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OrnamentC240

Band with geometric designs in bands of predominantly brown, and yellow on red. One end is fringed.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
grass and dye
Made in
Malaita, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentC241

Geometric pattern created from weave, yellow and black. Woven from two strands of twisted fibre string on which grass is twisted; long string from corner of flattened band.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
grass and fibre
Made in
New Georgia, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentC242

Band with a strand coming from one edge. Weave forms an arrow pattern. It is woven from bands composed of grass on a core of two strands of twisted fibre string.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
grass and fibre
Made in
New Georgia, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArmbandC243 a-e

Five brown arm bands. All are similar, but the weave patterns and size vary slightly on each.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
grass
Made in
Gizo, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeltC247

Undecorated woven belt; ropes extend form ends of woven section.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
palm leaf
Made in
Malaita, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Loin BandC248

Oval shaped, woven grass band consisting of yellow and red repeating geometric design of chevrons and s-like shapes on a dark brown ground. The edges are bordered with yellow and red stripes. The inside is undecorated.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
grass and dye
Made in
Malaita, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FloatC251

Stone is secured to cane by woven rattan.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
rattan, stone and stem ?
Made in
Eta, Isabel, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BandC257

A tied bundle of red grass woven into a long flat band.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
grass and dye
Made in
Gizo, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LoomH1.194 a-c

A loom (part a-c) with an unfinished woven textile consisting of green birds and geometric shapes detailed with orange, red, purple, dark green and yellow on a green and white striped ground. The textile is attached to two large, rectangular shaped blocks with triangular indentations at each end (part a). Intertwined in the warp are two bamboo sticks; one cylindrical shaped wooden stick, one flat, rectangular batten with angled, pointed ends (parts c).

Culture
Andes ?
Material
wood, cotton fibre, dye and bamboo grass
Made in
Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC313

The tip is coiled with yellow-brown plant fibre, below which, there are the following: six sets of four small barbs; three sets of four increasingly longer barbs; and six sets of four small barbs. The point is decorated with a red and yellow grass sleeve with a horizontal zig zag pattern, a carved band that is emphasized with white and that consists of two figures (each of which has circular eyes and a u-shaped nose with double u's underneath), and a fibre tuft. Below, there is another red and yellow grass sleeve that has a similar pattern as the one above but which is more compressed in its design. Bright red and yellow plant fibre coiling are at either ends of the grass sleeve. The red-brown wood shaft is plain and tapers at the end.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
fibre, grass, bone, wood, paint and pigment ?
Made in
Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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