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Hook3183/3

Carved wooden yipwon (hook figure). In the shape of a standing person, with a large foot at bottom below a single leg with bent knee. A face in profile sits at centre of object, with a protruding nose and mouth and large forehead with brow that overhangs the inset shell eyes. A flower is carved onto the cheek. Surrounding the face are three oblong circles, the inner and outer of which are carved with rounded designs that are painted white and orange. The other side of the object is carved similarly but is unpainted.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, shell and paint
Made in
East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask3183/2

Mai mask. Mask is long and narrow. The forehead rises at centre, meeting the long, sharp bridge of the nose. Eyes are made of inset cowrie shells, emphasized with black paint. On a light tan background, red-brown linear designs swirl around the eyes and cheeks and along the nose. The mouth of the mask is tubular in shape, protruding above the chin and holding a short snake with a squared head. The lower portion of the mask, as well as its outside edges and forehead, are covered in tiny white-grey shells inset in a light brown mud. Larger concave shells sit at regular intervals, and white cowrie shells line the bottom edge. Long, sparse feathers protrude from both the chin and top of head. A leather cord emerges from the top. Mask is concave on back.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, shell, feather, earth, plant fibre and paint
Made in
East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Suspension Hook3183/1

Carved hook. Large round face, flat in profile, sits on top of object, with protruding eyes made of seeds below a pointed brow, with scale-like carvings on forehead and cheeks. Nostrils are wide, mouth is small. Long strands of twisted plant fibre are tied through the narrow ears. The long neck is carved with circular and scale-like motifs, and connects with a large triangle below, its upper corners sharply carved into rounded spikes. A face with inset shell eyes and a smiling mouth with prominent teeth is carved into the wood. A tie of plant fibre is set through the nose. At bottom is a hook in a half circle shape, top corners elongated and curved into spikes mimicking the triangle above. It too has a carved face, with nut eyes, brow and cheeks carved with scale-like half circles, and a plant fibre tie through the nose. Mouth at bottom is wide, smiling, showing many prominent teeth. The back of the object is similar to the front.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, plant fibre, seed, shell and paint
Made in
East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Comb3092/11

A flat comb with 15 prongs, made from light brown sticks that are thinned at the top end, and tightly held together by a cross-bar weave. The comb is triangular in shape. The upper end is covered with a black substance and inlaid with mother-of-pearl triangles, the lower part constitutes the prongs. The comb is attached to a long thin handle, which has a small piece of twine attached to it.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
wood, mother of pearl shell and reed grass ?
Made in
Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Band3092/9

Band of braided plant fibre with cowrie shells. The largest shells are stitched to the middle section, with smaller shells near the ends.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
plant fibre and cowrie shell
Made in
Mount Hagen, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Walking Stick3092/6

Walking stick surmounted by a two-faced head. The two-faced carving has one face with a closed mouth with fangs, and another with an open mouth and protruding tongue. The eyes of each face are inlaid with shell. The staff is made from rough wood (or possibly root?). There is a thick fibrous cord attaching the top of the staff to the main shaft. The cord, handle and carving are all coloured with a reddish-brown ochre pigment.

Culture
Maori
Material
wood, plant fibre, shell and pigment
Made in
New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shirt3161/2

Child's shirt or tunic. Shirt is long, flaring at bottom, wide at the underarm, then narrowing toward the cuffs. It is carefully shaped by the use of several pieces of fabric that are sewn together in small, tight seams. Neck opening is small and round, edged in embroidered lines of dark pink. Front is open to chest, fastened at top with a small shell button, and lined with a light tan embroidery nearly to bottom hem, where pink thread is again incorporated. Back is decorated below neckline with a single line of dark pink embroidery, below which sits a small flower motif in yellow, light pink and light green.

Culture
British
Material
flax fibre ?, dye and shell
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bowl of Memories3184/1

Large wooden bowl. Long and narrow, carved from rosewood, with thick walls, and a wide base that is concave on the underside. Ebony wood is inset along the outer rim in a line of diamond and triangle shapes, below which are carved the outline of birds in a linear design. On one end of the bowl sits a large sculptural element showing a shark transforming from its human shape. The figure of a man emerges from below, with large head, flat jaw, heavy brow and shell eyes, and is backed by swirls and circular designs. On the opposite side of the bowl is an eagle, wings angled behind the head to rest on the edge of the bowl, beak in contact with the upraised tail of a fish whose head supports the bird’s belly. Abalone is used for the creatures’ eyes, and in a repeating motif along the lip of the bowl.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
rosewood wood, ebony wood and abalone shell
Made in
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Beads2990/754

35 miscellaneous shell beads (currently strung on fishing line). Two square and two circular beads made of spondylus, one is long and has flattened sides with an opening in the middle, another is brown and square, the rest are purple, light brown, white and light grey circular beads. Well preserved.

Culture
Nasca
Material
shell and plastic
Made in
Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Beads2990/753

Plastic string of 38 miscellaneous stone and shell beads; 31 are turquoise, one soda-lite, two grey-green shell beads, one is yellow and three were made of stone (currently strung on cord).

Culture
Nasca
Material
plastic, stone and shell
Made in
Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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