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Armband2948/69

Oval band of woven rattan fibre. One side is slightly broader than the other.

Culture
Asmat
Material
rattan ?
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Armband2948/68

Armband. Thin oval band of woven rattan fibre with subtle vertical stripes. The ends are joined in a weave with loose fibres protruding.

Culture
Asmat
Material
rattan ?
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Armband2948/65

Woven arm ornament made of small strips of a rattan like material, tightly woven together in a braided style. The ornament has a closed circular shape, with no obvious beginning or end. The exterior of the ornament is yellow and dark brown while the interior is a light grey-green. The width of the ornament is sometimes irregular, but mostly even.

Culture
Asmat
Material
rattan ?
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Armband2948/64

Woven arm ornament made of small strips of a rattan like material, tightly woven together in a braided style. The ornament has a closed circular shape, with no obvious beginning or end. The exterior of the ornament is yellow and dark brown while the interior is a light grey-green. The width of the ornament is fairly even.

Culture
Asmat
Material
rattan ?
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Halibut Hook2004-2/300

The paint is black, red, and green.

Culture
American
Material
wood, paint, cedar bark, rattan and bone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Carrying Board2902/36

Two pieces of wood, bound together by woven rattan board. Narrows at one end. Narrow end also bound together by third piece of wood wrapped in rattan. Thick green rope tied to top and hangs loose with wooden 'V' shaped piece tied at end. Two light brown fibre straps attached to woven rattan, with dark brown rope tied to one end of strap and one end of wood.

Culture
Hmong
Material
wood, cotton fibre, bamboo leaf ?, sisal fibre and rattan
Made in
Thailand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model CanoeC848 a-c

Wooden model canoe (parts a-c) with one outrigger. The canoe has an oval-like shape with pointed ends, a rounded bottom and interior. The surface is painted red and black with white on the bow and stern which have small sections of shallow engraving. Across the top of the canoe are six pieces of bamboo that extend out to the pontoon and also support twelve thinner stripes of bamboo that run in opposite direction. The pontoon or float (part b) is cylindrical in shape is black with pointed, tapered ends. Inside of the canoe is a small, carved wooden paddle (part c).

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, rattan, bamboo grass, paint, lime mineral and fibre
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Nit Xalaxala2765/1

Colourful wooden mask with a large yellow crested headdress of plant fibre. The red and yellow tattooed face is triangular-shaped with round shell eyes placed into the hollow eye sockets, the large hollowed mouth has four curving boar-like teeth amongst the smaller ones and a tongue(?) that hangs out to touch a necklace that connects to dangling earrings. The headdress has an interior frame of rattan onto which are tied the leaves and fibres.

Culture
Malagan
Material
wood, coconut husk fibre, pandanus leaf, rattan, snail shell, charcoal pigment, lime pigment, red clay pigment and plant pigment
Made in
Libba, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shark Calling Rattle2716/28

One part of a three piece artistic representation of the attributes of the "shark caller". Curved fragments of coconut shell, which are strung onto two strips of rattan bound together into a loop handle, make a rattling sound when shaken.

Culture
Malagan
Material
wood, rattan, bamboo grass and coconut nutshell
Made in
Libba, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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