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StaffIg404

Tapering, cylindrical, brown-black wood staff with a finial that is in the form of two pairs of symmetrical very stylized figures with scroll and linear patterns emphasized with white pigments. Faces have circular eyes, a long nose, and a wide smile.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
wood and lime mineral ?
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC887

Carved wooden club with a straight handle; the head is a dome-shaped knob with a sharp ridge around it. Under the ridge is a band of shallowly carved dots. Raised band around bottom of shaft.

Culture
Kanak ?
Material
wood
Made in
New Caledonia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC889

Wooden club with a long, slender shaft ending in a rounded, cap-like head; band of carved dot like decorations underneath the head. Thick, raised band around the handle end.

Culture
Kanak ?
Material
wood
Made in
New Caledonia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC890

Brown kiwi bird-like head with two small protruding eyes and a ridge going up along each side from the back tapering as it goes along the beak. Plain cylindrical handle flares outward at the bottom.

Culture
Kanak ?
Material
wood
Made in
New Caledonia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC749

Brown wooden club with a long, cylindrical handle and bulbous head covered with protruding knobs. The handle is decorated with rows of zigzag patterns and the head is formed from the stubs of the roots.

Culture
Fijian
Material
wood
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC750

Brown wooden club with a long, cylindrical handle and bulbous head covered with protruding knobs. The handle is decorated with rows of zigzag patterns and the head is formed from the stubs of the roots.

Culture
Fijian
Material
wood
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Throwing Club2642/7

Wooden throwing club made of vesi wood with a slender handle and a larger, ridged ball head. There is a hole bored through the bottom of the handle.

Culture
Fijian
Material
stain ? and wood
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa ClothC933

The tapa cloth is natural in colour with designs in greyish-dark green. There are two repeating designs: a human-like figure with a long body and a shape resembling a sideways 'H'. The figures are repeated in rows, on one side of the cloth.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
banyon tree bark, paint and indigo pigment
Made in
Santa Isabel, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa ClothC934

The cloth is rectangular with many thin orange-brown lines on a natural coloured background. The cloth is divided into five bordered panels with dark brown lines. In each panel there are two long natural coloured triangles, one at each end. There is also a large, brown, randomly placed dot in each panel; one panel has two dots. The cloth is painted on one side.

Culture
Fijian
Material
mulberry bark, pigment and paint
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear2642/10

Spear with a pointed metal cap point. There is woven fibre wrapped around the spear near the tip, above which there are carved designs, including a depiction of a face. The recessed areas of the design have been caked with an off-white pigment, possibly lime. There is a single fibre string tied near the bottom of the spear.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
metal, wood, fibre and lime mineral ?
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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