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Spear2642/10

Spear with a pointed metal cap point. There is woven fibre wrapped around the spear near the tip, above which there are carved designs, including a depiction of a face. The recessed areas of the design have been caked with an off-white pigment, possibly lime. There is a single fibre string tied near the bottom of the spear.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
metal, wood, fibre and lime mineral ?
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7515

Basket made with plain twined weaving. The warp is arranged radially on the bottom of the basket and parallel on the sides with the black strands woven in to form two thicker black bands at the top and bottom and a thinner band at the centre. The border is two-strand braided with a series of three loops of warp strands forming an almost scalloped edge.

Culture
Tlingit ?
Material
cedar bark and dye
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC1059

Sword-shaped dark brown wood club carved with a spiral design on the 'blade' and bands of triangles on the handle's 'cross-guard' and 'upper-guard' with an arch design on the 'pommel'. The design is emphasized with white pigment (lime).

Culture
Trobriand
Material
wood and lime mineral
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SinkerC1149

A grey stone with an oval-like shape, double-grooved with the two grooves crossing each other at right angles.

Culture
Maori
Material
stone
Made in
Taranaki, New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MortarC1165

A rough grey stone, in a somewhat oval shape. Moderately smooth, darkened, deep, round hollow in the top, at the centre. The hollow appears to be full of soot?

Culture
Maori
Material
vesicular lava stone
Made in
Opunake, Taranaki, New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear2642/9

Light brown coloured wooden spear with yellow-brown woven plant material near the tip of the spear with dark brown resin that holds seven sharp spikes on each side of the tip.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bone ?, resin ?, wood and bamboo grass
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: ToolA8695

Plain slightly bowed, bone tool, conical in shape with rounded pointed ends and a hollowed groove in center.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
bone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fan2642/1

Woven, spade-shaped fan that is hafted into a split in a bamboo stick. The design is in different coloured bands that follow the line of the edge; colours from outer to inner are: light brown, brown, dark brown, lighter brown. The bamboo is held together with twined leaf and two bent nails.

Culture
Fijian
Material
pandanus leaf and bamboo grass
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Club2642/8

Spurred club made of dark vesi wood. Curved at top with an emerging extension branching out midway through the curve. Rough chisel marks on the inside of the curve, bounded by a chiselled line. Rectangular peak at top. Woven fibre wrapped several times around the base of the shaft.

Culture
Fijian
Material
stain ?, wood and fibre
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drum2642/6

Carved wooden drum in a cylindrical shape with an extension and handle down one side. There are incised designs on the drum and handle part. There is a leather string attached through the holes of the handle part at either end of the drum that does not appear to be original to the object.

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