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Yarn Painting3573/13

Yarn painting representing the pilgrimage of the Peyoteros. Square wood board has coloured yarn pressed into beeswax on one side to create an image. This painting represents the pilgrimage of the Peyoteros. Two separate groups of people that are travelling towards the centre of the scene, and in the middle are the chiefs. In their path are flowers. Above them, there is a blue gourd with a white candle, blue corn, blue and green deer head with a white candle on its head, brown and blue arrow, and portal design. Above, to the right, is a figure wearing a large headdress, bules, and a knapsack. Left of the sun is an eagle, carrying lengths of various-coloured material in its mouth. Below the bird is a seated figure next to a fire. Upper left, behind the singer, is an arrow, snake, and a bow. There is a house with an arrow and deer antlers outside, and inside are two bowls with a little deer. There is a thorn on the side of the house. In the five peyotes in the middle they have arrows on each side, and to the left there is a woman with her gourd and candle. Along the bottom, there are four spiders, snakes, people and cornfields. Along the right side, there is a house with two people to the left, and a woman on the right, behind whom is a dog.

Culture
Huichol
Material
wood, bee wax, synthetic fibre and adhesive
Made in
Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Devil Figure3573/16

Cartoneria or papier mache Judas devil figure. Standing figure with left arm forward, and right arm down at side. The face and large pointed ears are painted red, with inner ears painted blue with white outlines. The eyes are painted green, with black eyelids and eyebrows. The devil has two upright black horns, with a patch of synthetic hair adhered in between, and two more lengths adhered as a moustache. The chin is painted with black beard stubble. The body is painted green, with a blue painted neck scarf and matching blue boots, all with off-white details. Thin green string tied around neck and knotted. Vertical seam on back from construction.

Culture
Mexican
Material
paper, paint, synthetic fibre and adhesive
Made in
Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Print Notes and Comments No 73548/1 a-ee

Book of prints. Large folding book cover (part a), holding 30 separate folded paper inserts (parts b-ee), with textured pieces of thin paper in between folded inserts. Book cover is maroon with a black insect-like design on the front in the top left corner; title and author printed across spine. Right side of cover has a large closure flap; inscriptions across interior of front cover. Inserts are: table of contents with two prints (part b); foreward with a print (part c), introduction with two prints (part d), "A White-Clad Mother" print (part e), "Leopard in Cornfield" print (part f), "Travellers" print (part g), "Opha" print (part h), "The Lord is my Shepard" photo (part i), "Adumadan" photo (part j), "Ekuoregbe" photo (part k), "Studies of Nigerian Musical Instruments" photo (part l), 4 "Mamiwata" prints (part m), "Euberamre" print (part n), "Ekhara" print (part o), "Okho Mbre Masquerade" print (part p), "Afieki" photo (part q), "Saint Paul" photo (part r), "Itan Edo" print (part s), "Ekassa" photo and print (part t), "Eshe" photo and print (part u), "Oba Aka" photo and print (part v), two "Nativity II" prints (part w), "Oranmiyan" photo (part x), "Ogiegor" photo (part y), "Amwa" photo (part z), "Adjene (second edition)" photo (part aa), "Uloho Biemure" photo (part bb), "Erhu Ivie" photo (part cc), "Eru" photo (part dd), and "Adjene (third edition)" photo (part ee). Table of contents has edition 35/250 written on it, the rest of the inserts are numbered 1 to 29; all inscriptions in top right corner. All photos and prints are accompanied by text written by the artist.

Culture
Nigerian
Material
fibre, adhesive, ink and paper
Made in
Lagos, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Crown3435/2 a-b

Crown completely covered in yellow beads, with long strands hanging from bottom edge (part a). Crown is conical in shape with a circular pedestal on top. Bird figure sits on top centre of it and is detachable (part b). Body of crown covered in two rows of protruding bird figures. All have large white eyes, tips of tails painted white. On front and back, along bottom edge, are faces with oval-shaped eyes, long noses, and open oval-shaped mouths. All facial features extend outward. Crown has a padded interior, covered with white painted paper mache.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
plastic, cotton fibre, metal, paint, paper and adhesive
Made in
Nigeria ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Muskox Figure3528/22

Stone carving of a standing muskox. Its curved horns appear to be made of horn, held on with an adhesive. Made of a polished dark greeny stone, with its head turned a bit to its left. Lightly inscised eyes, nostrils and mouth. Unsigned.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone, muskox horn ? and adhesive
Made in
Pond Inlet, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Muskox Figure3528/21

Large stone carving of a standing muskox. Its horns appear to be made of large claws pointing out to the sides, held on with a black adhesive. The stone is polished to a dark grey/black on the body, whereas the legs are unpolished dark grey. Lines are inscised for the eyes, nostrils and mouth. Artist name inscribed on belly.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone, claw and adhesive
Made in
Grise Fiord, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Carving3528/30 a-b

Rectangular slice of antler with a carved seal hunting scene positioned on top. Near the centre, a hunter is standing bent over a seal hole, standing on a square piece of fur, with a harpoon resting on two stands in front of him. Across what would be a seal breathing hole is a short, curved snow wall, with the bricks outlined in black ink. Another carved male is positioned standing back behind the hunter; while at the opposite end (on the other side of the snow wall) is a carved seal (part b) lying on the 'ice'.

Culture
Inuit
Material
caribou antler, walrus tusk, fox skin ?, adhesive and ink
Made in
Port Burwell, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Narwhal Figure3528/23 a-c

Carved bone narwhal that pegs onto a stone stand (part b). Whale has a separate spiralled (bone?) tusk (part c) extending from it's mouth, small inlaid black eyes and a slightly curved body and tail. The pectoral fins appear to have been attached with a white adhesive. A long peg sits in a hole in the stone stand, which is made of a greenish stone with copper-brown markings. The bone of the whale is brown through the tail with dark specks overall. The area where the blowhole would be shows a round hole filled with a round bone plug. There is a horizonal hole in the bottom and a small open hole behind the blowhole.

Culture
Inuit
Material
bone, stone, plastic ? and adhesive
Made in
Grise Fiord, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Carving3528/6

Two pronged antler carving attached to a stone base. In the lowest section of the antler a human-like face is carved. Just above where the antler splits in two branches, is a carved water spirit(?) type creature with caribou fur for hair and flippers as hands and feet; at the end of that prong another smaller creature with flippers is carved. The other branch sticks out to the side and has a twist carved into most of its length; at the end is a bird-human type creature, carved as if it is biting the branch with a large beak; its two legs and an arm are extended out. The stone base is irregular, but almost square. Unsigned.

Culture
Inuit
Material
caribou antler, stone, caribou skin and adhesive
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Carving3528/4 a-h

Large slab of aged, brown whale bone (part a) used as a base for a hunting scene. A carved stone hunter (part b) stands in a partial crouch at one end, holding a bow and arrow made of antler and sinew, pointed toward a stone caribou (parts c-f) at the other end. The caribou has its legs folded, and has an arrow sticking out of a hole in its side, as well as removable antlers on top of its head. Both stone carvings are positioned on the whale bone base by small pegs (parts g-h); the peg holes are in the man's right foot, and the stomach of the animal. Unsigned.

Culture
Inuit
Material
whale bone, stone, antler, sinew, bone ? and adhesive
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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