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Mask2718/1

Painted, wooden face mask. Mask is oval in shape with round carved eyes, protruding nose and wide red lips with white teeth. Black, green and red details painted on white ground. Leather thongs nailed onto the centre top and bottom. Metal rings on the sides.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, paint, metal and skin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2717/2

Carved wooden figure with small areas of paint. The large head has carved features with small ears, flat nose, linear eyes and mouth. The body is triangular in shape with the arms held together in front.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun' ?
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Koksilah, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cassowary Woman Figure2716/11

Carved and painted female figure with bird head and wings is seated on a two-legged stool. She wears a grass skirt and ropes around her ankles, wrists and neck, the last having a single shell attached. The beige bird head has painted decoration in red and black, Cowrie shell eyes and, at the top, a ridge of cassowary feathers tufting out from a clay base studded with tiny shells.

Culture
Iatmul
Material
wood, paint, grass, fibre, cassowary feather, cowrie shell, shell and clay
Made in
Kaminibit, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skeleton Mask2716/24

Large wooden mask with painted designs and fringe. There are openings for the eyes, nose and mouth. There are round over-hangings above the eyes, thick cheeks and protruding ears with cowrie shells. The open mouth has many square white teeth. The mask is painted with swirling abstract designs in white, red and yellow on black ground. Sewn to the back and bottom is a long grass-like fringe.

Culture
Iatmul
Material
wood, cowrie shell, grass ? and paint
Made in
Palembei, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2716/23

Rectangular-shaped wood carving of a figure with the base end finishing in a short spike. Figure holds out to the front a pair of barbed poles between which a snake winds up to the chin. Poles, body and face are covered with sharply painted decoration in white, ochre, red and black pigments; the back is unpainted.

Culture
Malagan
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Lava, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Roof Finial2716/21

Carved, hollow, dark wood house finial depicts a large eagle with wings spread high, sitting on the head of a female figure that leans against the conical finial. The figure's face is covered with white tattoo decoration and she wears only painted bracelets and anklets. The eagle is painted white, brown and black. Both have shell eyes. On the sides of the finial cone are long peacock feather-like designs, painted orange and white. Artist signature is carved around base.

Culture
Iatmul
Material
garamut wood, paint and shell
Made in
Korogo, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Prawn Figure2716/14

Carved wood prawn painted black, red and brown. Red eyes with white shell inset bulge out from slightly recessed eye socket.

Culture
Iatmul
Material
wood, paint and shell
Made in
Kaminibit, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Water Spirit Flute2716/13 a-b

Large flute in two pieces. Thin, carved, black, wood figure, with large winged bird on its head, has braids of plant fibre with shells and bone and a long, elephant trunk-like nose hanging down, and a long red and white tail. Figure's face is covered with tattoos in beige and red. The upper figure (part a) fits into the flute section (part b) which is a large piece of bamboo, with a large hole top and bottom, covered with carved and stained black designs, and with reed basketry at top and base.

Culture
Iatmul
Material
wood, plant fibre, bamboo grass, cowrie shell, paint, fish bone and reed grass
Made in
Kaminibit, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pasinawi and Pasindawa2716/12

Wood sculptural group, carved and painted with yellow, reddish orange and cream pigments, rises from a mound-shaped base with eyes. Tall standing figure with elaborate facial mask is wrapped with snakes; two large ones coiled around its shoulders, another two swallowing its legs and one hangs down from its nose between its legs to end with a huge head at the back. A large spotted bird is perched on two pointed bamboo branches behind the figure's head and two small figures holding pointed spears in each arm stand guard at its feet, one at each side, facing outward. All figures wear grass skirts and have clay topped heads embedded with shell and grass hair. All eyes are shell and strands of twisted rope with attached shells and seeds hang from all noses, ears, necks, wrists and ankles.

Culture
Iatmul
Material
garamut wood, clay, sisal fibre, grass fibre, cowrie shell, shell and paint
Made in
Palembei, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cassowary Woman Figure2716/10

Large wooden figure sitting upon a stool. The light green head has a row of black feathers surrounded by four rows of small shells. There are cowrie shells as eyes, painted concentric designs and a long pointed beak. The brown body has pointed breasts and small wings. Tied around the neck is a large cowrie shell. Tied around the waist is a grass skirt. A cord is knotted around both wrists and ankles.

Culture
Iatmul
Material
wood, cowrie shell, shell, cassowary feather, plant and paint
Made in
Kaminibit, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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