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Bow2948/142 a-b

Wooden bow. The limbs of the bow have a dark striped appearance with alternating bands of dark brown and black wood. The limbs have two bulges at either end to support the bowstring and the body of the bow comes to a prominent point at one end. The wood of the shaft is smoothed and polished in appearance with only minor traces of fine-grained dirt present near the pointed end. The bowstring is formed into two looped knots at either end to allow placement on the bow limbs. The wood at the looped ends of the bowstring is mottled dark brown and yellow–brown in appearance with the topmost layer of wood flaked off in places.

Culture
Asmat
Material
wood and plant fibre
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bow2948/141 a-b

Wooden bow. The limbs of the bow are smoothed and pointed with woven fibre bands at either end. The bowstring is slightly misshapen and bent with evidence of severe fraying and deterioration of the looped ends, so that one end of the string can no longer be placed onto the bow limb. Between the weave of the woven end pieces of the bow limbs there is dark dirt caked into the material, and the woven fibres are discoloured a darker brown. At one end of the body of the bow there are also present circular rings of fibre in addition to the woven fibre piece.

Culture
Asmat
Material
wood and plant fibre
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bow2948/140 a-b

Wooden bow. The bow is slightly curved upwards at either end and glossy in appearance. There appear to be three very lightly carved rings or marks around either end. The bowstring, part b, has two fibrous, woven ends that form loops to fit on the bow.

Culture
Asmat
Material
wood and plant fibre
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bow2948/139 a-b

Wooden bow. The body of the bow (part a) is slightly curved with blunt ends and a bundle of woven fibres fixed to one end. The fibres are woven loosely enough to allow some movement of the bundle along the bow limbs. The bowstring (part b) is misshapen and stiff with fraying of wood fibres along its length, and two woven loops at either end. The loop that is unattached to part a has a long frayed end with many wood fibres hanging loose.

Culture
Asmat
Material
wood and plant fibre
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bow2948/138 a-b

Wooden bow. The bow has a smoothed surface with a carved point at one end and two sections of woven fibre at either end. At the obtuse end there is also a wrapped ring of thicker plant fibre, probably serving as a rest for the bowstring. The bowstring is slightly misshapen and bent in sections. The ends are formed into loops which are fraying and loosened. One loop is smaller but has been separated into many thin, woody strands.

Culture
Asmat
Material
wood and plant fibre
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bow2948/137 a-b

Wooden bow. The body of the bow has a carved circular bulge or platform at one end where the woven looped end-piece of the bow string rests. Attached to the bow limbs are two small circular rings of woven fibres set slightly in from the ends, which are carved into points. The bowstring has only one woven loop, and the other end of the bowstring is misshapen and bends upwards to a broken point where the other loop would have existed.

Culture
Asmat
Material
wood and plant fibre
Made in
Atsy, Papua, Indonesia ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Armband2948/63

Twisted bracelet constructed from a single section of bamboo(?) wrapped around itself. The colour varies naturally between red and yellow-brown. One end of the fibre is frayed while the other is cracked.

Culture
Asmat
Material
wood ?
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Armband2948/62

Twisted bracelet constructed from a single section of a branch, or stem(?), wrapped around itself three times. The colour varies naturally between reddish brown and yellow-brown.The weave has varying degrees of open space between the different crossed sections of the strand, with some frayed sections.

Culture
Asmat
Material
wood ?
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Armband2948/61

Twisted bracelet constructed from a single section of a branch, or stem(?), wrapped around itself several times. The colour varies naturally between reddish brown and yellow-brown.The weave is loose with varying degrees of open space between the different crossed sections of the strand.

Culture
Asmat
Material
wood ?
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Armband2948/60

Twisted bracelet constructed from a single section of bamboo(?) wrapped around itself three times. The colour varies naturally between red and yellow-brown.

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