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Puppet2956/293 a-b

String puppet (marioneta) of the character Neptune with carved wood face, a pointed beard tipped with a painted shell, pink lips, a long nose, black plastic eyes, sharply defined brow, short forehead and prominent ears. Small shells cover the scalp. A thin wooden stick protrudes from the back of the head and is the only method of controlling the puppet. Puppet’s torso is paper mache. Arms and hands are wood. Torso and arms are covered by decoupage in patterns coloured blue and red, while hands are painted light blue. The creature’s bottom is made entirely of thin, white, flowing plastic sheeting. A long blue cape attaches at the shoulder and hip by a beaded cross-chest belt and falls the length of the plastic bottom. Puppet’s hands and face are delicately carved and detailed. The trident (part b) is aluminum, with a long staff and three pronged head. The whole is wrapped with brass wire, with clear beads threaded on intermittently. Each prong is topped by a gold triangle.

Culture
Portuguese
Material
plastic, synthetic fibre, wood, shell, paint, aluminium metal, brass metal, paper and adhesive
Made in
Sintra, Lisboa, Portugal
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Staff3041/3

Staff made of thick, stiff strands of dried grass, wrapped with raffia in an open weave to make up the handle. From the bottom protrudes a tuft of raffia, wrapped with a band of woven white fabric and grey plastic twine. Two circular patches of raffia are attached close to the base, topped with cowrie shells arranged in a flower motif. The top of the staff is covered in unbleached cotton, edged with two kinds of braided synthetic banding. Attached to the cotton are three small gourd rattles, also wrapped in open raffia weaving, each with a single cowrie shell and plastic bead decoration. Three lines of cowrie shells are glued to the cotton between the gourds.

Culture
Brazilian
Material
grass, gourd fruit, palm leaf, cotton fibre, synthetic fibre, cowrie shell, plastic and adhesive
Made in
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Headdress3041/1

Filá headdress. Gourd headpiece, with hanging raffia cover. The half gourd is decorated with lace around its rim and across to the top centre where it wraps around a protruding lip. On the body between the strips of lace are woven circles of raffia beneath flower shaped arrangements of cowrie shells and plastic beads. Out the top protrusion emerges a stiff tuft of raffia held together by a wrap of grey plastic twine. From the lower rim of the gourd hang thick, metre long strands of raffia, entirely encircling the headdress so that the fringe hangs down evenly over the wearer’s front and back.

Culture
Brazilian
Material
calabash fruit, palm leaf, fibre, cowrie shell, adhesive and plastic
Made in
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pipe2948/136 a-b

Wooden pipe. The larger piece (part a) is decorated on the middle third with two thin bands of painted, cross-hatched design on either side of a reddish middle panel featuring intertwined abstract designs. At the centre of these design are triangles containing hourglass shapes. The designs are outlined in dark brown pigment and filled in with many parallel horizontal lines. At one end of part (a) the wood is coloured darker than the rest of this piece and wrapped in a thick band of synthetic fibre. Part b is undecorated aside from a small band of stylized ‘v’ shapes. There are ash remains inside both parts. Both parts have tape wrapped around them, one at the end, the other at midsection.

Culture
Asmat
Material
bamboo grass, paint and tape adhesive
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bowl2990/100

Modified hemispherical greyware bowl decorated on the exterior sides with vertical serpentine motifs in alternating orange-red and cream-coloured paints. The bowl has been completely broken and reconstructed, and there are some small pieces missing.

Culture
Chavin and Paracas
Material
clay, paint and adhesive
Made in
Teojate, Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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jar2990/96

Terracotta jar in the shape of a hunchback human figure. The figure wears a hat, with a chin strap, which flares wide to the open rim of the jar. There is a wide depression on the interior back lip for pouring. A hump protrudes from the top centre of the figure's back, the arms are bent at the figure's side, there is a round pendant on the chest, and the feet are bare. The details of the face are incised, and the ears, nose and chin protrude. There is faded painted decoration visible near both shoulders. The jar has been broken and repaired.

Culture
Inca and Chimu
Material
plaster ?, clay, paint and adhesive ?
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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jar2990/95

Terracotta jar in the shape of a hunchback human figure. The figure wears a hat, with a chin strap, which flares wide to the open rim of the jar. There is a wide depression on the interior back lip for pouring. A hump protrudes from the top centre of the figure's back, the arms are bent at the figure's side, there is a round pendant on the chest, and the feet are bare. The details of the face are incised, and the ears, nose and chin protrude. There is faded painted decoration visible on the chest to either side of the pendant, the back of the head behind the right ear, behind the right shoulder, as well as below the figure's left arm. The figure's right foot has been broken and repaired.

Culture
Inca and Chimu
Material
plaster ?, clay, paint and adhesive ?
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Panpipes2990/93

Terracotta panpipes with eight note cylinders of varying lengths arranged in order with the shortest and longest on opposite sides. There is a horizontal flat band of clay across the top of the pipes and another approximately 10.5 cm below. The walls of the pipes are thin, and have been broken and repaired. There are several missing pieces.

Culture
Recuay
Material
adhesive and clay
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pot2990/92

Terracotta olla with slightly flaring neck, vertical strap handle with top node, bell-shaped body that widens to a gambrel base and polychrome slip decoration. The decoration covers the neck and body, and is done in red-brown, cream, pale orange, orange-brown and black slip. There is a band of cross-hatched diamonds on cream at centre, and geometric decoration with stepped triangles above and below. Approximately one third of the lip is broken and missing, and there is a crack near the gambrel at one side that has been repaired.

Culture
Inca ?
Material
clay, paint and adhesive
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bowl2990/60

Polished blackware bowl with straight, angled in sides and a rounded base. There are eighteen vertical incised lines on the exterior sides, which are 2.8 cm high. The bowl has been broken and repaired, and there is a tiny piece missing at one point where the sides meet the base, as well as numerous chips along the joins and overall spalling.

Culture
Paracas and Nasca ?
Material
clay and adhesive
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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