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Shawl2833/2

Colourful small woven textile with long fringes at each end. Made of strands of purple, orange, pink, green, yellow, red, white and turquoise yarn woven into solid stripes, embellished with a central panel of embroidered figures and motifs in the same colours. Large cross-hatches, stitched in white thread, reinforce the ends near the fringe.

Culture
Maya
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Embroidered Cloth2833/1

Rectangular piece of woven off-white cloth with red and purple embroidered decoration. Made up of two panels, handstitched in red up a centre seam, joined so that the two identical embroidered designs create one central rectangular depiction of two figures surrounded by birds. There is a small embroidered red bird in each corner of the cloth and the top edge has a red handstitched zigzag hem.

Culture
Maya ?
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dance Costume Pants2792/2 b

Pants that are part of a costume with shirt (2792/2 a) and mask (2792/1). The heavy dark brown wool pants have large belt loops, a 4-button fly, and panels down each side that are decorated with sequins and cording of gold, red, and blue outlining fabric flowers and stems. The leg cuffs are lined on the inside with pink fabric.

Culture
Guatemalan
Material
wool fibre, cotton fibre, plastic and metal
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dance Costume Shirt2792/2 a

Shirt that is part of a costume with pants (2792/2 b) and mask (2792/1). Heavy dark brown bolero-style wool jacket is decorated with a border of continuous blue cording around gold and silver sequins, and with several large sequin and cording-outlined fabric flowers with leaves on stems of bright yellow cording. Bunches of long red and blue strands of wool form ties down the front, a fringe of the same hangs from the waist at the back, and a shorter gold thread fringe is attached along the waist at the front.

Culture
Guatemalan
Material
wool fibre, cotton fibre and plastic
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask2792/1

Dance mask worn with dance costume (2792/2 a-b). The carved wood male face has life-like features that include glass brown eyes, long upper eyelashes of blonde hair, and painted flesh tone skin, gold teeth, curly gold hair and sideburns, mustache, eyebrows and lower eyelashes. There is a slit opening at the mouth and several holes have been drilled through the surface; the two nostrils, two at the bridge of the nose, one at the top of each ear and one at the top of the head.

Culture
Guatemalan
Material
wood, paint, cotton fibre, glass, hair ? and adhesive
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2738/194 a-b

Painted wood statuette grouping on a flat base of Santo Tomas and a penitent. Metal-crowned saint standing on a rounded pedestal (originally holding something in his left hand) has monk-like hair style of fringe around bald top and wears a black and brown mantle over a long white robe. In front of him kneels a bearded figure (b) wearing a green top and black short pants.

Culture
Guatemalan
Material
wood, paint and metal
Made in
Chichicastenango, Quiche, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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String Puppet2738/168

Wooden jaguar puppet on strings. Lower legs are attached to upper legs with metal staples, the legs and tail are nailed to the body, the moveable head with leather ears tied on with a thin white rope, all of which are attached with long strings to a small wood bar. White paws, black body stripes, open red mouth with large white teeth, and beady black and white eyes are painted.

Culture
Guatemalan
Material
wood, paint, metal, cotton fibre and leather skin
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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String Puppet2738/167

Wooden horse puppet on strings. Lower legs are attached to upper legs with metal staples, the legs, a saddle, and long grass tail are nailed to the body, the moveable head with leather ears tied on with a thin white rope, all of which are attached with long strings to a small wood bar. The horse is white with the hooves, eyes, and bridle in black and body decoration of green, blue and yellow circles and red dots.

Culture
Guatemalan
Material
wood, paint, grass, cotton fibre, leather skin and metal
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Talisman2738/190

Religious charm made from a picture of the 'Nino of Atocha' wrapped in plastic. The picture is pasted onto the centre of a red paper-covered rectangle of wood and a variety of large and small seeds and garlic cloves pasted onto the red border create a colourful frame in yellow, red, brown, black and white. Three gold coloured coins and two long brown seeds are stuck to a horse shoe wrapped in red ribbon that sits on top of the picture like an arch.

Culture
Guatemalan
Material
wood, paper, adhesive, cotton fibre, synthetic fibre, metal, corn seed and seed
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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String Puppet2738/166

Lion puppet. Small, painted brown wood lion with brown wool mane and a rope tail has moveable jointed head and legs and is attached with strings to a wood stick. Facial features are painted on in yellow, white, black and dark brown.

Culture
Guatemalan
Material
wood, cotton fibre, wool fibre, paint and metal
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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