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Tackle Box3254/57

Small tackle box (tuluma) with lid. The container is somewhat cylindrical, tapering in slightly towards top. A small rope of sennit is attaches the lid to the body, and runs through the holes in the container's handles and small handle on the lid. There is a large rectangular label on the side with a hand-written message.

Culture
Tokelauan
Material
wood ? or sennit fibre ?
Made in
Tokelau
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Warrior Charm3084/1

Body adornment (karawut) woven of bark and fibre. The object is coloured with ochre, charcoal and lime, and takes a basic human shape with head at top, protruding nose running down the length of the face, large open eyes, and open mouth below nose. At bottom are two thin legs with dangling cowrie shells as feet. The chest is thickly padded. Lines of cowrie shells are sewn onto the torso and upper legs, and boar tusks, two per side, are attached along the midpoint edges. At back, a short loop of fibre is attached at mid-upper shoulder.

Culture
Abelam
Material
hibiscus bark, sennit fibre, boar tusk, cowrie shell, ochre pigment, charcoal pigment and lime pigment
Made in
East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shield2705/4

Wooden coastal shield, rectangular in shape with rounded corners and a slight taper at the bottom. Detailed with a bilaterally symmetrical stylized design carved in relief. The recesses of the geometric design is painted orange and outlined in black all on a white ground framed in black. White stripe on top and bottom. Small carved head sits on the top middle edge. Two sets of four bundles of sennit attached along the side edges, one is missing. The back has black painted, triangular design on either side of a carved out handle; piece of twisted fibre twine attached.

Culture
Asmat
Material
wood, sennit fibre, clay, ochre pigment, charcoal pigment ?, pigment and fibre
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FibreIi9

Large sennit braided fibre wound into a capsule-like oval shape.

Culture
Samoan
Material
sennit fibre
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FibreIi8

Large cylindrically wound sennit braided fibre.

Culture
Samoan
Material
sennit fibre
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureIe472

Figure depicting a standing female decorated with red seeds on the eyes and stomach, a fibre fringe threaded through the nostrils, and stained dark brown overall. The figure has a painted face in white and yellow as well as stomach and chest markings in white. She wears a sennit fibre skirt with tufts of sennit fibre at the top of the head. Decorated with feathers at the neck and front right leg.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, seed, feather, sennit fibre, paint and stain
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskIe477

Carved wood mask consisting of an oval shaped head with long thin strands of sennit ? fibre hanging down the sides and back. The face has a large, protruding forehead with a small crocodile carved in relief. The brow is triangular and hangs over the large round, shell inlaid eyes. The nose is raised, long and narrow with large holes through the septum which hold two pieces of fibre twine. The mouth is small and cut deep. Tattoo-like lines of incised dots run over cheeks. Attached to the sides of the head are small sections of fibre rope with fibre loops. The underside is hollow. There is a fibre tie at the top of the mask. The wood is stained black with a brown pigment over top.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
sennit fibre ?, shell, wood, charcoal pigment, fibre and pigment
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FluteIe486

Tall conical shape, hallow wooden flute. The body tapers at the top where a head is carved in relief. The head has a slightly pointed top, inlaid cowrie shell eyes, long protruding nose with open nostrils, a wide open mouth and large ears. The face is painted brown with white decorative outlines. The body or flute is incised with repeating bands of curvilinear design. It has a large hole in the centre front with a jagged ridge extending from the hole down to the base. Along the ridges are several brown sennit fibre tufts.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
sennit fibre, wood, cowrie shell, pigment and stain
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Suspension HookIe501

Carved male figure hook, with a crocodile projecting from neck area and pointing downwards with its mouth open. Exposed genital areas and torso with his ribs carved in relief. On the reverse, the figures spine is protruding. The head is crowned or framed by flat m shape headdress decorated with rows cowrie shells and small, dense bundles of sinnet fibres along edges. The face has protruding eyes inlaid with shell and extended nose which reaches into chin. Arms are extended straight along body with open palms that face thighs. Feet attached to carved hook. Hook has a circular carved face protruding out of lower end. The figure is painted with a black pigment then covered in orange clay dust.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
cowrie shell, wood, sennit fibre, pigment, shell and clay
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ancestor Spirit FigureIe498

Carved wooden standing figure with his arms hanging down to his bent knees. The face is large and circular with exaggerated protruding eyes inlaid with shell; a long nose bridge and a hollow septum that holds a bundle of fibre. The mouth is slightly triangular in shape with its teeth bared. The head and chest have a repeating triangular geometric pattern carved in relief and painted with orange and white pigment; the stomach has a stylized design around the bellybutton. Bundles of fibres are attached to the ears; fibre cords with fibre bundles are tied around the stomach covering the groan, wrist and ankles. The figure stands on a circular base.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
sennit fibre, shell, wood and pigment
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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