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CombC612

A simple handle created from the natural extensions of the two outer, two central, and two outer long teeth that fan outward radially. The handle has turquoise beads fastened with hair around the splints. Twenty-five long teeth fan outward radially. The teeth are woven tightly together at a half-way point and are decorated with pink, turquoise, and red glass beads.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bamboo grass, fibre, glass and hair
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WigC623

A wig with the hair secured by being knotted into a woven grass cap. Hair is brown with short curls overall.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
grass and human hair
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanC922

A fan that has an elongated deltoid-like leaf shape with rounded sides. Very fine thin bark strips of red, green, and natural-colour are laced through the palm leaf frame.

Culture
Fijian
Material
paper mulberry bark, wood and palm leaf
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanC923

A woven teardrop-shaped fan. The main design is consisting of a row of three vertical dark brown circles along the middle with a dark brown curved row around either side and overlapping with each other near the middle on a light brown background with some open weaving. The handle has a light brown lozenge design on dark brown.

Culture
Fijian
Material
bark and palm leaf
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC638

Club with a cylindrical handle that tapers to a rounded point and a black stone disc head that sits between plant fibre (?) or bark (?) bands on the shaft.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
plant fibre ?, stone, wood, bark ? and metal
Made in
Sogeri, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC639

Club with a tapering handle that comes to a point at the base and a disc-shaped black stone head mounted on a band of woven plant fibre or bark (?) with a narrower piece of wood protruding from the top, which is ornamented with orange-brown, grey and red feathers attached via twined plant fibre.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
feather, plant fibre, stone, wood and bark ?
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerIa51 a-b

Cylindrical bamboo tube in two parts: top (part b) slides into the bottom (part a), not an accurate fit. The cylinder tapers towards both ends, each of which has a concave depression. A plaited loop is inserted in the centre of the top (part b) and is knotted on the interior. The design and the foot and the rim have been painted black. Geometric designs are incised on the sides. The bottom (part a) has three horizontal bands with the following patterns from top to bottom: four-lined inward pointing triangles to create a zig zag in between; inward pointing triangles that have horizontal lines within and that create a zig zags in between; and diamond shapes. The top (part b) has vertical bands of x-shapes, zig zags, and diagonal lines.

Culture
Philippines
Material
bamboo grass
Made in
Mindanao, Philippines
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerC626 a-b

A plain round orange-red gourd container (part a). The stopper (part b) is rolled bark with a woven grass design around the sides of yellow, and brown vertical zig zags, and a boar's tusk finial at the top.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bark, boar tusk, grass and gourd fruit
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC767

Long wooden spear with a straight, cylindrical handle and an elongated spearhead that tapers to a point. The blade has dozens of teeth affixed along both edges. Leaf and fibre woven sleeve at the joint between shaft and blade, as well as over the tip of the head.

Culture
I-Kiribati
Material
hair, shark tooth, palm leaf, fibre and wood
Made in
Gilbert Group, Kiribati
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanC464

A basketry woven fan with a deltoid leaf shape. The main geometric design consists of one triple row of alternating orange, purple, and orange curving along each side going from the bottom of one side to the top of the other side. Light brown bark background.

Culture
Fijian
Material
fibre, palm leaf, wood and bark
Made in
Vanua Levu, Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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