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BeaterNh153

Weaving beater. Flat, smooth, sword-like varnished wood with dark brown grains. Slightly bent; striations on surface. Both ends are damaged with small fragments of wood missing.

Culture
Southwest
Material
wood
Made in
New Mexico, USA and Arizona, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket MouldNb11.261

Cylindrical wooden block with a rectangular, knob-like handle.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear ThrowerIe374

Bamboo tube, cut open for half of its length, with a carved knob and an incised pattern at its butt end. Wood hook is carved as a reptile with distinctive teeth that are carved out as a negative space. Fibres bind the hook to the tube and the handle has a fibre collar and a loop. The whole has pigmented black but has worn away in patches on the sides and on the underside of the bamboo.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, bamboo grass, pigment and fibre
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gong BeaterIe373

Long, round carved wood piece. The top has three rings then the carved head of an animal with eyes protruding from both sides, a long snout with nose at end and a mouth with a tongue sticking out.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood and stain
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PestleIe372

A wood stick with a knobby head at each end. Unevenly carved with carving marks visible. The brown wood was stained black.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
charcoal, oil and wood
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShieldIe394

Unevenly rectangular slab of wood incised on one side with a central crocodile figure bordered with geometric patterns of triangles, ovals and diagonal lines on the top and bottom pattern. Fibre ties run through four holes in the wood on the back. The surface is covered in charcoal pigment.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
oil, charcoal, pigment, fibre and wood
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf420

Figure representing a dentist wearing a short-sleeved tunic, short pants, and a soft pointed hat. The dentist is standing holding the right hand of his patient with his left hand. The patient is wearing a sleeveless tunic, and short pants, and is sitting on a stool. The dentist is placing a y-shaped wooden implement in the patient's mouth. There are similar implements on a table. The table, tunics, and stool are light yellow-brown. Hat is light red-brown. Limbs and heads are dark brown. Base is brown plywood.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
atum thorn, stain, wood, rice adhesive and egun thorn
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubIe371 a-c

Undecorated, unpainted, cylindrical brown wood shaft (a) with a knob on one end and an eight-pronged, roughly rectangular stone head (b) on the other end. In a groove on the shaft beyond the head, there is a triangular metal blade (c). A small ring of fibre encircles the shaft at the head. The club head is painted with radiating grey and orange lines, mostly worn away on the underside.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
stone, pigment, fibre, metal and wood
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf390

Two figures representing people. One is sitting on a cylindrical stool with the legs bent backwards at the knees, wearing a sleeveless shirt and knee-length pants, and holding a long pole in the left hand. The other figure is standing, bent forward at the waist, wearing a conical hat, a sleeveless shirt, knee-length pants, and holding a club-shaped object in the right hand while resting a machete blade on a high cylindrical table surface. Between the two figures is a fire pit with bellows. Light yellow-brown clothing, stool, pole, and machete handle. Hat and fire ash are light red-brown. Heads, limbs, fire pit, and table are dark brown. On a wood base.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
atum thorn, egun thorn, rice adhesive, wood, stain, paper and fibre
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf389

Figures representing people at a sewing machine and a cloth on the table which is between a standing figure and a figure sitting on a cylindrical stool. Both figures are wearing elbow-length shirts and knee-length pants. The thread on the sewing machine is wound around a thin piece of wood leading to the cloth. Shirt, pants, and stool are light yellow-brown. Heads, limbs, and table legs are dark brown. Table top, and base are light brown wood. The cloth is light brown with blue and orange stripes.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
atum thorn, egun thorn, rice adhesive, wood, stain, cotton fibre ?, paper and fibre
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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