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BladeC107

A fairly smooth black stone with a long thin shape that is fairly triangular in cross section. One side is consistently flat, except for a slight horizontal bump. Two other sides are fairly rounded side-by-side mirror images of each other with a slightly tapered flat triangular section at an angle in between them to one end, creating a straight edge.

Culture
Eastern Polynesian
Material
stone
Made in
“Pitcairn Island” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Nose OrnamentC108

A plain cream-white cylinder which tapers to a rounded blunt point at each end. Has natural oval-shaped contour lines.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
shell
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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MoneyC112

An alternating pattern of off-white and dark brown discs with a hole, strung together.

Culture
West Papuan
Material
coral ?, coconut nutshell and fibre
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Loincloth BeltC113

A long wide strip of coiled bark edged with two strips of red with short black vertical strokes in the middle. There is a small bundle of fibre in between the coil.

Culture
Massim
Material
ochre pigment and bark
Made in
Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentC119

A curled fish hook shape with three notches at one end.

Culture
Ni-Vanuatu
Material
bone
Made in
Vanuatu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonA8117

Wooden spoon with long, oval-shaped bowl and long handle. The handle is bent in the middle and narrows slightly towards a squared end. The top of the handle is flat but rounded underneath, creating in cross-section a half circle. The spoon is a reddish brown colour and darkened on the bottom of the bowl from use.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
wood
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonA8118

Spoon carved from alder wood with leaf-shaped bowl. At one end the bowl curves upwards and bends to form the straight handle. The end of the handle is rounded and a hole has been drilled in it. The bottom of the spoon is rounded with one small flat area. The spoon is a dark reddish brown colour.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
alder wood
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa ClothC938

Long, rectangular, dark and light brown tapa cloth made of beaten inner mulberry bark; uneven tones.

Culture
Fijian
Material
mulberry bark and dye
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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