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Pudding Knife2832/5

Carved wooden pudding knife. Paddle-shape blade is flat and broad at base tapering to a pointed end. Above the blade there is a hilt bordered with oblong shapes containing an oval with serrated edges and a circular hole in the middle; above this the handle is a long oval with serrated outer edges that tapers to point at the hilt end, with an open centre of the same oval shape.

Culture
Ni-Vanuatu
Material
wood
Made in
Mota Lava, Torba, Vanuatu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pudding Knife2832/3

Carved wooden pudding knife. Paddle-shape blade is flat and broad at base tapering to a pointed end. Above the blade there is a hilt/handle comprised of 3 sections bordered with oblong shapes. The section closest to the blade is a lozenge shape with two triangular openings; the middle section has two facing crescent shapes connected with a central rectangle of wood; the third section is an oval with two half-oval openings. The knife is capped with an eye-shaped opening with a serrated top.

Culture
Ni-Vanuatu
Material
wood
Made in
Mota Lava, Torba, Vanuatu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pudding Knife2832/2

Carved wooden pudding knife. Paddle-shape blade is flat and broad at base tapering to a pointed end, above the blade there is a hilt comprised of two oblong shapes bordering a lozenge shape with two triangular openings. Above the hilt is a cylindrical handle tipped with an oblong knob and forked V with serrated edges.

Culture
Ni-Vanuatu
Material
wood
Made in
Mota Lava, Torba, Vanuatu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dress2832/9

Vanuatu Independence Day dress. Dress is made up of rectangles of yellow, red and green cotton with black trim at hem, pockets and sleeves; also black bodice with green, gold and red satin finish ribbons used as design around neckline and sides. Short puffy sleeves with elastic at arm openings.

Culture
Ni-Vanuatu
Material
cotton fibre and synthetic fibre
Made in
Vanuatu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ceremonial Adze2838/1 a-b

Carved ceremonial adze with small carved stand (part b) to hold blade for upright display. Adze is decorated mainly in three sections: at the top appear to be two entwined creatures, both with circular shell eyes; at centre of handle is another carved creature with circular shell eyes, and another is carved at the butt end. Adze has a long narrow dark green stone blade, which is lashed to the handle with a light yellow-white twine. The stand is wood with a slot carved for the blade and decorative designs carved into the sides.

Culture
Maori
Material
kauri wood, stone, abalone shell and fibre
Made in
Wellington, North Island, New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spirit of Solomon2837/1

Horizontally rectangular woodblock print of a rectangular mass of fish, filling most of the frame and pointing in several directions, in black ink on handmade banana fibre paper. "Ralph Ako Spirit of Solomon 2010 43/80" written in pencil below image.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Made in
Marovo Lagoon, New Georgia, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Stencil2767/5

Stencil used for decorating tapa cloth. Designs of a large palm leaf and a row of squares have been cut into an X-ray film negative. Stencil has been used and is coated with multiple layers of black and brown paint.

Culture
Fijian
Material
celluloid plastic, clay, oil paint and dye
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pot2767/4

Hand made and burnished dark orange clay pot with squared double handles on opposing sides of the neck. Rim flares slightly from the neck which has lines of three raised bumps that run down to a jagged ridge of pinched points around the shoulder. Rounded bottom is slightly flattened

Culture
Ni-Vanuatu
Material
clay
Made in
Port Vila, Shefa, Vanuatu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pot2767/3

Wheel thrown brown pot of cream coloured clay covered with green resin. A shallow carved design of four walking stick figures with linked hands encircles the pear-shaped pot with flat bottom and slightly curled lip.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
clay and resin
Made in
Port Moresby, National Capital District, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Water Pot2767/1 a-b

Dark orange unglazed water pot (a) sits on small basketry ring base (b). The boat-shaped vessel has a chimney-spout opening in the middle of the closed top, flanked by two raised radiant sun?, and a jagged pinched trim around the top of the rounded hull. Hanging net-like V shapes are carved into the sides below two horizontal rows of face-like circles of clay.

Culture
Fijian
Material
clay and pandanus leaf
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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