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SpearC652

Chipped blade set in wood with pitch and fibre lashings. The shaft is made of cane. Geometric decorations outlined with string and accented with white seeds. Obsidian blade is triangular in cross section and is flat at the end. From the base of the point, the design is as follows: a red x-formation surrounded by white at either side and black at either end; and five sets of four seeds around red, white, and black diamond shapes.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
resin, wood, obsidian stone, plant fibre, seed, stem ? and paint
Made in
Admiralty Islands, Manus, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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StaffC653

Staff with a simple tapering shaft painted black and having cane and feather tied on at one end. The feathers are mainly red and grey.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
feather, wood, stem ? and plant fibre
Made in
New Britain, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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StaffC654

Staff with simple tapering pointed shaft painted black. Decorated with cane and feathers which are tied at one end; feathers are mainly red, grey and black.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
wood, plant fibre, stem ? and feather
Made in
New Britain, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskC655

Carved mask attached to headpiece by fibres. Face is painted in geometric designs in white, red, and black. Shells for the eyes. Headpiece has real grey-brown hair at either side covered in white clay and an extended ridge running front to back along the middle, and is built on a frame of strips of red orange-brown wood and bark cloth. Elaborate decoration.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
bark, wood, human hair, clay, paint, shell and plant fibre
Made in
New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC751

Cylindrical, brown wood handle that curves around at a forty degree angle. The end is curved into a y-shape and has a spur. The inside of the curve has a rectangular panel of white. The upper portion of the handle is covered with braided fibre in alternating brown and black rings. There is a knob at the end of the handle.

Culture
Fijian
Material
wood and plant fibre
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowC755

A very long heavy plain flat brown bow with ring ridges carved at each end to prevent slipping. (No string).

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowC756

A very long plain dark red-brown bow with a string.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
plant fibre and wood
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowC757

A plain well-shaped red-brown bow without a string.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowC758

A very long plain red-finished bow with a fibre string.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
fibre and wood
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowC759

A very long plain dark brown bow with a cane string.

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