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SkirtC620

Grass skirt with a fringe made of numerous thin strips of red sennit and grass knotted onto waistband. There is a small knotted tie on one of the ends.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
grass and sennit fibre
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model HouseC527

Small house with door, and high hipped and belled roof. The ridge has a rod which projects on both sides. Elaborately knotted sennit fibre construction lined with banana (?) leaves over a wooden frame.

Culture
Fijian
Material
sennit fibre, fibre, wood and stem ?
Made in
Vanua Levu, Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowC1292

Dark-brown bow with thicker and thinner strand of braided fibre cording attached to both ends. Ends of bow taper and are pointed. Portion of fibre at one end hangs down.

Culture
Oceania
Material
wood and sennit fibre
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatC1300

Rectangular mat made of knotted sennit fibre cord. Diamond knotting pattern.

Culture
I-Kiribati
Material
sennit fibre
Made in
Gilbert Group, Kiribati
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gable MaskC1515

Gable mask with an oval, carved face painted in red, black and white with protruding eyes and ears, a protruding tongue, and a series of holes with twined sennit fibre fed through and knotted. A wedge of wood is attached to the top on the reverse, and two wooden loops are carved out of the wood at the bottom reverse.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, sennit fibre and paint
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Paint Container3582/2

Wooden paint bowl, or container, carved in the shape of a frigate bird. The bird's head projects out from one end of the bowl, with its tail at the opposite end. A knotted and looped hanging cord is attached through four holes spaced evenly around the upper edge. The cord is made of twisted fibres. The bird is roughly carved, with pencil marks indicating the design. Writing on base in red ink.

Culture
Yapese
Material
breadfruit wood and sennit fibre
Made in
Yap, Federated States of Micronesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3582/1

Wooden navigation figure. The carving is of two similar wooden figures attached along their backs and heads, facing in opposite directions. The figures end at their thighs, which attach to a base of lime 'cement' with stingray spines embedded in it, projecting downward. Eight spines were originally attached, with four on each side, but currently two are broken off at the base and four others are partly broken. The figure has a long knotted and looped fibre cord attached at the top of the heads.

Culture
Yapese
Material
breadfruit wood, coral lime, sennit fibre and stingray bone
Made in
Elato, Yap, Federated States of Micronesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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