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ArrowC813

The shaft is plain except for small dark markings of chevrons at the base, near the pointed end. The base of the shaft is wrapped with thin cane strip. The point is plain wood decorated with a 11 cm. sleeve of red and brown grass. The 21 cm. tip of the point has six irregular barbs, and the tip is wrapped with cane strip.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
stem ?, wood, grass and bone
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowC814

The base and the end of the shaft are wrapped with thin cane strips. The point is plain wood which is decorated with a 9 cm. sleeve of woven brown and yellow grass. The 16.5 cm. tip of the point is multi-barbed and has a wrapped tip. The shaft has small dark markings near the base and of the shaft.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
stem ?, wood and fibre ?
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowC815

The shaft is of plain cane. The base of the shaft is wrapped with a thin cane strip. The point is plain wood which is decorated with a 10 cm. sleeve of woven red and yellow grass. The 18 cm. tip of the point is multi-barbed and has a wrapped tip.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
stem ?, wood, grass and fibre ?
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowC818

The shaft is of plain cane. The base and the end of the shaft are wrapped with thin cane strips. The point is plain wood decorated with an 8 cm. sleeve of brown and yellow grass. The 19 cm. tip of the point has seven irregular barbs, and the very tip is wrapped with cane strip.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
stem ?, wood, grass and bone
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basketry HatA4255

Dome-shaped, double-woven, cedar basketry hat with plaited square at the top. The square is outlined with double strand twining in a yellow grass. The cedar bark is then divided and finer twining continues in cedar bark. One row of triple strand twining is used to add a decorative feature near the top, while there are two more rows used to finish of the bottom. These latter rows are separated from each other by three rows of double strand twining. The inner hat is not as finely woven as the outer hat. It has a hat band attached inside.

Culture
Coast Salish: Squamish
Material
cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowC776

A plain cane shaft. Base and end of the shaft are wrapped with thin cane strips. The point is plain wood decorated with a 7 cm. sleeve of red-brown and yellow grass. The 22 cm. tip of the point has seven irregular barbs and the very tip is wrapped with cane strip.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
stem ?, grass, bone, wood and fibre
Made in
Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowC780

A cane shaft carved wtih a dark vertically curvi-linear design on a natural background. The shaft is wrapped at the base and the end of shaft with thin cane strips. The point is plain wood which is decorated with a 10 cm. sleeve of woven brown and yellow grass. The 16 cm. tip of the point is multi-barbed and has a wrapped tip.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
wood, fibre, grass and stem ?
Made in
Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketC593

Basket with bag-like design: two braided handles, and an oval shape with a slit down the centre top to form the mouth.

Culture
Massim
Material
palm leaf
Made in
Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketC594

A very flexible bag-like basket. Main design consists of three equally spaced horizontal bands in black on a natural background. In between the horizontal bands in black there is a pattern of vertical woven strips creating vertical rectangles along a natural weave of horizontal strips. There is a connecting braided handle going from one side to the other with tassels.

Culture
Massim
Material
palm leaf and hemp fibre
Made in
Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagC595

A small plain woven bag with a rectangular shape. Bag can stand up.

Culture
Massim
Material
palm leaf
Made in
Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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