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DrumIe362

Cylindrical, tapered, hollow wood piece. The bottom third has been carved with geometric designs, the top has texture from the carving. The carved area is narrower than the top. The base has two points that the drum rests on. Fibre is tied around the bottom and halfway up.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
charcoal, pigment, plant fibre ? and wood
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bentwood BoxA2.609

Rectangular bentwood box with dark brown patina. Painted bird design in red and black on front panel. On opposite side are a series of vertical and slightly diagonal white lines.

Culture
Dakelhne: Nat'ooten: Babine
Material
cedar wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeaterIh218

Gong beater. Solid cylindrical pale white soft wood drum beater, roughly adzed to narrow handle.

Culture
Fijian
Material
wood
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeaterIh217

Gong beater. Cylindrical shaped solid pale white-yellow soft wood drum beater which has been roughly adzed to narrow handle.

Culture
Fijian
Material
wood
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Slit GongIh214

Natural brown wood slit gong drum made from a solid piece of 'greenheart' hardwood carved with an adze. Semi-cylindrical in shape and tapering to solid ends. Hollowed with curving sides. The surface is not finished.

Culture
Fijian
Material
wood
Made in
Nadroga-Navosa, Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bentwood BoxNb3.1349

Bentwood box, kerfs cut on both exterior and interior, fourth side pegged, now most pegs fallen away. Two shorter sides and one long side decorated each with panel of horizontal, finely chiseled grooves. Two smaller sides also have one vertical, rectangular area on right. These three panels are surrounded by border of vertical grooves. Remaining side is plain except for one vertical band of grooved diagonals down one edge. Base has split, leaving gap across width.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
metal and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bentwood BoxNb3.1348 a-b

Undecorated bentwood box with kerfed corners, fourth corner nailed and horizontally pegged. Piece of newspaper stuck to interior wall near rim. The lid (part b), with an adzed surface, is thin and flat with one long edge projecting upwards on angle into large 'lip'. Lid has uneven fit.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
metal and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bentwood BoxNb3.1347 a-b

Bentwood box; kerfs cut both on exterior and interior, fourth corner nailed; three sides, except back, decorated each with one panel of horizontal, finely chiselled grooves. Lid (part b) with adzed surface is slightly wedge shaped, with ridge at back projecting upwards. Cedar stitching on front and right side over split. Base pegged (?). Box lashed and knotted on all four sides with two-ply cedar bark rope, loose and fallen down close to base. Underside of box has a different type of rope used.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
metal, cedar wood and cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubNb3.1350

One piece of red brown wood, all adze marks apparent; roughly cut and shaped. Butt end shaped into blunt pointed knob. Sides of knob taper quickly into shaft which swells halfway up its length then tapers just below club end. Cylindrical club is longer than wide, flares quickly from shaft into cylinder shape and finishes off in a blunt point.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PestleAf481

A polished red-brown hardwood with black crusted patina on the handle. The handle has a knob on its end. Two rings around the pestle's centre separate the slightly flared head from the handle.

Culture
Ekoi
Material
wood
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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