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Model PaddleC1401

Lance shaped blade attached to round handle with fibre; undecorated.

Culture
I-Kiribati
Material
wood and fibre
Made in
Gilbert Group, Kiribati
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HookC1747

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

Culture
Cook Islanders
Material
shell and fibre
Made in
Rakahanga Atoll, Cook Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketC1481

Elongated basket with an oval shape and a handle. Natural colour palm with a horizontal band in black and purple around the middle.

Culture
Western Polynesian
Material
palm leaf
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC1570

Plain tapering shaft with a very elongated hourglass-shaped end. Appears to have been painted black. The extremely long dark point is plain. The hourglass-shaped end is brown. Fibre is wrapped around the base of the point just above the hourglass-shaped end.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood and plant fibre
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SwordC1517

Red-brown handle that is oval in cross section. Flat ridged 'blade' with eleven pairs of shark teeth along both edges. Sharks teeth attached with fibre.

Culture
I-Kiribati
Material
shark tooth, wood and fibre
Made in
Gilbert Group, Kiribati
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceC1432

Cowrie shells that have a greyish-white colour with orange tips. The shells are strung on a twisted brown string.

Culture
Melanesian
Material
cowrie shell and fibre
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BraceletC1346 a-g

Seven circular bands with one dyed yellow and black while the rest are black.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
grass
Made in
Malaita, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceC1447

Boar tusks attached together by cord, in the form of a crescent shape, with cut pink shell "buttons" used to decorate the cords. Seeds are strung together and hung from the top of the tusks.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
seed, fibre, shell and boar tusk
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketH2.77

Woven basket consisting of two rectangular pieces, one fitting inside the other. The bottom rims are reinforced with grass and tied with dark sections of bark. The two parts are fastened with cotton twine.

Culture
Shuar ? or Achuar ?
Material
cotton fibre, stem ?, grass and bark
Made in
Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketH2.79

Woven basket consisting of two rectangular pieces, one fitting inside the other. Each is woven in a herringbone pattern and has dark brown edges. The two sections are fastened together with a twisted, tasseled cord.

Culture
Interior Amazonia
Material
cotton fibre, stem ? and bark ?
Made in
Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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