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TextileSa278

Rectangular textile of woven cotton; striped fabric sample with pinked edges. Stripes vary in width. Repeating stripe sets on red ground; thin blue on either side of white; thin yellow on either side of green; thin yellow on either side of blue. White adhesive tag has '9' written in black felt.

Culture
Maya ?
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileSa277

Rectangular textile of woven cotton; striped fabric sample with pinked edges. Stripes vary in width. Repeating stripe sets on a red ground; yellow, light brown, yellow, black, yellow; black, light brown, red, yellow; red, light brown and black. Red weft runs through all. White adhesive tag has '8' written in black felt.

Culture
Maya ?
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rod PuppetIb357

A three-dimensional male humanoid figure puppet. Has a large head and jointed arms attached to controlling rods. The pink face is positioned forward with exaggerated features that include large red eyes with red irises, an open mouth with exposed teeth, and pair of overlapping fangs at each corner, red lips, and a blunt nose. Facial hair (moustache, beard, sideburns) and facial details are in black. Wearing a Mahkota (crown) headdress with large diadem, karawista, Garuda Mungkur (short-tongue) in red, and gold, pink, white, and black. Slight black hair extends from beneath the crown. The upper torso is corpulent with a large belly, uncovered except for a five-pointed blue collar. There is a pair of red and blue ornaments at the wrist and bicep of each arm. Both hands are clenched with thumbs partly extending. Wearing a skirt that has wide blue and beige horizontal stripes with the beige stripes subsectioned with fine blue pinstripes.

Culture
Sundanese
Material
cotton fibre, paint, fibre and wood
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rod PuppetIb355

A three-dimensional male humanoid figure puppet. Has a large head and jointed arms attached to controlling rods. Head is canted upwards. The pink face has bulging eyes with red irises, a wide triangular nose, prominent upper teeth, and red lips. Facial hair (sideburns, beard) and other details are painted in black. Hairnet is in the Javanese style in black with white detail. Neck and arms are pink with the hands held straight out. Wearing a green close-fitting jacket that has a loose collar with a plaid skirt in yellow, red, blue, green, and other colours.

Culture
Sundanese
Material
cotton fibre, paint, fibre and wood
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rod PuppetIb354

A three-dimensional male humanoid figure puppet. Has a large head and jointed arms attached to controlling rods. Stick attached to the hand to the right with synthetic cord. The red face and irises are positioned upwards with the mouth open to reveal prominent upper and lower teeth. There are fangs from the top row at each side of the mouth with overlapping fangs directed up from the bottom. There is a black moustache with other facial details also in black. Black hair (skull cap ?) and prominent bulge from the rear base of the skull. Heavy set torso with a large belly. Wearing a yellow skirt.

Culture
Sundanese
Material
wood, fibre, paint and cotton fibre
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rod PuppetIb350

Three-dimensional male humanoid puppet: large head (part b) fits into body with shirt and skirt (part a), and a control rod (part c) with a long shaft that passes through the body and fits into the neck of the figure's head. The body has jointed arms, each with a long controlling rod attached. Red face tilted upwards; bulging white eyes with red irises, raised ears, blunt triangular nose, and black hair, moustache and beard. White teeth. Hair net in Javanese style (Hoofddoek); blue with light blue designs, black main section. Slim body clothed in purple close-fitting jacket with white yoke collar that has purple and pink dots and evident stitching. Skirt (kain) of checked cloth (green, blue, purple, yellow, white). Arms with pink and green ornaments at wrists and biceps; hands held flat and bent back at wrist.

Culture
Sundanese
Material
cotton fibre, paint, fibre and wood
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureAf497

Standing wood female figure (ibeji) on oval base. Figure has a long trunk and arms on short stocky legs. Arms are at the sides. Has protruding stomach, breasts, and buttocks. Large head with facial features in relief of large protruding eyes having incised eyelids and eight incised notches on each cheek with three at the forehead. Tall pointed four-sided headdress with knob at top is patterned with incised lines. Recesses filled with indigo dye. Large pierced ears placed far back on the head. Earring of strung horn beads and one jasper. Arm on the right has brass bracelet with spiral incising. Two strings of dark horn beads at waist. Necklace of elongated blue beads with one red jasper bead. Incising at back of head, spine, and stomach. Carved wood piece with dark brown patina and red camwood in areas.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
wood, jasper mineral, stone, horn, brass metal, cotton fibre, indigo pigment and camwood pigment
Made in
Oyo, Nigeria ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PincushionEe48 a-b

A brown leather jacket (part a) fits over a folded cotton pin-cushion (part b) which opens to reveal a pocket to store needles. A large steel neddle, and strip of wool are inside. The cushion is covered in red-dyed cotton, and bound at the bottom in a leather piece which has two metal eyes, and a leather pull-tab. Braided cord strap.

Culture
Ladakhi
Material
leather skin, cotton fibre, steel metal and wool fibre
Made in
Jammu-Kashmir, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rod PuppetIb407 a-c

Three-dimensional male human figure; large head and jointed arms attached to controlling rods. Head with straight, pointed nose positioned forward; cream-coloured face, white eyes with black pupils, and red lips. Features very delicate, and outlined in black: small black moustache and beard. Wide red crown (mahkota) headdress with green, gold, white, and red diadem, karawista, and Garuda Mungkur. Black hair, curled with gold highlights. Upper torso and neck coloured black. Black chest covering and apron with white wavy trim; also sequins and twisted wire decorations. Apron has waistband and yellow fringe at bottom. Beige, brown, and purple coloured batik skirt (kain). Arms have a pair of red and green ornaments at wrists and biceps. Hands are held flat and bent back at wrists.

Culture
Sundanese
Material
wood, fibre, paint and cotton fibre
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShawlEf131

Embroidered textile stitched together from old cloth. At least four, possibly more, pieces stitched together to form a rectangle. Multi-coloured border of several rows of running stitch. Motifs of insect, floral, leaves, animals, birds, umbrella, airplane, lanterns. Design in centre of lotus flower encircled by Sanskrit slogan.

Culture
Bengali
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
West Bengal, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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