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StandN2.589

Stand that has been stained black and is cylindrical in shape. The stand has a flat top surface with a slight lip, three wide feet that follow the curve of the sides, and a cut out geometric design on the sides. Stamped "Made in Japan."

Culture
Japanese
Material
wood and stain
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerC109

A plain round orange-red container made from a gourd. The stopper is rolled bark with a woven grass design around the sides of yellow and brown vertical zig zags and a carved head finial at the top. The head is carved with circular eyes, a nose from which radial grooved lines go along, and a notched mouth. A string goes through two holes opposite each other around the sides of the gourd.

Culture
West Papuan
Material
wood, fibre, grass and gourd fruit
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowC803

The shaft has dark vertically linear designs carved on a natural background above five cane joints. The base of the shaft is wrapped with thin red and natural coloured cane strips. The point is plain dark wood and has a wrapped tip.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
stem ? and wood
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureK4.199 a-h

Four carved wooden figures (three paddlers, each wearing a sarong, and one passenger) standing in a canoe (part e) decorated with diagonal stripes, and with a trapezoidal protrusion at the front of the prow as well as a circular protrusion at the back. The shortest paddler (a) is holding a paddle (part f) with the end down to his right, the middle paddler (b) is holding his paddle (part g) with the end down to his left, and the tallest paddler (c) at the back of the canoe is holding his paddle (part h) with the end down to his right. The passenger (d), wearing a hat and suit, stands in front of the last paddler. The dark brown surfaces and designs on the figures and canoe have been burnt into the surface.

Culture
Barotse
Material
wood
Made in
Zambia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowC1750 a-j

Plain shafts with points in the shape of multiple stacked cones. Some have bands of geometric design emphasized with white. Traces of red pigments remain on some points. Part a: six stacked cones having the smallest ones in the middle while the bottom-most one has a flared base with a band of geometric diamond-shaped patterning surrounded by a double ring at either sides; b: five stacked cones having the smallest ones in the middle with a band of segmented diagonal lines filled in with white in between; c: six stacked cones having the smallest ones in the middle with a band of six white horizontal zig zag lines surrounded by a white horizontal line at either sides; d: four stacked cones having the smallest ones in the middle with two rings; e: seven stacked cones having the smallest ones in the middle with a band of two outlined diamond shapes in white; f: six stacked cones having the smallest ones in the middle with a band of an outlined upward pointing arrow that has an outlined downward pointing arrow on the other side; g: five stacked cones having the smallest ones in the middle with four rings; h: five stacked cones having the smallest ones in the middle while the bottom-most one has a flared base with a wide geometric swirl design; i: four stacked cones having the smallest ones in the middle while the bottom-most one has a flared base with a band of double vertical lines surrounded by a ring at either sides; and j: six stacked cones having the smallest ones in the middle with three multiple fingered rings filled in with white.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, stem ?, fibre, paint and pigment
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearK4.294 a-b

Spear with a wooden handle that has a bulb-shaped end and widens slightly near the top of the shaft where there is a metal ferrule. The wood is mostly yellow with a strip of dark red-brown. The metal tip has a short shaft and curved sides with a pointed tip. On both faces, nearly half of the spear tip is slightly convex and the metal from this area is tarnished.

Culture
Southern African
Material
metal and wood
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonK5.1

Spoon with ovoid bowl and flat rim that is parallel to the cylindrical handle. The handle tip curves back and has a slightly smaller, flaring cylindrical tip that has been burnt to a dark brown finish. Nearly one third of the way up the handle from the bowl is a segment that flares outwards from its slightly narrower centre, and this segment has also been burnt to a dark brown finish. The edge of the bowl rim is also dark brown.

Culture
Zulu
Material
wood
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonK5.5

Spoon with ovoid bowl and flat rim that is parallel to the cylindrical handle. The edge of the bowl rim has been burnt to a dark brown finish. An off-white string has been tied near the end of the handle for hanging.

Culture
Zulu
Material
wood
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonK5.6

Wooden spoon with shallow, elongated ovoid bowl that merges into a slightly tapering handle that is roughly semicirclular in cross-section. The edge of the bowl, the neck of the handle, and the end of the handle are burnt to a dark brown finish. There is a hole pierced through the end of the handle. There is what looks to be a "2" carved into the handle near the bowl. An inscription in ink on the bottom of the handle says, "UNKOMAASS EASTER 1?76 / SOUTH AFRICA."

Culture
Zulu
Material
wood
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpatulaK4.129

Wooden spatula with ovoid blade, and a handle that flares outwards to a point roughly one quarter of the way down the shaft, curves back inwards, and then flares outwards again at the end of the handle, which has three points. The spatula has several dots that have been burnt into the surface on the sides of the blade, where the handle joins the blade, and at the points on the handle.

Culture
Barotse
Material
wood
Made in
Zimbabwe
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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