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Toy2814/35

Toy made of a light, hollow gourd that is shaped like a light bulb. A wooden stick goes through the gourd and comes out the bottom to form a handle. Resin is used to glue the stick to the base and top of the gourd. There is a circular hole in the centre of the gourd.

Culture
Makuna
Material
gourd fruit, wood and resin
Made in
Vaupes, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Procession Costume2806/1

Bark cloth costume with a round face gourd mask. The costume is narrow at the top (34 cm wide including ears), does not have arms or arm-holes, and the front opening is sewn closed with plant fibre. The head is lightly stuffed with newspaper. An oversized J-shaped penis attachment made of wood and wrapped in barkcloth is tied to the front of the costume. The circular face of the mask is framed with a bent stem tied on with grass fibres (19 cm in diameter). The face area is covered in a very dark brown paint or pitch and has projecting round eyes, a triangular nose and carved lips, with a round ear projecting out to each side. There is a faint painted circular design on the front side of the costume in orange and brown. The bottom of the pants is heavily fringed and is the widest part of the costume. The bark cloth ranges through three shades with the lightest used for the head, a light brown for the body and darker brown for the pants.

Culture
Ticuna
Material
bark, gourd fruit, wood, stem ?, grass and paint
Made in
Leticia, Amazonas, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Container2790/25

Small round basketry-covered gourd container with round opening and a thin twined string handle.

Culture
African
Material
gourd fruit and palm fibre ?
Made in
Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket1938.36.1929 .1 - .2

Circular basket [.1] with lid [.2]. Panel of triple twining in natural and brown. [CAK 19/05/2010]

Culture
Haida
Material
spruce root plant and plant fruit berry
Made in
British Columbia Haida Gwaii NW Coast, Canada
Holding Institution
Pitt Rivers Museum
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Gourd Rattle2790/23

Unworked gourd with bumpy surface has one globular end and the other end long and narrow like a handle. Dried seeds inside the gourd rattle when shaken.

Culture
Southern African ?
Material
gourd fruit
Made in
Southern Africa, Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cup1891.49.37

Cup with handle woven from spruce root and decorated with four dark bands. [CAK 10/06/2009]

Culture
Haida
Material
spruce root plant, earth ? and plant fruit ?
Made in
British Columbia Haida Gwaii NW Coast, Canada
Holding Institution
Pitt Rivers Museum
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Decorated Gourd2738/8 a-b

Small engraved sugar gourd with lid cut from top in a circular zigzag. Engraved decoration, stained black against the brown, consists of several encircling bands of vegetal spirals and chains, a band showing musicians and villagers dancing, and a band of llamas. The flat bottom is plain.

Culture
Peruvian
Material
gourd fruit and stain
Made in
Huancayo, Junin, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fish Figure2729/2

Woven fish figure. The fish has protruding lips, round face, upper and lower fins and a tail. Black dots are painted on the flat body. Attached to the back is a string for hanging.

Culture
Iatmul
Material
gumba bark, paint, gourd fruit and bark fibre
Made in
Kaminibit, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Penis Sheath2729/5

Penis sheath. Made from a curved, basketry covered gourd, it is decorated with woven vertical zigzags and clusters of seeds dangling from thin ropes at both ends, and is painted in three shades of brown. A thin rope loops at open end.

Culture
Iatmul
Material
gourd fruit, grass fibre, seed and paint
Made in
Palembei, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Decorated Gourd2738/1

Bowl-shaped half of a large round gourd with exterior surface completely covered with engraving. Depicted in the centre of the light brown base is a village scene of celebration with many people, in traditional costume, all drinking, dancing, and playing musical instruments. Around the thick rim run bands of vegetal decoration and an interlocking chain pattern.

Culture
Peruvian
Material
gourd fruit
Made in
Huancayo, Junin, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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