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Trade AxeC1412

Trade axe with a diamond and zig-zag pattern created from woven black and natural coloured rattan covering the extended butt end that flares at the very back. The head flares outwards and has a curved edge. The handle is tapered to a rounded point and unfinished.

Culture
Kama ?
Material
slate stone, rattan, bark, wood and dye
Made in
Mount Hagen, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Trade AxeC1413

Trade axe with a diamond pattern created from woven black and natural coloured rattan covering the extended butt end that flares at the very back. The head flares outwards and has a curved edge. The handle is tapered to a rounded point and stained reddish-brown.

Culture
Kama ?
Material
bark, rattan, wood, slate stone, dye and stain
Made in
Mount Hagen, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpatulaC1414

A rectangular dark black wood handle carved with a curvi-linear design rubbed with white lime. The flat blade is paddle-shaped.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood and lime mineral
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CombC1415

Comb with a handle which tapers to a straight edge. The main design along the handle is woven with red and natural-coloured weave in between radial bands of dark brown wood along the lower portion and with natural-coloured and dark brown weave along the upper portion. Forty long teeth fan outward radially. The teeth are secured by a natural-coloured weave between each tooth.

Culture
Kwaio
Material
wood, fibre, tree fern, morinda bark and morinda root
Made in
Malaita, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CombC1416

Twenty three teeth are woven tightly together with fibre at one end to join the handle in an hour-glass-like shape. Handle is decorated with geometric designs of yellow and dark fibres. The upper portion of the handle simply consists of the teeth extensions. The lower portion of the handle has a design that consists of a diamond pattern.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
fibre, grass and wood
Made in
Malaita, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonC1417

A spoon made of coconut nutshell. Geometric design along the back with two eye-like features at the top of the handle are filled with white clay. Hole for hanging at the top.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
clay and coconut nutshell
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PestleC1418

A cylindical stone piece which tapers at one end.

Culture
New Guinea ?
Material
stone
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BladeC1419

A relatively rounded convexly curved along both sides green stone tapers down to a flat curved edge at one end and tapers down to a rounded point at the other end.

Culture
Torres Strait Islander
Material
stone
Made in
“Torres Strait Islands” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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AdzeC1420

A relatively flat, dark green-black stone in an irregular oblong shape.

Culture
Torres Strait Islander
Material
stone
Made in
“Torres Strait Islands” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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