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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

Tibetan prayer wheels are called mani khorlo (མ་ཎི་འཁོར་ལོ།). Silver-coloured, cylindrical metal mani khorlo covered covered in repoussage metalwork, with two bands of Sanskrit text inscribed in Lantsa script conveying iterations of **||Om mani padme hum|, the sacred six-syllable mantra for Avalokitesvara (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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DaggerEe4.41 a-b

Long metal dagger (part a) with a silver (?) handle and sheath (part b); sheath is silver (?) laid over wood.

Culture
Tibetan
Material
silver metal ?, wood and iron metal ?
Made in
Tibet
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LampEe4.39

Silver chalice-like object with floral and raised curvilinear designs; bands of notch-like patterning encircle the base and the upper portions.

Culture
Tibetan
Material
silver metal
Made in
Tibet
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skull BowlEe4.37

Ritual bowl known as kapala (ཀ་པ་ལ་) made from the top of a human skull.

Culture
Tibetan
Material
human bone
Made in
Tibet
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureEe4.95

Hollow metal sculpture of a dog with an open mouth and its right front paw resting on a ball; remnants of green, black, and red paint cover the figure. Dog wears a collar with three charm-like objects on it and has a red, curling tail.

Culture
Tibetan
Material
metal and paint
Made in
Tibet
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Reading GlassesEe4.94 a-b

Brown and yellow coloured oval-shaped spectacles (part a) with scalloped bridge. Side pieces fold in at a halfway mark and fold in again in order to lay flush up against the spectacles. Blue coloured spectacle case (part b) is oblong in shape. In between the lid and case are two thick pieces of black ribbon. On one side of the case there are embroidered flowers(?) and a bird(?) below the lid and an unrecognizable design above the lid. On the other side of the case, there are embroidered characters below the lid and a flower(?) design above the lid. The top of the lid has a looped tassel with a glass bead, while on the bottom of the case there is a long looped cord with a bead and two staggered tassels.

Culture
Tibetan ?
Material
tortoise shell ?, dye, fibre and glass
Made in
Tibet ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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