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Rey Caporal Mask2946/3 a-g

Black and gold "Rey Caporal" mask (part a) with large bristly black beard and silver pipe and hat. Blue eyes are framed by fine gold tinsel. The mouth has six white teeth and a thick bottom lip, which fades from pink to blue and is decorated with white and black stripes. The tongue is red with a silver border. Curling black hair wraps around the back of the head into the beard. The beard has a white, tarp-like backing. The hat has a box at the front, resting on the brim, which contains five tubes for the five woolly sticks (parts b-f). The sticks alternate colours without the outside and centre sticks having yellow tops and brown bases, and the other two sticks having white tops and yellow bottoms. A cardboard placard (part g) with gold trim sits in front of the sticks.

Culture
Peruvian
Material
tin metal, paint, synthetic fibre ?, wood, wool fibre ?, polyester fibre ?, paper, plastic, cotton fibre ? and polyurethane foam
Made in
Puno, Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mat2947/4

Large, rectangular, finely-woven tan mat with fringed grass borders on all four sides. The fringe consists of a regular, thin, short grass with a few long, thick strands. Inside the fringed edge is a decorative triangle-based pattern painted in grey. Along the long sides blue and blue-green fibres are woven into the edge. The short sides have a few sporadic green fibres at their edges, focused primarily in the corners.

Culture
Samoan
Material
grass, cotton fibre and pigment
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mat2947/3

Large, finely-woven, tan mat. There are fringed borders along two of the mat’s sides. One fringed edge is additionally decorated with thin tan wood chips. These are sewn under a strip of red cloth, at the centre of which runs two lines of red-tipped feathers. These feathers are arranged with their brown centres towards the middle and their red tips pointing outwards creating the appearance of a set of stripes. There are two short lines of feathers running vertically up from border.

Culture
Samoan
Material
pandanus leaf, wood, cotton fibre, parrot feather and chicken feather
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mat2947/2

Large, finely-woven tan mat. All four sides have fringed grass borders, with two edges having thick, full fringes and two having thinner and more sporadic fringes. One side has two decorative borders, one of triangle shapes and a second, inner border of feathers. The feathers are arranged with their red tips outwards and their brown bases towards the centre, creating a striped effect. There are white feathers at regular intervals along the border. Three short lines of feathers run vertically up from the decorative edge of the mat.

Culture
Samoan
Material
pandanus leaf, parrot feather, cotton fibre and ink
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Moccasins2958/2 a-b

A pair of moccasins, heavily beaded on top and sides in a simple geometric pattern cast in pink and blue on white. Lines of pink, dark blue and white encircle the shoe’s lower portion. The back is decorated with a hide fringe from the sole to the top. A long tongue, split at the end, extends out of the shoe body, which is tied closed with a short hide thong.

Culture
Assiniboine ? or Gros Ventre ?
Material
cotton fibre, rawhide skin and glass
Made in
Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Beaded Mat2951/6

Round leather mat with a beaded, frontal image of a fox’s face. The animal has black and white eyes, a black blaze on the forehead narrowing toward snout, and black and yellow ears. Around the perimeter of the leather are alternating sets of orange and black beads. Part of the edge of the leather has been cut into short thick fringe, while the rest is untouched. Visible on the back of the piece are the threads used to attach the beads to the front.

Culture
Okanagan: Osoyoos
Material
skin, glass and cotton fibre ?
Made in
Nk'Mip, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Beaded Mat2951/5

Round leather mat with a beaded image of a bird’s head in profile. The head is black with a black beak, white eye, and white cheek. Groups of green beads encircle the bird at the perimeter of the leather. The edge of the mat is cut into short, wide, irregular fringes. Visible on the back of the piece are knotted threads used to attach the beads to the front.

Culture
Okanagan: Osoyoos
Material
skin, glass and cotton fibre ?
Made in
Nk'Mip, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hanging2946/30

Multi-coloured woven "tapiz," or standard style, hanging. Weaving has three loops (green, black and purple) at the top edge and multi-coloured (dark red, orange, blue, green, red and pink) woven flaps along the bottom edge. The main rectangular section is filled with multicoloured images of seven different types devil creatures, four snakes and a lizard. The creatures are on a black background, inside an orange rectangular diamond pattern, with a blue outer border. There is a pink and yellow patterned band along the top and a green and yellow patterned band along the bottom. The back is a mirror image of the weaving on the front.

Culture
Quechua
Material
cotton fibre, wool fibre and dye
Made in
Candelaria, Chuquisaca, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skirt2946/33

Black woven skirt with light blue, green, red, pink and purple patterns on waistband. Floral motif. Black textile with a thick stripe with geometric designs along both edges. One is a white and blue diamond pattern with flowers, alternating short and tall, been embroidered along the inside edge. The other is a maroon and white zigzag design.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
wool fibre and cotton fibre ?
Made in
Betanzos, Potosi, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dance Skirt2946/26

Purple, velvet skirt with four tiers and a gathered waist. The lining in a light green with a pink band around the bottom. The waistband has two drawstrings at the back and is decorated with chevron patterns in blue, green and white.

Culture
Peruvian
Material
cotton fibre and synthetic fibre
Made in
Puno, Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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