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ArrowC794

A shaft carved with dark vertically linear designs of v-shapes on a natural background above six of the cane joints. The long point is plain dark wood.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
wood and grass
Made in
Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC502

Hollow, cylindrical, bamboo shaft with designs filled in with black pigment and some areas painted red. Has a long, narrow, lance-olate leaf-shaped blunt hardwood point that is flat along one side while rounded at angles along a ridge at the other side. Some stem ? is coiled around the upper portion of the shaft. The lower portion of the shaft has a design that consists of a horizontal band with a zig zag leaf pattern and vertical lines of triangles in between curvi-linear lines.

Culture
Eastern Melanesian
Material
wood, bamboo grass, stem ?, pigment ? and paint
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC503

Plain, tapering, dark brown wood shaft. The barbed point is ribbed and has one pair of barbs in a geometric split u-shape with another one above that is part of the point tip.

Culture
Eastern Melanesian
Material
wood
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC504

Plain, tapered, dark brown wood shaft with a long barbed point. Two sets of eight barbs with a grid pattern along the middle. Shaft bulges along the upper portion.

Culture
Eastern Melanesian
Material
wood
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC505

Very plain, dark brown-black wood tapering shaft with a plain point. The end of the shaft is cut at an angle.

Culture
Eastern Melanesian
Material
wood
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC507

Plain tapered, dark brown wood pointed shaft with a barbed point with traces of red pigment. The barbed point has six pairs of barbs in a geometric split u-shape with a rectangle at the base that his grooved in a grid pattern.

Culture
Eastern Melanesian
Material
wood and pigment
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC509

Long, light brown wood spear that has two openwork woven sleeves near the point at its base. One of the sleeves is caked with lime. The end of the shaft has a knob.

Culture
Eastern Melanesian
Material
wood, lime mineral and plant fibre
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC510

Plain, tapering, dark brown wood shaft. The barbed point is ribbed and has one pair of barbs in a geometric split u-shape with another one above that is part of the point tip.

Culture
Eastern Melanesian
Material
wood
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC511

Tapering, pointed, brown wood shaft with an elaborate baluster-shaped head. From the top down, the head consists of the following: a cone; a plain section bulges along the lower area; and a downward pointing, truncated pyramid shape with five horizontal rings around the base. The lower area of the shaft bulges and then tapers.

Culture
Eastern Melanesian
Material
wood
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC514

Plain tapered, red-brown wood shaft with a long point separated by a grooved band that is square in cross section. Beige fibre is wrapped around the end of the shaft.

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