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FigureC141 a

Oblong, rounded, brown piece that tapers at both ends. Has an animal head that has circular eyes with geometric patterns. There is a thin band around the 'waistline' separating the geometric designs on the head from the rest of the plain body. White clay emphasizes designs.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
clay and palm nut
Made in
Orokolo, Gulf, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BatonA3412

Drum baton or beater. Brown wood cylindrical baton that tapers downward to an outward flaring handle end. Carved with a fish design. Has red eyes and an open red mouth with teeth. The dorsal fin is a lance-olate leaf-shape with an inverted split u at the tip. Has side fins. The upward turned tail has a face with diagonal lines along the upper portion at each end with a dot at the tip.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BatonA4291

Drum baton or beater. Light brown wood cylindrical baton that tapers downward to an outward flaring handle end. Carved with a painted raven design. Has black oval in tapering oval eyes surrounded by an orange area and bordered by blue with a pair of inverted red split u's within a red outlined blue u form above at either top side. The blue beak is a long downward pointing triangle. Along the top, the wings have a blue ovoid in ovoid with a sidesways split u at the tip while the blue outlined inner feather has a pair of split red u's and a pair of red u forms and the blue outlined outer feather has a pair of blue split u's and a larger blue split u. The tail has a central blue ovoid in ovoid with four feathers that have an inverted red split u within a blue u form. Initials " H.G." on the handle below the painted design.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClappersA7822

Brown wood clapper painted with face designs carved on both sides. One face has black circle in circle eyes with a vertical white line for the pupils and black brows above. The open arch-shaped mouth shows eight white teeth. Above the mouth, there is a thin, truncated, black triangular-like shape with white dots. On top, there is a white spotted green frog that has its front right leg in between the face's eyes but more to the right side, its back right leg on top of the outer circle of the face's eye as it also partially covers the pupil, its back left leg in the middle of the face's wide truncated, black triangular-like shape, and its front left leg on the face's other eye. Along the top and the bottom of the face, there is a pair of thin, red split u's. The other face is similar but instead it has a thin, truncated, white triangular-like shape with black dots and black teeth with no frog on top.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleA7824

Brown wood rattle consisting of two rounded pieces put together, each with a flaring semi-cylindrical handle, creating a full rounded heart-shaped rattle. The top has a leather strap attached for hanging. Designs consisting of a face on both sides. One face has black eyes with black brows above, an outward pointed nose, an open mouth showing eight white teeth, and a red triangle on each cheek. The other face has black eyes with black brows above, two small red triangles for the nostrils, an open mouth showing twelve white teeth, and a red triangle on each cheek.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar wood, leather skin and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowC898

A plain shaft that is bound at the end and the base with fibre. There is a long black, red, and white geometric patterned point which is elaborately carved with a central horizontal dotted line surrounded by a disjointed zig zag line and crown-like feature at either end below and a herringbone pattern above. The tip of the point ends in an elongated cone. The end of the shaft is notched.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
fibre, stem ?, wood and paint
Made in
Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpatulaC830

Brown-black wood piece that has a handle in the form of a crouching human figure. Spiral decoration at the junction of the 'blade' and the handle. Carved designs are filled in with white. Face has small circular eyes, a long nose, and a wide smile. 'Blade' tapers to a flat rounded point.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
ebony wood and lime mineral
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowC896

A plain shaft that is bound at the base with fibre. There is a long black, red, and white geometric patterned point which is elaborately carved with a vertically linear ? design below and a diamond-shaped design with an inverted picket-fence-like projection pattern above. The tip of the point ends in an elongated cone. The end of the shaft is notched.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
wood, fibre, stem ? and paint
Made in
Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonA4468

Spoon carved from one piece of mountain goat horn with an elongated dish and a curved handle that has a hole drilled near the tip.

Culture
Haisla ?
Material
mountain sheep horn
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonA1672

A one piece, very dark brown spoon with a typical-shaped bowl and a carved handle. The handle is carved with a face that has circular eyes surrounded by a downward and outward pointed elongated tear drop shape with thick brows above that extend into the long thin nose with very wide nostrils and a downturned mouth. A carved grooved circle in circle is at either top side.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
mountain goat horn
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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