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SpatulaC1414

A rectangular dark black wood handle carved with a curvi-linear design rubbed with white lime. The flat blade is paddle-shaped.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood and lime mineral
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CombC1415

Comb with a handle which tapers to a straight edge. The main design along the handle is woven with red and natural-coloured weave in between radial bands of dark brown wood along the lower portion and with natural-coloured and dark brown weave along the upper portion. Forty long teeth fan outward radially. The teeth are secured by a natural-coloured weave between each tooth.

Culture
Kwaio
Material
wood, fibre, tree fern, morinda bark and morinda root
Made in
Malaita, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CombC1416

Twenty three teeth are woven tightly together with fibre at one end to join the handle in an hour-glass-like shape. Handle is decorated with geometric designs of yellow and dark fibres. The upper portion of the handle simply consists of the teeth extensions. The lower portion of the handle has a design that consists of a diamond pattern.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
fibre, grass and wood
Made in
Malaita, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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StaffC1424

Staff with pearl shell pieces in long vertical patterns that cover the handle. Wooden knob and braided rattan at one end and three strings of beads (red, blue and white) at the other.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
rattan, glass, wood and shell
Made in
Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DrumC1382

Carved wood drum with an hourglass-like shape with a rounded handle on one side. The ends of the handles go into the mouths of two incised figures; one has a cowrie shell inlaid eye. The opposite side has two identical figures. The centre of the drum has a band of geometric pattern carved in relief. A piece of skin is attached to the top with cotton and fibre twine. There are remnants of red pigment.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
snake skin, fibre, cowrie shell, wood and pigment
Made in
Mount Hagen, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fire StickC1426 a-b

Reddish wood for part a and b has been peeled of all bark. One end of part a is rounded smooth, the other is rounded with a hole in the centre. One end of part b has three circular notches.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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StaffC1500

Brown wood staff. One end of the staff has a bulb with a band of lozenge designs around the middle surrrounded by several plain rings, a pair at either side of the band of lozenge designs with another pair near either end of the bulb while another pair is slightly away from the bulb on the handle part.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
wood
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC1508

Long barbed point all along one side. The dark brown wood shaft and point are in one piece. The shaft has traces of red and the point has traces of red and white pigment.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood and fibre
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fishing SpearC1509

Three prongs joined to a shaft with fibre wrapping barbs. The prongs are affixed to the shaft with wraps and pitch. The shaft is broken off. Traces of red and white pigment.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood, resin, iron metal, fibre and pigment
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PaddleC1510

Carved wooden paddle with a leaf-shaped blade and straight, plain handle; symmetrical whorl and spiral designs shallowly carved on along the top of both sides of the blade. Bulbous, carved protrusion at tip of blade. notch around top of shaft.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
wood
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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