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NecklaceC1235
Shells forming an image of a face. Hanging below the face, there are feathers attached at the bottom of vegetable fibres and which are free from the red cloth above it. Boar's tusks are attached by vegetable fibres above the face. Cowrie shells are woven on. Feathers are woven into the fibre.
- Culture
- New Guinea
- Material
- boar tusk, feather, conch shell, spondula shell and fibre
- Made in
- Papua New Guinea
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
HeadbandC1387
A band covered with spondula shells and tapering at both ends. A patch of fur is at each end. Plain ties around the back.
- Culture
- New Guinea
- Material
- skin, fibre and spondula shell
- Made in
- Papua New Guinea ?
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
MoneyC275
Shells are placed overlapping one another all along one of the flat sides. Shells are tied onto a braided bark core.
- Culture
- Tikopian
- Material
- spondula shell, fibre and bark
- Made in
- Tikopia, Solomon Islands
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
NecklaceC276
Long cylindrical black shells and small circular white shells arranged alternately. There are fourteen strands strung on a twisted string and connected to fabric tape.
- Culture
- Western Melanesia
- Material
- spondula shell, shell, seed and fibre
- Made in
- New Britain, Papua New Guinea
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia