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Spear ThrowerC1547

Spear thrower with wood handle and point. Shell at base of handle and red and black seeds inside shell, along with point, are all secured by pitch.

Culture
Australian
Material
shell, wood, resin and seed
Made in
Queensland, Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC1548

Large pointed knob at one end; long narrow handle.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood
Made in
Queensland, Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC1549

Handle has 2 1/2 inches of roughly-carved notches, the rest is plain. Both ends are pointed.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood
Made in
Queensland, Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TongsC1551

Two poles joined with cloth and pitch and with seeds set in pitch. Plain except for the red seeds set in the black pitch which joins the sticks.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood, fibre, resin and seed
Made in
Queensland, Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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KnifeC1552

The chipped stone is secured to a piece of reddish wood by a thick band of brown resin. One edge of the stone is blackened.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood, stone and resin
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanC1282

Hatchet-shaped woven fan with a red and black handle. Handle has a large red bulbous shape at the bottom end.

Culture
Samoan
Material
wood, palm leaf and paint
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC1284

Wide sword-shaped brown-black wood club. 'Blade' has geometric designs of vertical zig zag lines bordered by concentric semi-oval lines at either side emphasized with white pigment. 'Blade' flares outward to a flat blunt end that has holes with knotted string. The 'grip' flares outward to a sideways sigma design. 'Pommel' and end knob 'button' both have a horizontal zig zag line band around their base.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
wood, hemp fibre and pigment ?
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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AxeC1624

Axe with handle made of one piece of wood that has been hafted in a bent splint, reinforced with resin and bound with plant fibre string. Handle tapers toward end; stone axe blade affixed between wood by resin.

Culture
Australian
Material
stone, wood, resin, plant fibre and ochre pigment ?
Made in
Western Australia, Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear PointC1626

Dark brown shaft has three pairs of carved barbs. Shaft appears to have been sawn off.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood
Made in
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear PointC1629

The shaft is reddish wood, peeled of all bark. One end is rounded, the other is flattened into a point. A separately carved barb is secured to the point with sinew.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood and sinew
Made in
Ooldea, South Australia, Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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