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Thumb PianoAe46

Light tan-coloured musical instrument covered with curvilinear designs burnt onto the surface and blackened ends. Hollow body with a flat top and rounded bottom; ten keys are made from stiff strips of wood attached to the top of the body; two protrusions at one end of body. The word "Kubom" inscribed in blue ink along one side.

Culture
Central African
Material
wood, plant fibre ? and adhesive ?
Made in
Cameroon
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskEd5.2489

Mask of a dragon-like figure with movable jaw and ears, a long snout, and two protruding pointed antler-like appendages at the top of the head. Strands of long black hair are attached via holes across the top of the brow. The mask is painted light green with a red mouth and tongue, red inner ears, gold teeth and eyes, red around the nostrils, black at the base of the antlers and yellow at the tips, and lines in black, grey and white are used to create the illusion of hair around the lips, on the ears, and on the eyebrows. Two pieces of white fabric are attached at the bottom of the mask and painted with scales in dark grey, yellow, orange and red.

Culture
Japanese
Material
paper, fibre, paint, paste adhesive and hair
Made in
Shimane, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sample Textile1766/17

A dark blue textile adhered to a paper background. The textile shows a bouquet design, bow and scattered leaves created in a black material. Several black lines come together in circles under the bouquet. There is a red seal stamp beside a purple 'No. 6' stamp in the lower right corner of the paper.

Culture
Japanese
Material
paper, silk fibre, paste adhesive and ink
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sample Textile1766/14

An off-white textile adhered to a paper background. The textile shows a flower motif outlined in brown. There are three snail-like patterns in centre of a bouquet. In the bouquet, one snail-like pattern is orange, four leaves are green and many flowers are white with a tiny bit of colour. The bow and scattered leaves surrounding the flowers are outlined in brown. Several lines come together in circles under the bouquet and are coloured red, green, orange, brown and purple. There is a red seal stamp beside a purple 'No. 3' stamp in the lower right corner of the paper.

Culture
Japanese
Material
paper, ink, paste adhesive and silk fibre
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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InkN1.485 a-e

Ink (a) in the form of a male figure standing on a lobster (?), carrying a sword and dressed in an elaborate robe painted gold with green and blue details in the form of irises and characters representing happiness. The figure fits into a specially made rectangular wooden box composed of five walls (b) with a sliding front panel composed of a wooden frame (c) that holds a sheet of glass (d). The box is fitted with cardboard cut and bent to fit snugly around the ink figure and a base (e) that fits inside the box, all of which is covered in fibre with woven multicoloured floral patterns except for the back, which is red fabric.

Culture
Chinese
Material
adhesive, charcoal, wood, paper, fibre, dye, lacquer and paint
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Medicine331/1 b-d

Three (parts b-d) packages of pain medication. The front caption below on each of the packages reads 'INDUSTRI JAMU / LEO / SEMARANG' with a circular logo on the right side that has a left facing lion sitting on '1948 LEO / DAFT No. 36727.' One package (part b) has the following: 'No. 19, jamu SUPER BATUK'; a woman in the blue background on the left side wearing a yellow shirt and green pants as she faces to the left side while holding a handkerchief to her mouth with her right hand; and a man in the foreground on the right side wearing an orange shirt as he faces to the left side while holding a handkerchief to his mouth with his left hand. A second package (part c) has the following: 'No. 30, DJAMU SUPER FLU'; a man in the blue background on the left side wearing a white jacket and blue pants as he faces slightly toward the front right side while his hands are over his head; and a woman in the foreground on the right side wearing a green shirt as she faces to the left side while holding a handkerchief to her mouth with her left hand. The last package (part d) has the following: 'No. 25, Djamu SUPER SARIAWAN'; a man in the green background on the left side wearing a blue shirt and red pants as he faces to the right side while he holds his hands to his cheeks; and a woman in the foreground on the right side wearing a blue cloth over her head and under her chin and a pink shirt as she faces to the left side while holding her hands to her cheeks.

Culture
Indonesian
Material
paper, ink and adhesive
Made in
Semarang, Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rank Badge AppliqueEdz1574

Bird badge adhered to a piece of white paper. The bird is a silver pheasant, denoting a civil fifth rank official. The pheasant is silver with a black eye and five barbed tail feathers. The pheasant is standing on one leg and facing left with head raised. The badge is made in two pieces.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre, dye, metal, paper and adhesive
Made in
Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PanelN1.38

Embroidered flowers, leaves and vases adhered to a piece of white paper. The designs are attached to one another creating short twisted chains. The designs are light and dark blue, light and dark green, light and dark pink, and white. Details and outlines are added in gold thread.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre, adhesive, gold metal and paper
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA4232

Brown wood double reed whistle that is oval in cross section and comes to a tapering end and is bound with brown string and tape ? around near the smaller end. While the wider end is solid, there are two hollows through the tapering end where there is a horizontally rectangular bar hole with a taper cut rectangular hole nearby on one side and a taper cut rectangular hole on the opposite side. The letters 'WH' are carved on the side with the one taper cut hole.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, fibre and adhesive
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LanternEdz1091

Roughly cylindrical paper lantern; slight depression around the centre and raised circular openings at either end. Thin, ecru-coloured paper laid over a crisscrossing, latticework of thin pieces of bamboo.

Culture
Chinese: Hakka
Material
paper, bamboo grass and adhesive ?
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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