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Arm Ornament2948/57

Two boar tusks tied closely together with rattan through small drill holes at both ends. The rattan at the root ends has some residual pigment or adhesive on it. There are two holes at this hollow end on each tusk which the rattan tie goes through.

Culture
Asmat
Material
boar tusk and plant fibre
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arm Ornament2948/56

Two boar tusks tightly bound together at the root ends with rattan through small drill holes. A 22cm-long string of sago leaf fibre with two knots passes through a drill hole near one of the tips. This section has broken off the other tusk which is missing one complete side from base to tip.

Culture
Asmat
Material
boar tusk and plant fibre
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arm Ornament2948/55

Two boar tusks tied together by twisted rattan, running through small holes drilled in the ends. The opposite ends of the tusks were also once connected by rattan, which has now come loose from one side.

Culture
Asmat
Material
boar tusk and plant fibre
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arm Ornament2948/54

Two boar tusks with small holes drilled through both ends. The root ends are tied together, 3.5cm apart, with a strip of sago leaf through single holes. The tips are tied together with rattan. Both tips are broken.

Culture
Asmat
Material
boar tusk and plant fibre
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arm Ornament2948/53

Two boar tusks are tightly bound with rattan through single holes drilled through the root ends; tips are held widely apart. They are dark in colour and show evidence of drill holes at ends.

Culture
Asmat
Material
boar tusk and plant fibre
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arm Ornament2948/52

Two boar tusks drilled at both ends, tied together through single holes at the root end with bast string. Two separate bast strings are looped through the holes at the tip ends, each knotted several times.

Culture
Asmat
Material
boar tusk and plant fibre
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Nose Ornament2948/50

Pig bone nose ornament, noticeably wider at one end. A broad ring has been carved at centre, with long arches on both sides of the bone, forming ends that appear as crescents from the front or as arrow points from a top view. The bone has been polished.

Culture
Asmat
Material
bone
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Nose Ornament2948/48

Pig bone nose ornament, slightly curving, noticeably wider at one end. A column of over three centimetres in length has been carved at centre with crescents at its ends on opposite sides. These in turn form ends that appear as crescents from the front or as arrow points from a top view.

Culture
Asmat
Material
bone and pigment
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Nose Ornament2948/47

Pig bone nose ornament. The bone has been carved to leave a central ring. On both sides two thin arms sprout on opposite sides of the ring for a couple of centimetres, culminating in molar-like shapes with four spikes.

Culture
Asmat
Material
bone and pigment
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Nose Ornament2948/46

Pig bone nose ornament, slightly curved, noticeably wider at one end. A central column of over two centimetres in length has been carved, and at its ends are long arches on opposite sides. These in turn form ends that appear as crescents from the front or as arrow points from a top view.

Culture
Asmat
Material
bone
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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