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DrumC1056

Carved wood drum, cylindrical in shape with a slight tapering to the centre. The middle has a rounded, rectangular shaped handle decorated with zigzag borders carved in relief and cane wrapping. The open end has a jagged tooth edge. Reptile skin is resting on the top of the drum; binding is missing.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, stem and reptile skin
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowC1063

A cane shaft carved with dark vertically linear designs on a natural background. The base, near the pointed end, and the end of the shaft, are wrapped in thin cane strips. The point is plain wood which is decorated with a 7.5 cm sleeve of woven brown and yellow grass. The tip of the point has four irregular bone barbs.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bone, stem ?, wood and grass
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerC110

A plain round orange-red gourd container. The stopper is rolled bark with a woven grass design around the sides of yellow and brown vertical zig zags.

Culture
West Papuan
Material
gourd fruit, fibre and bark
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerC111 a-b

A small egg-shaped orange-red gourd (part a) decorated with red and white beads with a cowrie shells which hangs loose at each side. Very shallow pricked line design. The stopper (part b) is rolled bark with a woven grass design around the sides of brown and black diagonal lines.

Culture
West Papuan
Material
fibre, cowrie shell, glass and gourd fruit
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Nose OrnamentC946

A cylindrical piece with red and yellow grass woven in design of triangles.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
wood and grass
Made in
Malaita, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerC965

A round orange-red gourd container. The stopper has a boar tusk hook handle and a woven geometric patterned grass band, in yellow and brown. Gourd is decorated with a double row of black seeds with a white and red bead fringe. Spiral design on the dark brown wood spatula is carved in low relief and emphasized by lime. The spatula is attached to the gourd by a string. The stopper is attached to the gourd by a string.

Culture
Massim
Material
glass, wood, grass, lime mineral, seed, gourd fruit and boar tusk
Made in
D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TumplineA9254

Woven, wool, tumpline with braided ends. Central, rectangular strap features geometric triangle designs in pink, yellow, grey and black.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo
Material
wool fibre and burlap fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TumplineA8183

Woven cotton tumpline with geometric design in red, blue, yellow and wine. Design is a horizontal zigzag. The band of the tumpline narrows at each end and warp fibres are braided to create the carrying straps. Knots have been tied at both ends.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun'
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CombC1077

A handle which tapers to a simple finial that has three horizontal carved rings underneath. Ten long teeth fan outward radially. Twisted fibre cord is coiled around the middle.

Culture
Maori
Material
fibre and bamboo grass
Made in
New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CombC1078

Twelve teeth are woven tightly together with fibre at one end to join the handle in an hour-glass-like shape.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
fibre and wood
Made in
Malaita, Solomon Islands ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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