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Calabash Gourd2623/9

Elongated calabash gourd with long downward facing neck. Gourd has a round hole at base of neck for water.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
calabash fruit
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Calabash Gourd2623/8

Elongated calabash gourd with narrower tip, bent at almost 90 degrees from body, circular here at the point where it narrows, approximately 25 cm from wider tip.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
calabash fruit
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ear Ornament2623/7

Ear ornaments, consisting of two wooden sticks (36 cm) bound with fibre, the lower 26 cm covered with red feathers. Four pains of brown tipped yellow feathers at the tip, and along the sides. Feathers between 6 and 10 cm long. Top 10 cm of stick decorated with shell disks tied onto fibre. Fibre with shells continues for approximately 55 cm, joining the two sticks.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
feather, plant fibre, wood and shell
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ear Ornament2623/6

Ear decorations. Two lengths of bamboo with two types of feathers and tufts of fur sticking out one end. Decorations are strung together with corded plant fibre. The bamboo has burnt etching in geometric patterns down the barrel.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bamboo grass, feather and animal hair
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mouth Harp2623/5

Wooden mouth harp. Hollowed-out semi-cylindrical harp tapers to a point at one end. Instrument is cut into three segments from 3.5 cm in from widest end, down to the point. A corded segment of plant fibre strings three red and brown feathers.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
palm wood, plant fibre and feather
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask2623/4

Near circle of 18 boar's teeth, bound together with fibre through a hole bored at the gum end. Layer of printed paper over the fibre binding, then layer of thick dark red substance with a layer of clear yellow adhesive over. Impressed into the dark red substance and adhesive are a semi-circle of red seeds (1.5 x 1 cm), surrounded by white shells (0.8 x 0.5 cm). The tips of the teeth opposite the decorated section also have holes bored. Reverse is undecorated. Wooden bar wrapped in plant fibre on reverse, 5 cm from bottom of decorated edge.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
boar tusk, paper, seed, shell, plant fibre and adhesive
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Anklet2623/3

Five rings of coconut shell, 9.5 cm in diameter. Ten nutshells, each with a slit cut out, bound together with fibre through a hole bored opposite the slit. Nutshells are bound to one ring of coconut shell with the same fibre and to the others with synthetic ? fibre.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
coconut nutshell, fibre, nutshell and synthetic fibre ?
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bullroarer2623/2

Long flat wooden bullroarer, tapering at ends, with orange and white stripes painted horizontally on both sides. A hole and notch are carved into one end in which a long string of corded fibre is wound. An excess of corded fibre is wound together into loops.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, plant fibre and paint
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Paddle2623/1

Single piece of black palm wood, tapered at both ends. One tip painted pink-red, with faint remains of pink-red and white stripes at sides. Band of feathers attached to fibre around centre. Feathers are brown and red, with one yellow-white and one blue. Diagonal cuts painted pink-red and white by feather band. Band of fringed grass fibre further up. Two holes bored at one end with plant fibre tied through - both bundles painted pink-red at tips with feathers tied to the ends. Notches scored in wood a top sides.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
palm wood, plant fibre, paint and feather
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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