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SpearC1585

Bone barb is lashed to the point. Long brown shaft. A section near the point is painted black, and section near the other end is red and white.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood, fibre and bone
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear ThrowerC1591

Spear thrower with flat handle made of wood that has a round stick attached at one end by pitch, and two pieces of white shell attached at the other by pitch. Handle tapers towards ends.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood, shell and resin
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BoomerangC1592

Light yellow-brown wood boomerang that has smooth sides. Main design on both sides consists of three vertical bands of crescents burned in with two side-by-side lines having the crescents facing in the same direction while the other line has the crescents facing in the opposite direction.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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StaffC1594

Dark, black-brown wooden staff with white pigment added to emphasize designs. Handle at top has a crouching, stylized human figure with spiral designs carved in relief; a flaring, hoof-like shape is at the bottom of the staff.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
ebony wood and pigment ?
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RobeC1334

Woven grass robe with fringe. The rectangular robe has a long grass fringe on both ends. Along the upper fringe is a saw-tooth appliqué border decorated with red feathers.

Culture
Samoan
Material
feather and grass
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentC1430

A big white flat wide circular piece that has a large hole at the centre.

Culture
Melanesian
Material
shell
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentC1431

A small white flat thin circular piece that has a large hole at the centre and a deep "v" shaped groove cut into the exterior around the middle.

Culture
Melanesian
Material
shell
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa ClothC1337

The cloth is rectangular and natural in colour. There are several thin brown lines along the bottom edge with some extending across the cloth.

Culture
Fijian
Material
mulberry bark and paint
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa ClothC1339

Long rectangular tapa cloth with hand painted designs in light and dark brown on natural coloured ground. There are long triangles and pairs of dots overall, separated by three bands of checkered squares. There are two diagonal bars with the letters ‘koeletautue’.

Culture
Tongan ?
Material
paper mulberry bark, paint and pigment
Made in
Tonga ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceC1344

Small stone discs treaded on a fibre cord. One continuous strand twisted and ends tied together to create a two strand necklace.

Culture
I-Kiribati
Material
shale stone and fibre
Made in
Nonouti, Gilbert Group, Kiribati
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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