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Knife459/10

A knife with a rattan handle and a metal blade with the edges sharpened to taper to a point.

Culture
Western Indonesian
Material
rattan and metal
Made in
Jambi, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Flute734/4

Flute with ten progressively shorter and narrower pipes held together by three bands of rattan around width. The pipes are open at the top end and closed at the other.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
bamboo grass and rattan
Made in
Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Flute734/3

Flute with ten progressively shorter and narrower pipes held together by three bands of rattan around width. The pipes are open at the top end and closed at the other.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
bamboo grass and rattan
Made in
Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArmbandEd1.296 a-b

Pair of cylindrical armbands for the lower arm, made by interlacing lengths of rattan to form figure 8 shapes parallel to the length of the cylinder. The shapes are attached to each other with wrapping made of rattan skin. Each cylinder ends in a double circle of rattan at the narrower end of the cylinder, and a single circle at the wider end. The circles are covered with wrapping of rattan skin, which also attaches the ends of the figure 8s to the circles.

Culture
Korean
Material
rattan
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArmbandEd1.295 a-b

Pair of cylindrical openwork arm bands for the lower arm, tapering slightly to wrist. Arm bands are made of lengths of rattan parallel to the length of the arm interlaced diagonally in a very open weave, and ending in a double circle at each end covered in interlaced wrapping of smooth strips of a white material.

Culture
Korean
Material
rattan, bark ? and grass ?
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Under VestEd1.294

Openwork vest with a single back panel and two front panels made of lengths of rattan wrapped in rattan skin. Vest has a low neck at front and high inserts of curled rattan at back of neck, with shoulder extensions of loops of rattan. It is formed of parallel vertical lengths of rattan spaced 3 cm. apart with loops of rattan between them.

Culture
Korean
Material
rattan
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BundleIe351 a-h

A bundle originally wrapped in bark (part a) (now fragmented). Contains two river pebbles (parts b-c) rubbed with red ochre, a string of cassowary feathers about 42 cm. long (part d), a length of cotton cord, (part e) on which, there are threaded small fibre balls and at the end of which, there is a 3 cm. long strip of red cloth, one fossil (part f) and two pieces of obsidian (parts g-h).

Culture
Kewa
Material
stone, cotton fibre, ochre pigment, rattan, bark, cassowary feather, fibre, obsidian stone and fossil mineral
Made in
Iapi, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BundleIe315 a-c

A bundle wrapped in red trade cloth (part a), bound with rattan (part b), and containing a fossilized animal (reptile?) mandible (part c) covered with red ochre and wrapped with matted marsupial fur.

Culture
Kewa
Material
bone, marsupial skin, cotton fibre, ochre pigment and rattan
Made in
Iapi, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowIe312

An arrow shaft, 91 cm. long, of pitpit (sword grass). The foreshaft is a 4 cm. (between bindings) length of black palm wood, secured to the shaft with a sleeve of woven rattan 1.5 cm. wide. The lanceolate point is a flat piece of bamboo 1.5 cm. wide projecting 18 cm. beyond the binding. The point is bound to the foreshaft by a band of bark cord 11 cm. wide coated with yellow clay.

Culture
Kewa
Material
clay, rattan, bark, palm wood, fibre and bamboo grass
Made in
Iapi, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dog Collar RattleIe335

A dog collar of heavy rattan, tied into a knot. From it, there are suspended four rattan loops, of a doubled length approximately 6 cm. The ends of each loop are threaded through a hole in a seed pod. The four seed pods are irregular in shape, approximately 5 cm. long and 3 cm. thick and hollow with a rough veined surface. A section of each has been cut out.

Culture
Kewa
Material
rattan and pod
Made in
Iapi, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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