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FigureC1381

Full length human figure upright on a circular round base. Carved with a short skirt that has vertical grooves, earrings, and a equally segmented necklace. Colour is black.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
wood
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlC1383

Red-brown wood oval dish on a thin base extending up to the sides of the dish, creating two handles. Rim of the dish is carved with a zigzag border. Upper part of the outer edges of the handles are carved with a tooth pattern.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood
Made in
Wabag, Enga, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureC1384

Brown wood figure of a human head and torso decorated with geometrc patterns on the body. Face has tapering oval eyes, a nose, and a mouth. There is a hair line and the cheeks are prominent. Wearing ear ornaments and a necklace. Very small arms have the bent elbows at the waist with the forearm angling toward the upper middle so that the hands are in a v-position. A jar with a geometric design is balanced on the head.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood
Made in
Wabag, Enga, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PotC1385

A clay piece which flares upward and outward with a slightly smaller flared base. Has molded face in relief on each side. The red body is painted with white and black decoration. Each diamond-shaped face has deep circular eyes with a surrounding rim, a pointed nose, a compressed mouth, a pointed chin, and a feature similar to that of the eyes in the middle of the forehead. The top of each head is decorated with depressed circles. The flared base is painted with alternating white and black vertical lines.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Wabag, Enga, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeadbandC1387

A band covered with spondula shells and tapering at both ends. A patch of fur is at each end. Plain ties around the back.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
skin, fibre and spondula shell
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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KnifeC1388

A light thin bamboo grass knife that is carved, and decorated with a zig zag and a tooth pattern edge along the handle which has a dark "basket weave" pattern on a natural light-coloured background. The end of the handle has a finial carved in the form of a bird head. The wide blade tapers to a blunt point.

Culture
New Guinea ?
Material
bamboo grass
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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KnifeC1389

A light thin bamboo grass knife that is carved, and decorated with geometric diamond-shape, and triangle-shaped patterns having a dark on a natural light-coloured background. The end of the handle has a fish-tail-like shape. The wide blade tapers to a blunt point.

Culture
New Guinea ?
Material
bamboo grass
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tool ?C1391

A long convexly curved piece tapering at the ends. Along the convex side, there are five geometric linear patterns scratched into the surface. There is a prong in the middle. String attached. Function of object unknown.

Culture
Eastern Melanesian
Material
bark and bamboo grass
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceC1392

Various coloured tear-drop-shaped seeds of pale blue, white, dark brown, and light brown. The seeds are strung on a fine string.

Culture
Melanesian
Material
fibre and seed
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PotC1393

A rounded clay pot with a wide flared base. Has molded face in relief on each side. The red body is painted with white and black decoration. Each face has black horizontal slit eyes with a red outline that has radiating grooves for eyelashes, a prominent pointed nose, and smiling mouth, and a red dot on each cheek. In between each face, there is an alternating pattern of red and black vertically curved lines with a semi-conical protrusion in the middle.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Mount Hagen, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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