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HookC443

Shell shaft of the hook secured to separately carved bone barb with fibre. Tassels of hair decorate the barb end. Fibre is also lashed to the length of the shaft, from the barb and extending past the shaft ending in a bundle of excess fibre.

Culture
Tuvaluan
Material
bone, shell, fibre and hair
Made in
Tuvalu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HookC444

Inwardly concavely curved shell shaft with the barb secured by a twisted line. Tassels of string near the barb.

Culture
Cook Islanders
Material
fibre and shell
Made in
Manihiki Atoll, Cook Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HookC445

Inwardly concavely curved pearl shell shaft with the barb secured by a twisted line. A hole is bored through the top of the pearl shell shaft. Has a tassel of cloth near the barb.

Culture
Cook Islanders
Material
shell and fibre
Made in
Manihiki Atoll, Cook Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HookC446

Inwardly concavely curved shell shaft with the barb secured by a twisted line. Hole near top of shaft decorated with cloth tassels near barb.

Culture
Cook Islanders
Material
fibre and shell
Made in
Manihiki Atoll, Cook Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HookC448

Inwardly concavely curved shell shaft with the barb secured by a thick twisted fibre line. There is a tassel at the barb end of the hook.

Culture
Cook Islanders
Material
fibre and shell
Made in
Manihiki Atoll, Cook Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketC449

An irregular rectangular basket with rounded sides and an oval opening. Has a twilled pattern. Plain natural colour. Loop handles on each side. The lid is attached at one side.

Culture
Cook Islanders
Material
palm leaf and fibre
Made in
Rakahanga Atoll, Cook Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketC451

Two braided black, red, and white straps form the handles as well as support the bottom of a woven plant fibre basketry bag which has a thin rectangular shape that tapers downward toward the inward curved bottom.

Culture
Cook Islanders
Material
mulberry bark, palm leaf and fibre
Made in
Rakahanga Atoll, Cook Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model CanoeC735

A small simple wood model canoe with a black trim stick attached to each side of both side panels with thin rope. Plain with one outrigger.

Culture
Fijian
Material
wood and fibre
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model CanoeC743

A long brown wood model canoe with geometric diagonal linear decoration plus a row of cowrie shells from bow to stern on both sides. One light brown outrigger is attached with three brown wood sticks.

Culture
Niuean
Material
wood, cowrie shell and fibre
Made in
Niue
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC645

Plain, tapering, brown wood shaft with a barbed point. The point is carved with an elongated barb with four triangular barbs below. At the base of the point, there is a large tuft of rather thin red, yellow, grey, and white feathers attached with string.

Culture
West Papuan
Material
plant fibre, feather and wood
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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