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Pendant294/19

Flat, animal shaped pendant with stringing hole through front foot. legs and head are demarcated by deep grooves in the surface; tail, mouth, and eyes are indicated by shallower incisions. Pendant is decorated on both sides.

Culture
Andes ?
Material
bone
Made in
Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace2663/23

Buddhist rosary of irregular shiny black beads, strung on white cotton string. Two mottled green and one red bead with brass rings at each side interspersed, plus one green bead without brass rings. Large wooden beads at end. Two tassels of stiff crumpled brown fibre, one attached, the other attached with a single string.

Culture
Tibetan
Material
wood, horn ?, cotton fibre, clay ? and brass metal
Made in
Tibet
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bracelet2663/19

Open-ended bracelet in the shape of a compressed circle which is made of black horn(?) with a grooved ball of brass inserted over each end.

Culture
Tibetan
Material
horn ? and brass metal
Made in
Tibet
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Multi-Figure Carving1384/3

Small soapstone carving resting on a thick rectangular base with rounded corners. From the top down, there is an bird, a bear, and a walrus head. The bird at the top has red coloured eyes. Both the bear and the walrus have white eyes. The walrus has two white tusks that touch the base.

Culture
Inuit
Material
soapstone stone, catlinite stone and bone ?
Made in
Nunavik, Quebec, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pendant294/119

White-grey elongated rectangular segment of bone with a hole bored through one end.

Culture
Andes ?
Material
bone ?
Made in
Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Trumpet Horn2663/12

Trumpet made of hollow bone wrapped with a cord and covered with a wax-like substance. The bell is of hammered copper with a brass trim. Bands of brass 2/3 in length above bell and at mouthpiece. Small turquoise stone on band. The bell of the horn is loose.

Culture
Tibetan
Material
copper metal, fibre, stone and bone
Made in
Tibet
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Probe1718/22

An orange-yellow bone piece with a flat rounded end and a long curved point.

Culture
Inuit
Material
bone
Made in
Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, Canada and Igluligaarjuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shadow Puppet848/1

Two-dimensional figure of a person wearing regalia on legs, around waist, at chest, and on head; shoulders and elbows are articulated; arms are controlled by horn rods attached at one end to the hands. Another darker, horn rod has been split down most of length and height of puppet is contained between the two sides which follow line of the body and curl up around ear and through the hair. Regalia is in muted tones of gold, green, white, blue, and red and has detailed cutouts to resemble lattice; face is painted black with red detail; rest of skin is gold; hair is black and has many arc cutouts to resemble curly hair. Label on red space between the two feet says, "GATUTKATJA."

Culture
Western Indonesian
Material
skin, horn ?, paint and fibre
Made in
Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shadow Puppet848/2

Two-dimensional figure of a person wearing regalia on legs, around waist, at chest, and on head; shoulders and elbows are articulated; arms are controlled by horn rods attached at one end to the hands. Another horn rod has been split down most of length and height of puppet is contained between the two sides. Regalia is in muted tones of gold, green, white, blue, and pink and has detailed cutouts to resemble lattice; face is painted black with red detail; rest of skin is gold; hair is black and has many arc cutouts to resemble curly hair.

Culture
Western Indonesian
Material
skin, horn ?, paint and fibre
Made in
Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shadow Puppet1568/3

Gareng shadow puppet character. Two dimensional, tall, thin man with articulated shoulders and elbows; arms have rods of horn from hands; another long, horn rod has central split and goes up height of puppet on both sides. Man is of a translucent skin with opaque painted decorations of shoes, bracelets, skirt, necklace, earrings, and facial features. Decorations are painted on both sides. Skirt is of a black and gold triangle design with red outlines; waist has a row of red and green alternating triangles above a row of green and gold triangles; fringe is in orange, blue, and white; another section of edging is orange and white with a gold vine design along it. Small tuft of dark hair protrudes upwards from back of head.

Culture
Javanese
Material
water buffalo skin, hair, paint and water buffalo horn
Made in
Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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