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HeaddressIe438

Headdress composed of a piece of tapa cloth with rounded corners and decorated with bands of zigzag in red ochre. Woven and wound string with a linear pattern in light grey Job's Tears seeds and segments of black bamboo. The exposed string is rubbed with red, black and yellow pigment (?).

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bamboo grass, paper mulberry bark, fibre, seed and ochre pigment
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LoinclothIe437

A bark cloth backed beaded panel. The beads are grey and polished and woven with plant fibre string in rows. There is a cross-pattern of black electrical wire pieces. The edges are dyed red, and the top is alternately dyed red, then has grey beads and yellow dye in vertical rows.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
plane wood, dye, paper mulberry bark, root and bamboo grass
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeadbandIe436

A pandanus leaf string headband with grey polished plane stem beads. The beads alternate with the string. Light horizontal rows with eight beads are on each vertical strip. The centre has two vertical rows of long cylindrical black beads with two vertical rows of grey beads. Each end has red dye on the string, and the braided ties.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
plane wood, paint and pandanus leaf
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeadbandIe435

A pandanus leaf string headband with grey beads alternating with the string. Eight horizontal rows with eight beads are on each vertical strip. The string is dyed yellow at either end, in between the beads.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
pandanus leaf, plane wood and dye
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagIe434

Large fibre bag (bilum) in a rounded rectangular shape with the sides angled inward to the top. On either side of the slit opening is the end of a woven handle. The body of the bag is loosely woven in a fishnet style. There are horizontal bands that are slightly darker; natural ground.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
pandanus leaf fibre
Made in
Samo, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagIe433

Small, string, u-shaped bag (bilum) with long handle loosely tied in 'fish-net' style. White/brown overall, discoloured in some areas and some red patches of dye.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
pandanus leaf fibre and dye
Made in
Samo, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BellSf687

Gold foil bell with a long, rolled clapper and an overall cylindrical shape. The clapper is suspended through a hole in the bell and ends in a hook, now broken, at the top of the bell. The top of the bell is flat and decorated with repousse dots around the centre and at the edge. One seam closes the bell form.

Culture
Andes
Material
gold metal
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeadsSf717

248 golden metal beads in a container. Each bead is barrel-shaped and fashioned from a flat sheet by wrapping. The join is a simple overlap.

Culture
Andes
Material
silver metal ?, copper metal ? and gold metal
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeadsSf715

210 golden metal beads in a container. Each bead is barrel-shaped and fashioned from a flat sheet by rolling. The join is a simple overlap.

Culture
Andes
Material
silver metal ?, copper metal ? and gold metal
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeadsSf716

114 tiny, barrel shaped rolled, gold, sheet metal beads. All have simple overlapped join. The beads vary in length, diameter and extent of overlap.

Culture
Andes
Material
gold metal, copper metal ? and silver metal ?
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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