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String PuppetN1.132 d

Male puppet in standing position and dressed in traditional stage costumes. Puppet is holding knives and wearing a black and red headdress with a multicoloured band, and a long green tunic with a red sash at the waist. It has a Y-shaped bamboo control rod that is attached to its wrists and head by white string.

Culture
Chinese
Material
paper, wood, silk fibre, clay, paint, bamboo grass and metal
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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String PuppetN1.132 c

Female puppet in standing position and dressed in traditional stage costumes: Puppet is wearing a thigh-length purple tunic with a multicoloured floral print, and off white and pink damask patterned pants. It has a Y-shaped bamboo control rod that is attached to its wrists and head by white string.

Culture
Chinese
Material
paper, wood, silk fibre, clay, paint and bamboo grass
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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String PuppetN1.132 b

Male puppet standing position and dressed in traditional stage costumes. Puppet is holding two knives, and wearing a pink, black and green hat and a long orange tunic with a long black moustache and beard. It has a Y-shaped bamboo control rod that is attached to its wrists and head by white string.

Culture
Chinese
Material
paper, wood, silk fibre, clay, paint, bamboo grass and metal
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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UrnN2.1051 a-b

Two piece urn, with body (part a) and lid (part b). Made in the form of a palace, in a style called goten-gata zushigame (御殿型厨子甕). The top of the lid has two shachihoko (鯱鉾/鯱), a mythical sea creature with the head of a tiger or dragon, and the body of a fish; between them is a dragon head, with eight dragon heads at the corners. Parts of the inside are glazed brown. The interior is blue and yellow on white. The epitaphs called migachi or miigachi (ミガチ/ミーガチ/銘書) are in Okinawan on the front of the urn and also at the bottom of the lid and the urn.

Culture
Okinawan
Material
clay and glaze
Made in
Okinawa, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DollN2.753

Doll composed of a segment of branch with a knot on the side that has been cut on an angle at one end. The doll's head is made from clay with the features are painted on. A triangular shape surrounded by green is painted on the remaining area of the angled end.

Culture
Japanese
Material
clay, wood and paint
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Band1188/46 c

Band with an oval shape composed of plant fibre with a triangle design in black and white formed by painted clay applied to the surface of the plant fibre and outlined with strips of wood secured to the plant fibre with thinner strips of wood. Plant fibre ties at ends.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
plant fibre, clay, wood and paint
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA8457 a-b

Swamp grass covered dark brown crockery ceramic pot with lid (part b). Warp: cedar bark. Weft: natural and aniline-dyed swamp grass (purple, green, yellow). Sides (part a) and lid (part b) are wrapped twined weave with openwork of crossed warp wicker weave. Base of the pot (part a) has a small centre of checker work with plain twined or wicker-weave periphery. Sides of the pot (part a) have a design that consists of five equally spaced purple flowers with green leaves in between bordered by the two bottom bands of openwork weave with a compound band that consists of purple, yellow, and purple above the third openwork band. Lid (part b) has a plain twined handle, a band in blue and yellow around the sides, and a band with triangular edges in middle.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark, swamp grass, dye, clay and glaze
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JarEdz1054

Rounded, dark brown clay pot with a small, flat base and a small, round opening; pot tapers towards bottom and top. Raised lip around opening. Four small decorative elements spaced around the opening.

Culture
Chinese: Hakka
Material
clay and glaze
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskIe447

Mask based on the top of a turtle shell for the face. Face is painted white with red contour lines and a black chin. Face is outlined by a black line which also goes down along the nose, creating a heart-like form. Eyes are each made out of a cowrie shell and are outlined by a black line that tapers to a point at the outer side. Nostrils are red outlined by black. Thirty-seven other shells are surrounding the face. Red clay molded ears. Mask is surrounded by a seven layer coil of red plant bark, or root? Hanging plant fibre cord at the top centre.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
turtle shell, clay, fibre, cowrie shell and paint
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskIe448

Mask based on the top of a turtle shell for the face. Face is painted white with red circular lines around the eyes that are surrounded by two black circular lines. Face is outlined by a black line which also goes down along the nose, creating a heart-like form. Eyes are each made out of a cowrie shell. Nostrils are black and red. Small red mouth. Twenty-one other shells are around the top portion of the face. Red clay molded ears. Mask is surrounded by a nine layer coil of brown plant bark, or root? Long, thin brown-black feathers are at the top of the head. Hanging plant fibre cord at the top centre.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
turtle shell, paint, fibre, shell, clay and feather
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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