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Picture Frame3421/7

Carved and painted picture frame holding a coloured photo of the Goose Bay Cannery, behind glass. Each side of the frame has a pole with (top to bottom): seated eagle with wings folded in, downward-facing whale, and an Indigenous man depicted with long braids. Along the top is an eagle with its wings spread, and along the bottom is a sisiutl (double-headed serpent) with a central face of a supernatural being.

Culture
Coast Salish: Squamish
Material
metal, wood, paint, glass and paper
Made in
North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Buffalo Headdress3420/47

Wooden bovine headdress (or helmet mask). Carved from wood and covered with cloth and glass beads. The entire mask is decorated with bright blue beads, with eyes of red and white beads, nostrils and lips in red. The muzzle tapers somewhat between the head and nose, with the mouth open, exposing large block teeth and a tongue. There are small rounded ears, and two long horns that extend toward the back. There are short lengths of cord knotted at the back.

Culture
Bamileke
Material
wood, glass, fibre and metal
Made in
Cameroon
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tunic3420/48

Tunic covered in beadwork. Short-sleeved, box-shaped, high neck with round neckline, and an open back with two ties at top and bottom. Neckline, sleeve cuffs, and hem edged in red. Beadwork is light blue, white and yellow in overall open net-like diamond pattern, with elongated, vertical, diamond patterns at both sides, repeated in small on the sleeves.

Culture
Bamileke
Material
fibre and glass
Made in
Cameroon
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pipe3420/51 a-b

Large wood pipe bowl (part a) with separate long beaded stem (part b). On one end of the bowl is a large male face with circular eyes, large eyebrows, and two large puffed-out cheeks marked with scarification(?). The dark brown-black pipe bowl is carved with wrapping bands with zigzag designs within that cross underneath rows of bull heads. The bowl is horizontal, and sits above the mortise hole. The stem is heavily beaded with designs in red, light green, white and black. The tenon end (inserts into mortise) is wrapped in heavily soiled fabric, while the other end is a tube of wood extending from the beaded section with a small flat mouthpiece.

Culture
Bamum
Material
wood, fibre, glass and metal
Made in
Cameroon
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DollN3.62 a-b

Doll (a) representing a male figure carved out of wood with articulated shoulders and ankles. His face and hands are painted white with painted black hair, eyebrows, eyes, a drooping moustache and a chin beard. He wears a separate black paper hat (b) with a narrow brim and black silk ribbons that tie in a bow under his chin. A nail at the top of his head helps keep the hat in place. He wears a long sleeveless blue silk vest, gored and pleated under the arms, and fastened with a dingle button over a gored long-sleeved white silk coat fastening with ribbons tied in a single loop. Beneath this are an under-jacket with blue ribbons tied in a single-loop bow and under-trousers. His ankles are wrapped in white material, and he wears pointed shoes made of paper (?) covered with white cloth and painted with black linear and looped designs at the front and back.

Culture
Korean
Material
wood, paint, silk fibre, dye, glass, paste adhesive and metal
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Beads3383/12

Trade beads strung together on a clear plastic cord. The beads are ellipsoidal-shaped with lengthwise grooves.

Culture
Asmat
Material
glass ? and plastic
Made in
Portugal ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BottleM2122

Eight-sided clear glass bottle; four narrow diagonal sides at the 'corners'. The body rounds to a broad oval shoulder, with a narrow neck at the centre. The top of the neck has been broken off long ago. Painted decorations on all sides, with a blue and white swirl around the shoulder area. One side shows a woman standing, in a green and white skirt and red blouse. The rest of the decorations are floral, curlicues, or dashes, in red, yellow, white and light blue. There is brown residue on the inside glass.

Culture
English
Material
glass and paint
Made in
United Kingdom and England
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pendant3395/9

Three-dimensional triangular pendant with hammered(?) design on both faces. A single large loop is attached to the top of the triangle, with a short length of chain threaded through. Each facet has a fish and berry(?) motif within a triangle band. Attached along the bottom edge (with one on each lower side) are nine rings, each with small pendants attached - six with two red beads and three with a long oblong piece followed by either a Khamsa or palm-shaped amulet, or crescent. One side has a small hole opening near the top edge.

Culture
Kabyle
Material
silver alloy metal, metal and glass
Made in
“North Africa” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Brooch3395/6

Brooch of a filigree fish in profile. Fish has a small red jewel-like eye (glass or mineral?). A 25 Kurus Mehmed V coin is inset by the tail. The size and shape of the coin blends with the scales on the fish's body. The coin shows an open laurel wreath with a five-pointed star between the tips at top. In the centre, translated from Arabic "May he be victorious. Struck in Constantinople. 1327", while the reverse of the coin is plain. There are six small metal globules on various points of the fish. The back has a large pin, extending horizontally along the length of the fish.

Culture
Yemeni ?
Material
gold metal and glass ?
Made in
Yemen ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pendant3395/12

Flat crescent-shaped pendant, with a triangular addition extending up from the middle of the curve. The front is decorated with a hammered(?) floral design, with the pedals at centre, and leaves extending down each side. A red circular glass stone is set in the centre of the triangle. Attached to the lower edge are ten double loops, with a flat diamond-shaped design over their centre, and a sphere at the ends. There are three loops through which a necklace would attach: one at each end of the crescent, and one at the top point of the triangle.

Culture
Kabyle
Material
glass ? and silver alloy metal
Made in
“North Africa” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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