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Armband2948/76

Arm ornament. Composed of tightly woven natural fibre; different weave pattern used around borders to create two bands of more tightly woven material. The arm ornament is somwhat flexible though slightly flattened into an elliptical shape.

Culture
Asmat
Material
plant fibre
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Armband2948/75

Arm ornament. Loosely woven plant fibres with some irregularity in the tightness of the weave. The arm ornament is approximately the length of a forearm and is somwhat flexible. The object is lightly layered with dried mud in the spaces between the weave.

Culture
Asmat
Material
plant fibre
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Armband2948/74

Arm ornament. Thin woven band of plant fibre; stiff and misshapen with an irregular width of weave.

Culture
Asmat
Material
plant fibre
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Armband2948/71

Arm ornament. Thin woven band of plant fibre; stiff and elongated in shape. The outside is reddish-yellow with a medium to dark brown interior. There are sections of irregularity in the width of the weave as well as the tightness of the weave.

Culture
Asmat
Material
rattan ?
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Armband2948/70

Arm band. Thin band of woven plant fibres in a flexible weave.

Culture
Asmat
Material
rattan ?
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Armband2948/67

Arm ornament. Thin band composed of tightly woven plant fibres without borders; slightly irregularly shaped with no consistent width across the object. The weave is loose enough to allow movement and flexibility of the ornament.

Culture
Asmat
Material
rattan ?
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Armband2948/66

Arm band (saba). Narrow band made of a braided natural fibre in a herringbone pattern.

Culture
Asmat
Material
rattan ?
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Armband2948/63

Twisted bracelet constructed from a single section of bamboo(?) wrapped around itself. The colour varies naturally between red and yellow-brown. One end of the fibre is frayed while the other is cracked.

Culture
Asmat
Material
wood ?
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Armband2948/62

Twisted bracelet constructed from a single section of a branch, or stem(?), wrapped around itself three times. The colour varies naturally between reddish brown and yellow-brown.The weave has varying degrees of open space between the different crossed sections of the strand, with some frayed sections.

Culture
Asmat
Material
wood ?
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Armband2948/61

Twisted bracelet constructed from a single section of a branch, or stem(?), wrapped around itself several times. The colour varies naturally between reddish brown and yellow-brown.The weave is loose with varying degrees of open space between the different crossed sections of the strand.

Culture
Asmat
Material
wood ?
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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