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SpearC514

Plain tapered, red-brown wood shaft with a long point separated by a grooved band that is square in cross section. Beige fibre is wrapped around the end of the shaft.

Culture
Eastern Melanesian
Material
wood and fibre
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeadrestC519

Curved wood headrest with two legs that flare out to the sides.

Culture
Fijian
Material
wood
Made in
Vanua Levu, Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeadrestC520

A wood headrest with a flat circular pedestal that has the curves cut off at the top and the bottom for the headrest and the base. The pedestal has a square cut out of the middle and rounded sides. Notched edges go around the sides of the headrest and the flat rectangular base.

Culture
Fijian
Material
wood
Made in
Vanua Levu, Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeadrestC521

A wood headrest with a pedestal composed of two panels. Each panel has a cross within a circle connected by diagonals.

Culture
Fijian
Material
wood
Made in
Viti Levu, Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeadrestC522

A plain crossbar supported by two inverted "v" shaped legs.

Culture
Fijian
Material
bone ? and wood
Made in
Viti Levu, Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model HouseC527

Small house with door, and high hipped and belled roof. The ridge has a rod which projects on both sides. Elaborately knotted sennit fibre construction lined with banana (?) leaves over a wooden frame.

Culture
Fijian
Material
sennit fibre, fibre, wood and stem ?
Made in
Vanua Levu, Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC724

Wooden club made from a branch; slight knob on the bottom with a straight shaft leading to a curved end with spur. The underside of the curve has a rectangular section roughly carved and coloured blue.

Culture
Fijian
Material
wood and pigment ?
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC725

Cylindrical, brown wood handle that curves around at a forty degree angle. The end is curved into a y-shape and has a spur. The inside of the curve has a rectangular panel painted white and ochre. The handle is covered with braided fibre in alternating brown and black rings. There is a knob at the end of the handle.

Culture
Fijian
Material
lime mineral, bark fibre and wood
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC726

Cylindrical, brown wood handle with the head formed by the stubs of the surface roots and the tap root. Head has eight protrusions all around and a flat point at the end. The handle has a design at the end that consists of vertical rows of ziz zags with plain lines in between.

Culture
Fijian
Material
wood
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear ThrowerA7021

Intricately carved wooden spear thrower, or atlatl, with two finger holes at proximal end. A portion of the distal end is missing. The dorsal surface is incised with lines that function as a spear groove. Central form is a feather-crested lightning snake on a human figure, on the ventral surface as a weight. The figures have white inlaid eyes. The eye material appears to be bone, covered with a resin coating? The carved figure culminates in an unusual bifurcated tail. Inlaid eye is missing from right side of the human face.

Culture
Coast Salish: Swinomish ?
Material
bone ? and yew wood
Made in
Washington, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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