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BasketB447

Picnic basket (part a) style of a natural colour with two bail type handles attached with metal rivets. Has a lid (part b).

Culture
Philippines
Material
stem ?, palm leaf and metal
Made in
Philippines
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketB445 a-b

Rectangular woven basket (part a) with lid (part b). The basket (part a) has a purple and natural-coloured checker pattern along the upper portion while the lower portion has a geometric diagonal line pattern of the same colours. The lid (part b) has a central diamond design on the top with a checker pattern around the sides in purple, black, and natural colour.

Culture
Philippines
Material
palm leaf and dye
Made in
Philippines
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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AxeC1197

One piece handle and blade with cord used to decorate the junction of the blade and the handle. The dark brown blade has a flat, elongated trapezoid shape with angled triangular lower sides that create an inward pointing triangle along the bottom middle. The junction in between the blade and the handle is lighter brown and covered with strips of braided plant material that cross over each other at various angles. The dark brown wood cylindrical handle curves slightly concavely and has a thin straight ridge along the upper back portion.

Culture
Cook Islanders
Material
wood and plant fibre
Made in
Cook Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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StaffC1058

Dark brown, tapering, cylindrical wood staff with a crouching human figure at the top of the handle. Body is decorated with curvilinear lines and circles. Face has circular eyes and a protruding triangular nose. Spiral designs below the figure. A horizontal band of zig zag lines is at either side of the spiral designs below the figure. White clay emphasizes the designs.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
wood and clay
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpatulaC1086

Brown-black wood piece that has a handle in the form of a crouching human figure. Body is decorated with crescent-shaped lines. Face has circular eyes, a long nose, and a wide smiling mouth with jagged teeth. Has a brow line with a knob at the top of the head. At the base of the figure, there is a circle in front and a sideways G-form on the back. Designs emphasized with lime. 'Blade' tapers to a flat rounded point and is perpendicular to the human figure.

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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Lime SpatulaC1088

Brown-black wood piece that has a handle in the form of a crouching human figure. Face has circular eyes and a long nose as well as a brow line. Head has a wide area for the hair. There is a band of triangles around the base of the figure. 'Blade' tapers to a flat rounded point and is perpendicular to the human figure.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
wood
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC1014

Wooden club with a straight, cylindrical handle and shaft ending in a bulbous head. The head is covered with flat round bosses (ends of roots), with a round, toothed piece of ivory inlaid at the top. The handle decoration is rows of zigzag and has a piece of inlay similar to the head.

Culture
Fijian
Material
ivory and wood
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC1010

Cylindrical, dark brown-black wood handle that curves around at a forty-five degree angle to create a rounded head with a point at one end. The head has seven horizontal bands of multiple pyramidal protrusions. A long, conical point extends outward to the tip end. Radial grooves around the neck. The handle has a design at the end that consists of vertical rows of ziz zags with plain lines in between. The upper portion of the handle is covered with braided fibre. The number '130' is stamped into it.

Culture
Fijian
Material
fibre and wood
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonA3754

A one piece spoon with a shallow bowl that is rounded at the tip end and a handle that is carved with a face. The face has tapering oval eyes with upraised brows above that extend downward into the large nose and cross hatched u-shaped ears. Above the face, there is a tapering cyllindrical shape that has four horizontal grooved lines. Below the face, there is a horizontal band of grooved diagonal lines with a plainer one beneath. The bowl of the spoon is semi-translucent while the handle is dark brown.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
mountain sheep horn
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LidB781

Spouted wood piece stained red-brown with an elaborately carved handle, stained red-brown. The upper portion has a cylindrical spout that connects to the handle across a central ridge over the top. The handle is square in cross section, curving upward and backward and upward. Underneath the outer concave curve of the handle, there is a slim carved piece. The lower portion is cylindrical and tapers downward.

Culture
Batak
Material
bamboo grass and wood
Made in
Sumatra, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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