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FigureK4.198 a-d

Three figures on a rectangular base representing a woman consulting a witch doctor with a drummer. The female figure (a) is wearing a sarong and is standing with her arms extended forward, hands together. The drummer (b), wearing pants, is standing beside the woman with his hands on his drum. The witch doctor (c), wearing a two-tiered skirt and with a ribbed conical protrusion on the top of his/her head, is facing the other two figures and holding a conical object in his/her left hand. The base is decorated with a design of six dark brown triangles, joined in pairs with lines. The edges of the base are also dark brown. The designs and dark brown areas have been burnt into the wood.

Culture
Barotse
Material
wood
Made in
Zambia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureK4.197 a-f

Three female figures standing around a container on a disc-shaped platform and pounding corn. The figures all have elongated, ovoid-shaped heads with a red mark at the back, and each is wearing a sarong. One figure is wearing a sarong dotted with rectangular burn marks (a), another figure is wearing a sarong with vertical stripes (b) and the last figure is wearing a sarong with rectangular burn marks and a horizontal band (c). The container (d) is decorated with a zigzag line around the centre and two wide bands of dark brown at the top and bottom. Figure b is also holding a stick-like implement. Each figure has cylindrical protrusion at the bottom of their feet, as does the bottom of the container, and these protrusions fit into a hole in the base. The base is decorated with four triangles at the edge and one hole has been plugged. The designs have been burnt into the surface.

Culture
Barotse
Material
wood
Made in
Zambia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureK4.41 a-e

Four figures in a canoe (a). The standing figure at the front (b) is holding a paddle to his left that extends just slightly past the base under his feet, and the other standing figure at the back (c) is holding a paddle to his left that extends down past the top of the canoe's hull. The standing figures each have a peg extending down from the bottom of their bases, and these pegs fit into holes at the front and back of the canoe. There is an extra small hole beside the larger hole at the back of the canoe. There are two kneeling figures inside the canoe (d and e). The figures are stained ? dark brown, and the canoe is brown on both sides with an incised geometric design mainly consisting of two rows of alternating solid brown squares and squares filled with horizontal lines separated by a thin horizontal zigzag band.

Culture
Central African
Material
wood and stain ?
Made in
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowC1748 a-z

Plain shafts with points in the shape of multiple stacked cones. Some have bands of geometric design emphasized with white pigment. There are traces of red paint on some points. Part a: five stacked cones having the smallest ones in the middle with three rings; b: three stacked cones progressing shorter toward the top with six rings; c: four stacked cones progressing shorter toward the top with a horizontal row of diagonal grooved lines; d: four stacked cones having the smallest ones in the middle with one ring; e: five stacked cones having the smallest in the middle with two rings; f: three stacked cones progressing shorter toward the top with one ring; g: four stacked cones progressing shorter toward the top with five rings; h: six stacked cones progressing shorter toward the top with a double-diamond pattern; i: six stacked cones having the smallest in the middle with two rings; j: four stacked cones having the smallest ones in the middle with two rings; k: five stacked cones having the smallest ones in the middle without rings; l: five stacked cones having the smallest ones in the middle with two rings; m: five stacked cones progressing shorter toward the top with four zig zag rings; n: four stacked cones having the smallest two in the middle with three rings; o: four stacked cones having the smallest two in the middle with four rings; p: four stacked cones having the smallest two in the middle with a horizontal row of diagonal grooved lines; q: four stacked cones progressing shorter toward the top with three rings; r: five stacked cones having the smallest in the middle with two rings; s: five stacked cones progressing shorter toward the top with three rings; t: five stacked cones having the two smallest below the longest top point with chevron notching; u: four stacked cones having the smallest in the middle with a horizontal row of grooved diagonal lines; v: five stacked cones progressing shorter toward the top with four rings; w: six stacked cones having the smallest in the middle with seven rings in addition to a dark vertically dashed linear design; x: four stacked cones having the smallest in the middle with three rings; y: four stacked cones having the smallest in the middle with four rings; and z: five stacked cones having the smallest in the middle with one ring.

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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BeltC630

A long very wide strip of coiled bark carved with geometric designs emphasized with white. The design consists of an alternating pattern of compressed six-pointed stars and four-pointed stars each having a dot with a double outline at its centre. The border consists of an inner horizontal line of notches and an outer horizontal line of zig zags.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bark, fibre and clay
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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KnifeB508

Curved, serrated blade attached to the centre of a large, roughly s-shaped wooden handle; handle has two iron bands covering the joints between separate segments. Scrolling finial with carved geometric designs at one end; other end tapers to a point.

Culture
Cambodian
Material
wood, iron metal and fibre
Made in
Cambodia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlC592

A big brown wood bowl that has a hemispherical shape with a raised ridge at rim, which has a zig zag border pattern all around the edge emphasized with white pigment. Two holes are made at the rim on opposite sides to each other.

Culture
Massim
Material
wood
Made in
Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlC979

A small brown wood bowl carved in the shape of a tortoise. Carved designs filled with white lime. The head has circular eyes and a mouth. The body is outlined with a segmented tubular pattern having a circle at the front, the back, and in the middle of each side. While the front legs are shorter than the back legs, they are all have a swirled partial feather-like design.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
lime mineral and wood
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskC1375

A dark brown-black wood mask carved with geometric linear designs filled with lime, and having black, red, and white colourings. The head tapers upward and is decorated with grooved curvi-linear designs consisting of white inverted u-shapes and red tear-drop shapes. The cowrie shell eyes have a red u-line underneath and high upraised eyebrows above. The cheeks have red dots outlined with white. The face is outlined with a white-gorooved line, below which, there is a red-grooved u-shaped mouth and a pointed chin. There is a grass tassel knotted through the red-outlined nose. The pointed beard is carved with white-grooved curvi-linear lines which swirl around the bottom.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
clay, grass fibre, cowrie shell and wood
Made in
Wabag, Enga, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowC877

The shaft is without linear designs above the cane joints. The base of the shaft, near the pointed end, is wrapped with an alternating natural and red coloured thin cane strips. The point is plain dark wood with a coil-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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