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ArrowIe306

An arrow shaft, 83 cm. long, made of a variety of pitpit (sword grass). The shaft is light brown with black coating. The fore-shaft is a flat length of black palm wood, 10.5 cm. long, bound to the shaft with a sleeve of woven rattan 1.5 cm. wide and to the point with a band of bark cord 11 cm. wide. The fore-shaft is also bound with a band of woven rattan less than 1 cm. wide. The bark cord band is coated with red ochre and has a rough stripe of grey clay on each side. The long point is of solid bone, 17 cm. long, also coated with a black substance.

Culture
Kewa
Material
fibre, rattan, ochre pigment, black palm wood, bark and bone
Made in
Iapi, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearIe301

Spear, nearly round in cross-section, straight unadorned shaft tapering slightly to point. Lanceolate point part of human arm bone is eighteen cm. long to the shaft and hollow for two-thirds of the length. Cut away to leave a flat projection which is bound to the shaft. Mounting covered by a sleeve of woven rattan six cm. wide. Point and sleeve are coloured with red ochre.

Culture
Kewa
Material
human bone, ochre pigment, rattan and palm wood
Made in
Iapi, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatEg32

Rectangular woven grass mat of fine regular weave. In the centre is a diamond motif flanked by bands of dark red, pink, yellow, green and orange. The weaving threads are tied off at one end.

Culture
Tamil
Material
fibre, grass and dye
Made in
Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatNi43

Hat composed of braided strips of palm leaf sewn together with red cloth folded over the rim and stitched in place. Two strips of red cloth run over the crown in a cross shape with mutlicoloured yarn ornamenting the top, and four smaller red fabric crosses placed around the brim. A beaded band of orange, green, blue and yellow flowers on yellow with black borders is tied with blue cord around the base of the crown from which extend seven groups of white feathers. The feathers rest on the brim and are joined with lengths of orange cord, the ends, placed behind the beaded band, are knotted and extend beyond the band at the top. Along the underside of the rim are 15 beaded floral square tassels with rectangular extensions. A chin strap of blue woven band with yellow horizontal stripes has twisted and knotted ends with floral beaded square tassels attached.

Culture
Huichol
Material
metal, synthetic fibre, cotton fibre, plastic, glass, feather, palm leaf and dye
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatEg58

Rectangular grass mat of superfine regular weave. The mat is natural-coloured with several bands of dark red, orange and green at both ends. One end is stamped: ‘120 count' and the other 'fine mat society’. There are red tassels in each corner.

Culture
Tamil
Material
fibre, grass and dye
Made in
Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatEg57

Rectangular grass mat of fine regular weave. The mat is natural-coloured with bands of dark red, orange and green at both ends. Also at both ends is a wide band with green geometric motifs flanked by dark red bands.

Culture
Tamil
Material
grass, fibre and dye
Made in
Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowIe305

An arrow shaft, 79 cm. long, made of a variety of pitpit (sword grass). Light brown near the fore-shaft, darkening to black at the end from a coating of a black substance. The fore-shaft of black palm wood, 24.5 cm. long between the point and the shaft, is incised with a pattern of elongated dots and wavy lines coated with red ochre. The fore-shaft is bound to the shaft with sleeve of woven rattan 2 cm. wide. The long point is of hollow bone with a broken tip, bound to the fore-shaft with a sleeve of woven rattan.

Culture
Kewa
Material
rattan, bone, fibre, ochre pigment and resin
Made in
Iapi, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowIe304

An arrow shaft, 88 cm. long, made of a variety of pitpit (sword grass). Light brown near the fore-shaft is darkening to black at the butt due to a black coating. The fore-shaft of black palm wood, 18 cm. long, is inserted into the shaft and bound with a woven sleeve of rattan 1.5 cm. wide. The fore-shaft is incised with dots and zigzag lines. The long point is made of solid bone, protruding 6.5 cm. beyond the fore-shaft and bound to it with a band of bark cord 10 cm. wide and a sleeve of woven rattan 1.5 cm. wide coated with red and yellow ? ochre.

Culture
Kewa
Material
rattan, bone, grass, black palm wood, resin, ochre pigment and bark
Made in
Iapi, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatEg59

Small woven korai grass mat of superfine regular weave. Widthwise bands of maroon, black and natural at ends of mat. Undyed, natural-coloured centre.

Culture
Tamil
Material
grass, fibre and dye
Made in
Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatNi32 a

A broad flat rim hat of woven palm decorated with red fabric strips stitched on the crown and three locations on the brim in a cross pattern. Red material is stitched along the edge of the brim. A woven pink, and green band is tied around the crown. Six bunches of white-grey feathers are tied to the crown with string with the number of feathers per bunch varying. Underside of brim is decorated with twenty-three beaded tassels evenly distributed. Woven chinstrap stitched to underside of brim with two beaded tassels on each end. (Also see Ni32 b)

Culture
Huichol
Material
synthetic fibre, feather and palm leaf
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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