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Arrow1711/10

Bamboo arrow with pointed tip and geometric design carved into the bamboo near the tip. The design is accented with orange-red, white and brown pigment. The end of the arrow is notched and has thin strands of fibre wrapped around it. Fibre wrapped around the shaft, approximately one third of the way along the length from the tip.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
bamboo grass, wood, resin ?, clay ?, fibre and pigment
Made in
Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arrow1711/8

Bamboo arrow with pointed tip and geometric design carved into the bamboo near the tip. The design is accented with orange-red, white and brown pigment. The end of the arrow is notched and has thin strands of fibre wrapped around it. Fibre wrapped around the shaft, approximately one third of the way along the length from the tip.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
bamboo grass, clay ?, fibre, wood, resin ? and pigment
Made in
Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arrow1711/6

Bamboo arrow with pointed tip and geometric design carved into the bamboo near the tip. The design is accented with orange-red, white and brown pigment. The end of the arrow is notched. Fibre wrapped around the shaft, approximately one third of the way along the length from the tip.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
bamboo grass, wood, pigment, fibre, clay ? and resin ?
Made in
Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arrow1711/5

Bamboo arrow with pointed tip and geometric design carved into the bamboo near the tip. The design is accented with orange-red, white and brown pigment. The end of the arrow is notched. Fibre wrapped around the shaft, approximately one third of the way along the length from the tip.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
bamboo grass, clay ?, fibre, wood, resin ? and pigment
Made in
Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arrow1711/3

Bamboo arrow with pointed tip and geometric design carved into the bamboo near the tip. The design is accented with orange-red, white and brown pigment. The end of the arrow is notched and has thin strands of fibre wrapped around it. Fibre wrapped around the shaft, approximately one third of the way along the length from the tip.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
bamboo grass, wood, resin ?, fibre and pigment
Made in
Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bonito Fish Figure2642/5

Carved bonito fish with long nose that tapers to a pointed end, and an open mouth. There are two protruding side fins, one protruding dorsal fin, a smaller fin near the tail, and two smaller fins on the underside of the fish. The surface of the body is inlaid with triangular-shaped, off-white pava shells set into what appears to be resin. There are two circular shells for eyes and a diamond shaped shell on the top of the head.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
paint ?, resin ?, milky pine wood and pava shell
Made in
San Cristobal, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Whistle1248/1

Cylindrical whistle made of two pieces of wood that tapers at one end to a mouthpiece for a whistle and at the other to a narrower round end; mouthpiece has one hole in end and one hole in diagonal cutout from one side. Three bands of coiled cord go around circumference: one just below the diagonal cutout and one at each end. The coils are wrapped around cutout areas so that they are flush with the overall surface. Resin is rubbed into fibre coils and along joins of the two pieces of wood; paper is adhered to resin along joins.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wood, fibre, resin and paper ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask1442/2

A wood mask inlaid with beads. The circular eyes have horizontal slits carved out, and metal eyelids, one of which, the top left eyelid, has a diagonal pattern of lines and dotted semi-ovals. The nostrils and the mouth are also carved out. The left eye is surrounded with turquoise beads, then green beads, then purple beads. The right eye is surrounded with blue, red, and white beads, then yellow beads. The rest of the face is has semi-circular rows of multi-coloured beads, except for the long nose which has diagonal rows of multi-coloured beads.

Culture
Mpongwe ?
Material
wood, metal, resin and glass
Made in
Gabon ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Flute2600/1

Reed flute with no finger holes. One end has been left with only a small hole to allow the manipulation of sound.

Culture
Wounaan
Material
reed grass and tar resin
Made in
Siguirusua River, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dart Quiver2600/67 a-t

Two part quiver and 18 darts. Part a is a hollow reed quiver with red woven fibre sealing one end and a 4 cm band cut around the top of the other, on which to secure a rope. Part b is a longer hollow reed, sealed with tree tar at one end and corded fibre rope looped around the engraved band at the open end. Parts c-t are thin pointed tip darts made from palm wood.

Culture
Wounaan
Material
reed grass, dye, palm wood, fibre and wood resin
Made in
San Juan River, Choco, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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