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Breast OrnamentC827

Skin is in three sections, sewn together. A wooden bar wrapped with woven grass is attached at the seam.

Culture
I-Kiribati
Material
stingray skin, wood and fibre
Made in
Gilbert Group, Kiribati
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model CanoeC829

Long thin canoe with one outrigger, and four paddles lashed to the beams connecting the hull to the outrigger. Very simple black vertical line decoration on canoe top.

Culture
Sikaiana
Material
wood, paint and fibre
Made in
Sikaiana, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpatulaC831

Spatula with an elongated flat blade that has a rounded tip, and a handle with four ridges. The butt end of the handle has a cylindrical finial with an incised zigzag design. Where the neck of the blade meets the handle there is an incised scrolling design. The incised designs have been filled in with white pigment.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
ebony wood and lime mineral
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpatulaC834

Brown-black wood piece that has a handle in the form of a crouching human figure with spiral and feather designs which are emphasized with lime. Face has large circular eyes, a long cross-shaped nose, and a wide smile with teeth. 'Blade' tapers to a flat rounded point. Triangular band design between the figure and the rest of the carved designs.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
ebony wood and lime mineral
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlC892

Semi-spherical shaped, deep wood bowl with a wide ridge at the rim. Each side has a c-like shape carved in low relief. There is a black stain on the surface. There are four holes in the ridge where it was possibly hung.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood and stain
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model HouseC893 a-b

Model house in two parts: the base (a) consists of a raised floor made from wooden slats on a frame with four posts, each with a groove in the top, and it is all lashed together with twined plant fibre; the roof (b) is a plain gable roof composed of a wooden frame lashed together with off-white string, covered on the outside with layers of palm leaves, and finished along the peak with palm leaves that have been folded over and are held with thin strips of wood woven through slits in the palm leaves.

Culture
Samoan
Material
plant fibre, palm leaf and wood
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowC895

A plain shaft that is bound at the base with fibre. There is a long black, red, and white geometric patterned point which is elaborately carved with a disjointed zig zag line as well as an elongated disjointed zig zag line below and an overlapping triangular projections pattern above. The tip of the point ends in an elongated cone. The end of the shaft is notched.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
wood, stem ?, fibre and paint
Made in
Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowC897

A plain shaft that is bound at the end and the base with fibre. There is a long black, red, and white geometric patterned point which is elaborately carved with a vertically linear design below and a herringbone pattern above. The tip of the point ends in an elongated cone. The end of the shaft is notched.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
wood, fibre, stem ? and paint
Made in
Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowC899

A plain shaft that is bound at the end and the base with fibre. There is a long black, red, and white geometric patterned point which is elaborately carved with two sets of central horizontal dotted lines surrounded by a disjointed zig zag crown-like feature line at either end below and a herringbone pattern above. The tip of the point ends in an elongated cone. The end of the shaft is notched.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
wood, stem ?, fibre and paint
Made in
Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowC900

A plain shaft that is bound at the base with fibre. There is a long black, red, and white geometric patterned point which is elaborately carved with a central horizontal dotted line surrounded by an inward pointing picket-fence-like pattern at either end below and a herringbone pattern above. The tip of the point ends in an elongated cone. The end of the shaft is notched.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
wood, fibre, stem ? and paint
Made in
Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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