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Spoon with Handle in Shape of Bird's Head63.201.1

This extremely graceful spoon is carved from one piece of horn that has beautiful amber and brown striations in its coloring. The bowl is very thin and large. The handle is a round delicate tube that curves from the bowl and after a length curves back almost 180 degrees to culminate in a water bird head with a long open beak.

Culture
Plains
Material
buffalo horn
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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Shadow Puppet2722/5

A flat gold puppet, with an ornate dress and headdress painted white, green, blue, red and gold, is attached with thread to a long horn rod with central split that goes up height of puppet on both sides.The shoulders and elbows are jointed and a rotatable marionnette stick is attached through the palm of each hand. Feet are joined heel to toe by red strip.

Culture
Javanese
Material
water buffalo skin, water buffalo horn, metal, paint and fibre
Made in
Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shadow Puppet1568/5

Two-dimensional painted puppet of an ornately dressed man (Sultan, Hamengkubuwono IX) wearing a hat. Long, translucent yellow-brown carved sticks are attached to both hands with a third, tapering stick running up the figure's left leg and chest, ending in a looping reverse curve over the figure's ear. Both arms have movable joints at the elbows and shoulders.

Culture
Javanese
Material
water buffalo skin, fibre, water buffalo horn and paint
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Puppet Control Rod1374/7 a-b

Two horn rods for controlling the arms of a shadow puppet. The rods are slightly bowed. They are undecorated except for an area near the centre where they have a raised area containing four rings on part a and three rings on part b. Each rod has a small hole through one end.

Culture
Western Indonesian
Material
water buffalo horn
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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Shadow Puppet1568/2

Wayang kulit shadow puppet from Ramayana series: Kalamarica character. Two-dimensional figure with articulated shoulders and elbows; has a man-like body and a vibrant pink face with long, bumpy nose, small beard, and three fangs. Rest of skin is painted gold; clothing at legs is red with gold and white checkered diamond patterns; clothing at waist is a cloth with gold green and pink edging in back and blue, white and orange at front. Also at waist is a sword with a bird-shaped hilt in a yellow and beige scabbard. A decoration with gold ground and floral motif runs from side of head down to shoulder. There are bands at wrists and biceps in pink and blue at ankles. A sash in orange, yellow, pink and white goes around neck and down front. The arms are controlled by horn rods that are attacked to the hands; another horn rod is split down the middle and has height of the puppet between its two sides.

Culture
Javanese
Material
water buffalo skin, metal ?, paint and water buffalo horn
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shadow Puppet1374/81

Shadow puppet of male figure with gold face in profile. Represents the character Arjuna, Pandhawa Prince. Long neck with six black lines, projecting out from body. Long nose, open mouth with three teeth. Hair tied into curved plait that joins at top of head with two purple, white, green, gold, yellow and red attachments. Skirt is gold and brightly coloured with bird motif, torso is bare. Hair and skirt finely perforated. Long, jointed arms attached to controlling rods. Each hand has one red and two blue rings. Feet are joined heel to toe by red strip.

Culture
Javanese
Material
water buffalo skin, gold metal, paint, fibre, adhesive and water buffalo horn
Made in
Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shadow Puppet1568/4

Shadow puppet (wayang kulit) representing the character Petruk. 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. Shoes are black with gold decoration. Head has braid of dark hair through a hole at the back of the painted hair area; strands of red string tie end of braid.

Culture
Javanese
Material
water buffalo skin, hair, paint, fibre and water buffalo horn
Made in
Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Puppet Rod1374/34

A long curvy translucent multi-shades of brown stick piece. There is a short tapered end separated from the long gradually two-piece diverging and tapering end by a bulbous and grooved section. The long end has pink plastic coiled around it.

Culture
Javanese
Material
water buffalo horn and plastic
Made in
Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Headdress1003/1

Dark brown-black fur headdress. Long neck flap attached to the main hat. Two buffalo-like horns protruding from the top. Two skin thongs used as chin straps.

Culture
Plains
Material
buffalo skin ? or buffalo horn ?
Made in
Alberta, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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