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ClubC1549

Handle has 2 1/2 inches of roughly-carved notches, the rest is plain. Both ends are pointed.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood
Made in
Queensland, Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TongsC1551

Two poles joined with cloth and pitch and with seeds set in pitch. Plain except for the red seeds set in the black pitch which joins the sticks.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood, fibre, resin and seed
Made in
Queensland, Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pubic CoverC1554

The oval-shaped disc has a black geometric design made with three parallel lines on the front side. There are three holes at the top of the disc.

Culture
Australian: Arrernte
Material
mother of pearl shell and ochre pigment
Made in
Northern Territory, Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentC1281

Tortoise shell carved to shape and bent to form circlular band, tied together by fibre at ends. Narrow at the joint and wide opposite.

Culture
Torres Strait Islander
Material
tortoise shell and fibre
Made in
“Torres Strait Islands” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC1284

Wide sword-shaped brown-black wood club. 'Blade' has geometric designs of vertical zig zag lines bordered by concentric semi-oval lines at either side emphasized with white pigment. 'Blade' flares outward to a flat blunt end that has holes with knotted string. The 'grip' flares outward to a sideways sigma design. 'Pommel' and end knob 'button' both have a horizontal zig zag line band around their base.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
wood, hemp fibre and pigment ?
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear PointC1626

Dark brown shaft has three pairs of carved barbs. Shaft appears to have been sawn off.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood
Made in
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear PointC1629

The shaft is reddish wood, peeled of all bark. One end is rounded, the other is flattened into a point. A separately carved barb is secured to the point with sinew.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood and sinew
Made in
Ooldea, South Australia, Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear ThrowerC1611

Spear thrower with paddle-shaped handle that has grey resin on narrow base end and attaching a small stick at the tip. Handle design is geometric with zig-zagging bands composed of diagonal lines at stidk end and a triangle composed of diagonal lines below the zig-zagging bands; handle reverse has no design.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood and resin
Made in
Western Australia, Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Musical InstrumentC1634 a-b

Part a and part b are brown sticks that have been flattened on two sides. Both ends of part a are roughly rounded. One end of part b is roughly rounded, the other end is cut off.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood
Made in
Western Australia, Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Musical InstrumentC1635

The thick brown stick is roughly rounded at both ends.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood
Made in
Western Australia, Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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