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Spear2948/159

Long wood and bamboo spear. Wooden head is long and concave, with carved lines encircling the piece in three areas. The head is inserted into a bamboo shaft and bound with woven rattan and beeswax. The shaft has been shaved towards the join and a few thin lines have been scratched near it as well as the butt. The nodules have been shaved smooth.

Culture
Asmat
Material
bamboo grass, wood, rattan, plant fibre, bee wax ?, ochre pigment and lime pigment
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear2948/158

Arrow has a concave bamboo head, dyed on the interior and bound to a narrow wooden upper shaft with string and wax. This is decorated with carved, repeating patterns emphasized with lime. It is inserted into a slightly larger bamboo shaft and secured with rattan and beeswax. This lower shaft has been shaved towards the join and a few thin lines have been scratched around it and near the butt. A few lines have been shaved down the bamboo shaft forming long Vs and Xs.

Culture
Asmat
Material
bamboo grass, wood, plant fibre, rattan, bee wax ?, lime pigment and ochre pigment
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear2948/157

Bamboo and wood spear. The bamboo head is long and concave, dyed on the interior and tip, and bound to a narrow upper shaft made of wood with string and beeswax. This is inserted into a slightly larger bamboo shaft and secured with rattan and beeswax. Both of these binds show traces of lime. The shaft has been thinly shaved towards the join and a few thin lines have been scratched around the shaft just below this. The nodules have been shaved smooth.

Culture
Asmat
Material
bamboo grass, wood, plant fibre, rattan, bee wax ?, ochre pigment and lime pigment
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear2948/156

Wood and bamboo spear. Bamboo head is long and concave, pointed at tip, bound to a narrow wooden upper shaft with string and beeswax. This is inserted into a slightly larger bamboo shaft and held with rattan and beeswax. The lower shaft has been thinly shaved towards the join and a few thin lines have been scratched around the shaft just below this. Although the nodules have been shaved for a smoother shaft the sections of the bamboo are still pronounced.

Culture
Asmat
Material
bamboo grass, wood, plant fibre, rattan, bee wax ? and ochre pigment
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear2948/155

Long bamboo spear. A carved bone head with eight barbs in two staggered rows, bound to a narrow wooden upper shaft with string and wax. This is decorated with carved diagonal patterns filled with lime and is inserted into a larger bamboo shaft and bound with rattan and beeswax. The lower shaft has been thinly shaved towards the join and a few thin lines have been scratched around the top and butt.

Culture
Asmat
Material
bamboo grass, wood, bone, plant fibre, rattan, bee wax, ochre pigment and lime pigment
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear2948/153

Long spear with carved bone head. The edges of the head have four barbs each, staggered, along the sides. Head is bound to a narrow wooden shaft with string and wax. The convex side has remnants of a light green dye over the middle half of the head. The wooden shaft is carved into diagonal patterns filled with lime. It is inserted into a slightly larger bamboo shaft and bound with rattan and wax. The shaft has been thinly shaved towards the join and a few thin lines have been scratched around the shaft just below this. The nodules have been shaved smooth.

Culture
Asmat
Material
bamboo grass, wood, bone, plant fibre, rattan, bee wax ?, ochre pigment and lime pigment
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Headdress Ornament2948/123

Golden, bronze and chocolate-brown cassowary feathers are attached at the base to a cone of bees wax adorned with coix seeds. The base of the feathers emerge from the point of the cone and are tied together with sago leaf fibres and bast string which are attached to a 7cm-long thin, pointed piece of wood.

Culture
Asmat
Material
cassowary feather, seed, bee wax, plant fibre, sago fibre and wood
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Penis Sheath2948/119 a-b

Penis sheath made of a straight bottle gourd. ‘Part a’ has pin-prick dots burned to form vertical and horizontal ‘lines’ on the bottom half. A band of bees wax encircles the sheath above this patterning over the top of a clean break, connecting it to the section above which is lighter in colour and without pattern. The top section (part b) has broken off, around which is a woven band of ruddy-brown rattan fibre placed near the opening. Yellow nylon fishing line is attached to the band.

Culture
Asmat
Material
gourd fruit and plant fibre
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Penis Sheath2948/114

Penis sheath. A conical bottle gourd has been broken at the open end and folded inward to create an opening that fits inside a thick, woven loop of rattan. Two white strings have been woven into and around the band, and a synthetic line with several knots is attached at one end. A whitish paper-like fibre has been stuffed inside.

Culture
Asmat
Material
gourd fruit, plant fibre and plastic
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Penis Sheath2948/113

Penis sheath. A curving bottle gourd with a woven rattan band around the open end. A synthetic line is tied to the rattan band at one end, and appears to have been originally attached to the sheath’s tip. The gourd is cracked at the open end with one edge overlapping the other. This appears to be part of the design to allow gourd to fit inside woven band. There are scorch marks at the tip and on one side.

Culture
Asmat
Material
gourd fruit, plant fibre and plastic
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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