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Gourd Container2738/18

Large gourd container with two dark brown animal figures painted on the side. A spout at the top, fashioned from a tube of bamboo, is encased in a ring of dark resin-like substance into which are embedded a few yellow seeds.

Culture
Peruvian
Material
gourd fruit, paint, bamboo grass, seed, cotton fibre and resin ?
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Eva2743/21

Pink painted wood carving of Eva (Eve) with blue eyes and red lips, holding a large green fig-leaf over her pubic area. Hair on the head and around the pubis, as well as the eyebrows and eyelashes is made of a mixture of curly stands of dark hair and a thick resin-like substance. The standing figure has arms that rotate and is nailed to a circular green base. (Pair with "Adão", 2843/20).

Culture
Portuguese
Material
wood, paint, hair ?, resin ? and metal
Made in
Torres Novas, Santarem, Portugal
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerCa68 a-b

Container narrowing at top and bottom. The base (a) is concave and the mouth rim is tightly wrapped. The container is coiled in ten vertical sections. Cowrie shells are knotted on at the shoulder. The lid (b) also has cowrie shells knotted on just above the lip.

Culture
Borana
Material
giraffe hair, grass, cowrie shell and resin ?
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Armour1132/6 a-b

Armour has triangular plates hung by dark blue cord onto a thin black band. Part (a) has four plates; part (b) has three plates. The plates are made of five black lacquer ware pieces strung together with green cord.

Culture
Japanese
Material
metal, skin, lacquer, fibre, dye and resin
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wind Musical InstrumentB105

Very plain instrument with several finger holes. Eight sections of bamboo of varying lengths are inserted into the gourd and tied around with rattan. One set of four bamboo sections are of relatively equal length, being shorter than the other set of four, of which, the two tallest ones are in the middle. The gourd has a hole.

Culture
Murut
Material
bamboo grass, resin, rattan and gourd fruit
Made in
Kalimantan, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowK4.219

Bow made of a segment of cylindrical hardwood that tapers towards the ends and a length of hide string tied at the ends. The wood is wrapped in bark fibre (?) at either end on the inside of the hide wrapping, and this fibre is coated in black tar resin.

Culture
Southern African
Material
wood, skin, bark fibre ? and tar resin
Made in
Zambia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fan1176/34 b

The fan has thin black-brown feathers and a decorated handle. The handle is made from a piece of wood doubled over and covered in a thick black substance, possibly resin. Pushed into the black substance are many teardrop-shaped gray seeds. There is one large blue bead among the seeds.

Culture
Western Indonesian ?
Material
feather, wood, resin ?, seed and glass
Made in
Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC515

Plain, tapering, dark brown wood shaft with a slim point. A sharp point has broken off but the pitch used to hold it remains. Underneath the point, there is a downward flared conical shape with a very wide, grooved band below and an upraised ridge around underneath to mark the shaft.

Culture
Eastern Melanesian
Material
wood and resin
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC512

Plain, brown wood shaft with a bone point that has many small barbs along each side. The point is set into the shaft with a pitch material. Along the upper portion of the shaft, there is a pyramidal shape followed by a plain section with a horizontal, upraised band below and a wider, horizontal, upraised band underneath.

Culture
Eastern Melanesian
Material
wood, plant fibre, resin and bone
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC1069

Chipped blade set in wood which is set in a cane shaft. Geometric designs outlined with string and accented with small discs (seeds or bones). Obsidian blade is a triangle in cross section and is flat along one edge while curving inward to create a point along the other edge. From the base of the point, the design is as follows: white diamond shapes surrounded by red; and three sets of four small discs along sets of red or white diamond shapes surrounded by black.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
resin, wood, plant fibre, stem ?, obsidian stone, seed ? and paint
Made in
Admiralty Islands, Manus, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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