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Official Emergency HatEd1.283

Official emergency hat with flat round brim attached to crown shaped like truncated cone. Inside of hat is made of paper painted black, with a woven texture showing. Outside of hat is covered with fine red silk, with edges trimmed with red paper, and with vertical strips of red paper on each side of the crown, at the bottom of which are small red tubes. On the underside of the brim from the tubes and strips are attached two red silk ribbons that are tied together. Crown of hat projects slightly below its point of insertion into the brim. Brim is somewhat wavy and has black and brown stains.

Culture
Korean
Material
bamboo grass ?, horse hair ?, paper, silk fibre, lacquer, paste adhesive and paint
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowIe312

An arrow shaft, 91 cm. long, of pitpit (sword grass). The foreshaft is a 4 cm. (between bindings) length of black palm wood, secured to the shaft with a sleeve of woven rattan 1.5 cm. wide. The lanceolate point is a flat piece of bamboo 1.5 cm. wide projecting 18 cm. beyond the binding. The point is bound to the foreshaft by a band of bark cord 11 cm. wide coated with yellow clay.

Culture
Kewa
Material
clay, rattan, bark, palm wood, fibre and bamboo grass
Made in
Iapi, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PipeIe334

A bamboo section of a pipe with two segments. The top segment has been perforated to allow passage of smoke to the mouthpiece, which is simply an upper cut end of bamboo section, where 15 cm. from the bottom of the pipe, there is a hole 1.5 cm. in diameter, blackened by smoke, apparently for insertion of tobacco.

Culture
Kewa
Material
bamboo grass
Made in
Koiari, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowIe311

An arrow shaft, 94 cm. long, binding to a point, of pitpit (sword grass). The point is bound to the shaft with a 10 cm. wide band of trade cord coated with yellow clay. The point is triple made of three flat bamboo slivers bound to the outside of the shaft, each projecting 10.5 cm. beyond the shaft and 1 cm. wide, tapering to a sharp point, flaring out from the shaft.

Culture
Kewa
Material
clay, cotton fibre, bamboo grass and fibre
Made in
Iapi, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PanpipesSf1039

Panpipes made from a row of hollow bamboo segments of graduated lengths lashed together with woolen, coloured thread and a bamboo strip; the smallest section is made from a cylindrical section of thick, commercial paper with green printing on it.

Culture
Quechua ?
Material
bamboo grass, fibre, paper and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PipeNi52

Simply shaped clay bowl and shank with narrow bamboo stem inserted into clay shank.

Culture
Huichol
Material
bamboo grass and clay
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowNi82

Two part arrow. First part is bamboo with a notch at one end, painted red band and line design, three feathers bound at top and bottom over painted design. Second part is wood, fitted and bound with fibre to bamboo, narrows to blunt point.

Culture
Huichol
Material
feather, wood, bamboo grass, paint and fibre
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowNi81

Two part arrow. First part is bamboo with notch at one end, two red and one blue painted line, bordered at top and bottom by three blue bands, three feathers bound at top and bottom with thread are over painted design. Second is wood, fitted and bound with thread to bamboo, narrows to blunt point.

Culture
Huichol
Material
fibre, feather, paint, wood and bamboo grass
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Back ShieldNi35

Small square back shield attached to three sticks. Orange and blue yarn tightly interwoven with bamboo, yarn runs horizontally and bamboo, in seventeen groups of two, run vertically, ends of bamboo are exposed. Blue yarn forms frontal eagle with outstretched wings and head turned sideways, yellow eye. Near top of long vertical four-sided stick, two shorter sticks cross horizontally. Sticks attached to each other on back by cross wrapping green yarn. Shield attached to three sticks by wrapping orange yarn around sticks and through shield, knotted on back. Sticks extend beyond shield. All sticks wrapped in alternating pink and green yarn. Top of centre stick wrapped in pink and yellow-green yarn at topped with a black pompom. Small god's eye on each cross stick, centre is black, then yellow, green and pink, on three points of god's eyes are pompoms.

Culture
Huichol
Material
synthetic fibre, wood, dye and bamboo grass
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DrumNi51

Broad rounded three-legged drum has hide stretched and pegged around top. Long strip of twisted hide connects pegs and is wrapped once around each peg. At upper rim, held by twisted hide are three bamboo sticks with spiral painted notched ends, yarn wrappings around shaft have feathers, miniature bow, and animal snare. Burnt hole on either side and burnt line figures around sides include the following: two plants, snake, reptile, fire ?, and deer.

Culture
Huichol
Material
bamboo grass, synthetic fibre, feather, skin and wood
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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