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SpearIe403 a-b

Spear (a) with sheath (b). Spear (a) has a long steel lanceolate-shaped blade, shiny with some tarnish and etched lines echoing its shape. Blade is connected to a shaft by a corroded metal fitting. The shaft appears to be a broom handle wrapped with bark. At one end the bark has uncoiled. The black sheath (b) is two pieces of wood held together by five bands of metal wrapped and beaten together. Nose and eye shapes are incised into the wood to achieve a bird-like face. The narrow end is carved with a geometric design.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
metal, bark, wood and steel metal
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeltIe401

A wide flat coiled bark belt with a pattern incised into the outside surface of the outer coil. The inside coil is entirely unadorned. The curvilinear pattern has human faces within the rounded borders of both ends. Lime white accents the pattern. Fibre and string run through a series of holes in one area. The belt ends are tongue-shaped.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
lime mineral, fibre and bark
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Canoe ProwIe400

Canoe prow with a large animal head with upward-sloping jaws or a beak at the front, an upper figure of a double-headed animal with a forward-facing face reminiscent of the larger animal's head, and a rearward-facing face with down-sloping jaws or a beak. Below this figure is a support with two incised and painted concentric circles. The geometric designs and facial features are emphasized with black, light pinkish-brown, and white pigment.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
pigment and wood
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Suspension HookIe398

Carved wooden basket hook consisting of a female figure with a long oval shaped face and a conical shape headdress that has a bird carved on the tip. The face has incised, tattoo-like detailing on the cheeks, a long nose, inlayed shell eyes and an open mouth exposing the teeth. The arms hang down to the knees which are slightly bent. The body is rounded; the genital area is exposed. The crescent shaped base has a stylized incised band designs that are incorporated into a central face that has inlaid shell eyes. Along the sides of the body is a rounded, triangular repeating design. The reverse is carved and decorated with various stylized designs. The wood is stained black.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, oil, charcoal, fibre and shell
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlAi2

Half calabash gourd that has a heart-shaped bowl incised entirely with linear rings of diamond shapes, and crosshatching. The rings are in concentric circles to the centre. All designs are dark from rubbed soot.

Culture
Central African
Material
calabash fruit and charcoal pigment
Made in
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LadleIe440

A ladle with a handle that has a relief carving of six bird-like heads, all of which have large curved noses. The bowl is a half coconut shell. The bowl is tied to the handle with cane fibres through four holes forming two criss-cross patterns on the back. The end of the handle has four rings and a knob.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
kwila wood, coconut nutshell and cane grass
Made in
Madang, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ceremonial ? HoeCa71

Wood and steel farming implement with wood handle that has burnt, incised, and carved designs. The bottom is plain and burnt. The centre is incised with burnt crisscross pattern and band of lines on either end. The top is carved with two protruding legs, then two longer ones. The top is curved and burnt. The steel is solid on one end with incised designs and double-ended in prongs with barbs on each of the two prongs.

Culture
Eritrean
Material
metal and wood
Made in
Asmara City, Eritrea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PotCb85

Round red clay pot with horseshoe-shaped open side and flat base; three large, raised rounded projections on rim and two bands of geometric design deeply incised; parallel lines on upper half and lightly incised pattern on lower half. Red brown with blackened areas inside on raised moldings and under rim on exterior.

Culture
Hausa
Material
clay
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlAe103

Bowl carved from a single piece of wood with three feet resting on a flat circular ring. The rim is burned black with four horizontal incised lines in black just below. Four vertical incised lines in black separate rectangular sections of natural coloured diagonally incised lines along the outer lower portion of the body of the bowl with a horizontal incised line in black below. Feet are all black on the outside, as is the ring.

Culture
Central African
Material
wood
Made in
Cameroon
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CupAe102

Tall cup with a large bowl, narrowing into a cone-like base, with natural wood, and burned incised designs. The rim is burned black with two horizontal incised lines. There are four u forms on the cup bowl with incised squares in each u form. Centre is burned in a solid ring. The cone has five inverted v-shapes burned in two lines with horizontal lines in each 'v'. The base is slightly hollowed underneath. The cup is roughly carved from a single piece of wood.

Culture
Central African
Material
wood
Made in
Cameroon
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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