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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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Spear2948/154

Wood and bamboo spear. The long wooden head has been carved with five pairs of perpendicular barbs and a long encircling line, filled with lime. This 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 just below. Near the shaft bottom are remnants of a bright blue fibre or dye.

Culture
Asmat
Material
bamboo grass, wood, 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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Spear2948/167

Wood and bamboo spear. The long wooden head has four tiers with carved lines encircling the top three at the base. It is inserted into a bamboo shaft, bound with criss-crossing rattan and beeswax. A thin line is scratched around the top of the shaft three times. The bamboo’s nodules have been shaved smooth.

Culture
Asmat
Material
bamboo grass, wood, rattan, resin and bee wax ?
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Armband2948/71

Arm ornament. Thin woven band of plant fibre; stiff and elongated in shape. The outside is reddish-yellow with a medium to dark brown interior. There are sections of irregularity in the width of the weave as well as the tightness of the weave.

Culture
Asmat
Material
rattan ?
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Armband2948/70

Arm band. Thin band of woven plant fibres in a flexible weave.

Culture
Asmat
Material
rattan ?
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Armband2948/67

Arm ornament. Thin band composed of tightly woven plant fibres without borders; slightly irregularly shaped with no consistent width across the object. The weave is loose enough to allow movement and flexibility of the ornament.

Culture
Asmat
Material
rattan ?
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Armband2948/66

Arm band (saba). Narrow band made of a braided natural fibre in a herringbone pattern.

Culture
Asmat
Material
rattan ?
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Armband2948/73

Oval armband of woven rattan fibre. Pigment has been added to the outside creating darker patches, variations in colouring and a slight sheen.

Culture
Asmat
Material
rattan ? and pigment
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Armband2948/72

Armband. Elongated oval band of woven rattan fibre. Pigment has been added to the outside leaving an accent between ridges.

Culture
Asmat
Material
rattan ? and pigment
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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