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DollNa692

Child doll with a nylon head and embroidered features. White parka with red embroidery, and red trim, orange pants and mittens, and blue boots.

Culture
Inuit
Material
nylon fibre, wool fibre and cotton fibre
Made in
Broughton Island, Nunavut, Canada and Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rod PuppetIb348 a-d

Three-dimensional male humanoid puppet: large head (part b) fits into body with skirt (part a), and a control rod (part d) with a long shaft that passes through the body and fits into the neck of the figure's head. The body has jointed arms, and the figure's right arm (part c) is detached. Each arm has a long controlling rod attached. Pink face positioned forward; bulging eyes with red irises, large wedge-shaped nose, wide red lips and prominent upper teeth. Fangs extend from top and bottom row at each side of mouth. Long hair, eyebrows, sideburns, moustache and beard painted in black. Crown (mahkota) with diadem (jamang), karawista, ear ornaments (sumping) and Garuda Mungkur; in gold, red, pink, white, black, yellow. Upper torso pink, uncovered; wide shoulders, prominent belly. Red, yellow ornaments on upper arms and at wrists. Left arm detached; hands held flat and bent back at wrist. Long batik skirt (kain) in yellow-brown, red and black.

Culture
Sundanese
Material
paint, fibre, cotton fibre and wood
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rod PuppetIb343

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 white eyes that have red irises. There are prominent white upper teeth, red lips, a beard, and other details in black. Brown material (felt ? synthetic ?) is tacked to the face as a moustache. The red cylindrical cap has gold top diadem (jamang), and sumping. Black hair net. Gold neck. The lower arms are brown (stained?) with the hands held flat and bending back at the wrist. The torso is covered in a beige tight-fitting garment with dark brown trim on cuffs, a yoke collar, and a shoulder overlay with fifteen gold-coloured sequins. String is tied around the headdress and the neck. A dark brown panel is on the front of the torso. Wearing a blue, purple, and yellow batiked 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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Neck RingNb589

Twisted cedar bark rope bound around a central core of stuffed fabric making an oval shaped neck ring.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
cotton fibre and cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskAf499

Oval-shaped wood piece with the back hollowed out. Human face. Worn white painted surface with red spots showing through. Dyed blue are the long, incised crescent lines for the eyebrows, the inside of the mouth, and one line from the nose to the mouth. Blue spots in other facial areas. Wood of cheek and eye areas has been cut away. Lozenge-shaped eyes, and mouth open to underside. Mouth at rim of cut-away area is asymmetrical to nose. Two articulated wedge-shaped wood pieces nailed, one at each temple. Drilled holes in head and forehead for feathers now missing. Holes, one on each temple has twisted synthetic cord strung between them. Knotted brown shoelace(?) piece in hole on left.

Culture
Igbo
Material
wood, paint, synthetic fibre, cotton fibre, iron metal and indigo pigment
Made in
Nigeria ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Heddle PulleyAf493

Light brown wood piece, two-thirds of which is u-shaped. The other third is woman's neck and head. Hair, textured by incised lines, is pulled far back on forehead and forms three crests running front to back. Carved facial features are in relief: protruding lozenge-shaped eyeballs and eyelids, long crescent eyebrows, long narrow nose, and jutting chin with open lozenge-shaped mouth. Row of incised diamonds at top of u structure. Vertical perforation at back of head has twisted and knotted light brown cotton cord passing through. Extensions of u structure each have hole for attaching roller at perpendicular angle. Roller is now missing.

Culture
Baule
Material
wood and cotton fibre
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rod PuppetIb404 a-c

Three-dimensional male humanoid puppet: large head (part b) fits into body with 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. White face positioned downwards: delicate eyes, other facial features outlined in black. Red lips and white teeth. Large curl (gelung supit urang) headdress with diadem and long sumping in black, gold, green, and red. Gold neck and torso; arms have gold and red ornaments at wrist and bicep. Red chest covering and apron, with red trim and green and blue sequins. Apron with yellow frills at bottom, red waistband. Long batik skirt (blue and red on beige). Two pieces of lined paper with handwritten (in pen) inscription 'Abimanyu' glued to headdress and skirt.

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 PuppetIb403 a-c

Three-dimensional male (king) puppet: large head (part b) fits into body with 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. Head positioned very slightly downwards; white face with pointed nose, red lips, and exposed white teeth. Somewhat large eyes with black irises. Red crown (mahkota) headdress with gold, pink, yellow diadem; yellow and white Garuda Mungkur. Black (short-tongue). Much black hair beneath crown. Neck, upper torso gold; each arm has a pair of ornaments at wrist and bicep in green and red. Hands held flat and bent back at wrist. Black chest covering and red apron with waistband and yellow fringe sewn with sequins and beads. Blue and brown batik skirt.

Culture
Sundanese
Material
paint, wood, fibre and cotton fibre
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rod PuppetIb402 a-c

Three-dimensional male humanoid puppet: large head (part b) fits into body with 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. White face positioned downwards: straight, pointed nose, red lips, and exposed small white teeth. Heavily outlined, somewhat large white eyes. Black hair, facial details. Large curl (gelung supit urang) headdress in black and green with gold sumping and diadem. Other colours: yellow, white, red. Small single hair curl (kendit). Gold neck and upper torso; arms with green and red ornaments at biceps and wrists. Hands held flat and bent back at wrist. Black chest covering with yellow trim, sequins and beads. Black apron with red waistband, brown wavy trim, sequins and beads. Long batik skirt with drawstring (blue, brown, and beige).

Culture
Sundanese
Material
paint, fibre, wood and cotton fibre
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatEf130

Rectangular grass mat of fine regular weave. The mat is natural coloured with designs in red-purple and blue-green. In the centre is a rectangle with a peacock motif in each corner. Outside the rectangle are inward-facing elephant motifs. The thick border around the sides has a vine and leaf motif. The ends of the mat have red bands.

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