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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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NecklaceC162

The pendant is made of a pearl-like shell with a comb-shaped shell among a brown seed, two semi-transparent red beads, and pink-white shell beads.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
fibre, shell, seed and glass
Made in
Roviana Lagoon, New Georgia, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceC538

Red seed beads in groups of six or seven, with white snail-like shells in pairs; all strung on a a fine light brown plant fibre string.

Culture
Fijian
Material
shell, seed and plant fibre
Made in
Lau, Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PouchC104

A rich red-brown seed pouch attached to a belt by loops of similar strung seeds.

Culture
Hawaiian
Material
seed
Made in
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerC965

A round orange-red gourd container. The stopper has a boar tusk hook handle and a woven geometric patterned grass band, in yellow and brown. Gourd is decorated with a double row of black seeds with a white and red bead fringe. Spiral design on the dark brown wood spatula is carved in low relief and emphasized by lime. The spatula is attached to the gourd by a string. The stopper is attached to the gourd by a string.

Culture
Massim
Material
glass, wood, grass, lime mineral, seed, gourd fruit and boar tusk
Made in
D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskC974

The tusks are the largest at the top and gradually become smaller as they reach the bottom. Large red seeds fill in the gaps between small white beadwork. Boar's tusks are fastened together with cord and fabric. The seeds are made secure by pitch.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
boar tusk, seed, fibre and glass
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceC1228

Three strands each composed of two sections of dark brown seeds and a middle section of two long cylindrical sections of bone with four or five large seeds and a bone ring separating them.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bird bone and seed
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceC69

Alternating colours of seed husks - brown and grey. Fibre chain with loops of seed husks.

Culture
I-Kiribati
Material
seed husk and fibre
Made in
Nonouti, Gilbert Group, Kiribati
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fire TongsC1744

Two poles joined with cloth and pitch and with seeds set in pitch. Plain except for the red seeds set in the black pitch which joins the sticks.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood, fibre, resin and jequiri seed
Made in
Queensland, Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear ThrowerC1547

Spear thrower with wood handle and point. Shell at base of handle and red and black seeds inside shell, along with point, are all secured by pitch.

Culture
Australian
Material
shell, wood, resin and seed
Made in
Queensland, Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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