culture
Asmat
Material
seed, plant fibre and synthetic fibre
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Headband2948/103

Woven seed headband. The headband consists of two rows of seeds strung between lines of grass fibres. At either end the headband decreases in depth to a single string of seeds with long woven endpieces to serve as fasteners.

Culture
Asmat
Material
seed, plant fibre and synthetic fibre
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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