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Arrow1711/4

Bamboo arrow with pointed tip and geometric design carved into the bamboo near the tip. The design is accented with orange-red, white and brown pigment. The end of the arrow is notched. Fibre wrapped around the shaft, approximately one third of the way along the length from the tip.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
clay ?, resin ?, wood, pigment, bamboo grass and fibre
Made in
Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arrow1711/2

Bamboo arrow with pointed tip and geometric design carved into the bamboo near the tip. The design is accented with orange-red, white and brown pigment. The end of the arrow is notched and has thin strands of fibre wrapped around it. Fibre wrapped around the shaft, approximately one third of the way along the length from the tip.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
bamboo grass, pigment, wood, resin ? and fibre
Made in
Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Long ArrowC1367

A cane shaft carved with dark vertically linear designs on a natural background above seven of the nine joints. The end of the shaft is notched. The long red-brown point is plain.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
fibre and wood
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Long ArrowC1362

The shaft is carved without linear designs. The base of the shaft, near the pointed end, is knot-wrapped with fibre strips. The brown point is painted with a black horizontal line design.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, fibre and paint
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Long ArrowC1361

The shaft is carved with dark vertically linear and elongated chevron designs on a natural background above the cane joints. The end of the shaft is notched. The base of the shaft, near the pointed end, is wrapped with fibre. The long red point is painted with black horizontal lines around the middle surrounded by black.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, fibre and paint
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Long ArrowC1359

The shaft has dark vertically linear designs carved above seven of nine cane joints. The end of the shaft is notched and wrapped with fibre. The dark wood point is carved with three stacked arrow-like cones, each with four barbs, and having an eye-like opening below.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood and fibre
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Long ArrowC1357

The shaft is carved with dark vertically linear design on a natural background above six of the eight cane joints. The end of the shaft is notched and wrapped with fibre. The point is carved with an arrow-barb near the tip.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Long ArrowC1355

The shaft is carved with dark vertically linear designs on a natural background above four of the cane joints. The end of the shaft is wrapped with fibre. The base of the shaft, near the pointed end, has bark (?) wrapped around it. The point has two stacked cones, each with a double base.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, fibre and bark ?
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Long ArrowC1353

The shaft is carved with dark vertically linear designs on a natural background above the cane joints with x-lines near the bottom middle. The base of the shaft, near the pointed end, is knot-wrapped with fibre strips. The brown point is painted with a black and red design consisting of horizontal, vertical, and diagonal lines.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, fibre and paint
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Prayer WheelEe4.43 a-c

Silvery, cylindrical metal object covered in repousse devotional prayer in Tibetan script (part b); a bud-shaped finial with a flat, circular base is featured on the top (part c), while a metal chain with a polyhedron finial is attached to the side. Cylinder is mounted on dark brown wooden handle capped with metal (part a), about which it turns.

Culture
Tibetan
Material
metal, wood and lead metal ?
Made in
Tibet
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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