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ArrowC1063

A cane shaft carved with dark vertically linear designs on a natural background. The base, near the pointed end, and the end of the shaft, are wrapped in thin cane strips. The point is plain wood which is decorated with a 7.5 cm sleeve of woven brown and yellow grass. The tip of the point has four irregular bone barbs.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bone, stem ?, wood and grass
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowC1064

A plain cane shaft and long wood point are stained but undecorated. The base of the point is wrapped with string tied in a series of half hitches and coiled with stem (?).

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, stem ? and fibre
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowC1066

A plain cane shaft is stained dark but undecorated. The base of the point is wrapped with string tied in a series of half hitches. The point is elaborately carved in geometric pattern consisting of dots and diamond shapes, and the tip of the point is bound with a bone barb.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
fibre, bone, wood and stem ?
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowC1068

A plain wood shaft with a long black, red, and white carved geometric design consisting of four upward pointing arrows with an x-shaped base, one on each side. The long point is plain. The end of the shaft is notched.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
stem ?, fibre and wood
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Nose OrnamentC1111

A cylindrical brown piece with fine linear design of bands of very geometric lines and triangles emphasized with dark pigments.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
stem ?
Made in
Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC1668

The head is broken off but was set into a light yellow-brown wood shaft, then into a cane shaft. Has a lance-olate leaf-shape-like point. The shaft has a shiny lacquer look.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood, stem ?, skin and resin
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC1669

Iron point (knife) set in end with string and pitch. The light yellow-brown stem ? shaft has been cut and jointed with diagonal scarf joints.

Culture
Australian
Material
stem ?, iron metal, fibre and resin
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC1670

Chipped stone point set in a light yellow-brown wood shaft and then into a cane shaft. The section near the head is painted yellow with a black band.

Culture
Australian
Material
stone, resin, wood and stem ?
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC1672

Metal truncated lance-olate leaf-shaped point fastened to wood fore-shaft with pitch and then to a cane shaft in the same manner. The light yellow-brown stem ? shaft is wrapped with sinew near the end and has a shiny lacquer look along the upper portion.

Culture
Australian
Material
iron metal, resin, stem ? and fibre
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC1522

Plain cane shaft with the end bound. The point is long and slim and has a dark finish. A plain shaft of twelve cane joints with the last one at the base of the point wrapped with stem ? to hold the point. The long dark point is plain. The end of the shaft is wrapped with fibre in a wide round bundle.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood, fibre and stem ?
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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