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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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NecklaceC457

Human teeth strung on fibre cord with strands of human hair twisted randomly in among the teeth. A pink leaf shaped shell is attached to the bottom of the necklace.

Culture
I-Kiribati
Material
fibre, human hair, human tooth and shell
Made in
Gilbert Group, Kiribati
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SlingC554

Fibres twisted into a rope at both ends with a loop at one end of one side of the sling and a knot at the other. In between the roped ends, the sling part is woven.

Culture
Fijian
Material
plant fibre
Made in
Vanua Levu, Fiji
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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Head RingA8375

Dancer's headband. Series of three coiled red cedar bark rings sewn one on top of the other. Seam between filled on the outside with a roll of twisted bleached cedar bark. Soft cloth band with sections of pink and sections of white stripes sewn around the inside of the ring. Extra strips of bark sewn to outside of the ring.

Culture
Nuxalk
Material
cedar bark and fibre
Made in
Bella Coola, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BraceletA9041

Bangle-style bracelet made from three twisted strands of copper.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
copper alloy metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Head RingA7961 b

Head ring made from twisted cedar bark bound together at the ends with string.

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
cedar bark and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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