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SpearC649

Obsidian set in wood, then attached to thin wood shaft. Geometric design outlined with string and accented with white seeds. Obsidian blade a curved triangle in cross section and comes to a point. From the base of the point, the design is as follows: white diamond shapes surrounded by red; a plain brown section with a horizontal red band around the middle; and three sets of four seeds along sets of two diamond shapes surrounded by black.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
obsidian stone, resin, seed, wood, plant fibre and paint
Made in
Admiralty Islands, Manus, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC652

Chipped blade set in wood with pitch and fibre lashings. The shaft is made of cane. Geometric decorations outlined with string and accented with white seeds. Obsidian blade is triangular in cross section and is flat at the end. From the base of the point, the design is as follows: a red x-formation surrounded by white at either side and black at either end; and five sets of four seeds around red, white, and black diamond shapes.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
resin, wood, obsidian stone, plant fibre, seed, stem ? and paint
Made in
Admiralty Islands, Manus, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mat CreaserA3519

Bird shaped wooden mat creaser with a groove running lengthwise on the ventral surface. Carved from medium brown wood that has darkened around the tail and wing region, where it would have been gripped when used. Circular wood grain visible on sides of bird. The head of the bird has two small holes to represent eyes. They have been darkened with a resin, which has fallen out of the right eye leaving a hollow socket.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
wood and resin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC884

Cylindrical wooden club tapering to a sharp point at bottom end. Head of the club is made from a spherical black stone pieced through the centre by the club's shaft; small, white shells are inlaid in the stone around the points of contact with the shaft.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
wood, shell, stone and resin ?
Made in
New Ireland, Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC885

Dark brown wooden club that tapers to a point. The club's head is made from a spherical stone pieced through the centre by the shaft. A small amount of pitch remains on the interior of the stone.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
wood, stone and resin
Made in
New Ireland, Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Printing BlockC6

Rectangular tapa board, or print block, for creating siapo (tapa cloth). Rectangular, dark brown wooden board covered in geometric patterns. The designs include squares of parallel lines and crescents in a grid formation. The patterns are made from twigs sewn onto bark, then covered with black resin?

Culture
Samoan
Material
fibre, bark, wood and resin ?
Made in
Savai'i, Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear2642/9

Light brown coloured wooden spear with yellow-brown woven plant material near the tip of the spear with dark brown resin that holds seven sharp spikes on each side of the tip.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bone ?, resin ?, wood and bamboo grass
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA8846

Brown wood double whistle that is oval in cross section and comes to a tapering end and is bound in three sections with white twine, two near each end and one near the middle. While the wider end is solid, there are two hollows through the smaller end where there is a taper cut semi-oval hole nearby on opposite sides. Underneath one taper cut hole, the number '6' is carved. The letters 'AN' are carved around the wider end. Sealed with spruce resin.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
fibre, yew wood and resin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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StickC1665

Hollow branch with pitch on both ends. Reddish finish overall.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood, resin and ochre pigment ?
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HaftC1118

The flat rectangular piece of wood is painted with ochre pigment. One end of the wood is covered in brown-black resin. At one time there was probably a blade secured to the resin.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood, resin and ochre pigment
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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