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PendantEf298

Pendant composed of a rectangular piece of metal with low relief design with six hearts, and a border of repeating sets of four circles with lines of small dots at the edges. At the centre there are also five pieces of glass in claw settings, two red and three green, symmetrically arranged and interspersed with the heart shapes. Two loops at the top with a star-like pattern on each. Bottom edge has a loop at the centre and one corner. Backed by a separate plain pad of silver.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
silver metal and glass
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketryNb11.244 a-b

Small glass bottle (a) covered with a basketry sleeve and cap (b); tightly woven, wrapped twining with brown, orange and green bands of linear patterning around the sides. Lid is natural on the outside and red on the interior.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
swamp grass, cedar bark, glass and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rod PuppetIb282 a-c

Three-dimensional monstrous humanoid puppet: large head (part b) fits into body with long tunic (part a), and a control rod (part c) with a long shaft 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. Large head, dominated by swollen nose, with large eyes and red irises. Wide toothy mouth with double hooked teeth in each corner and wide, red lips. Whiskers, mouth, ring, ears, brown, and eyes outlined in black. Shoulder length black hair in curls, and a dark green hat. Face two colours, vertically split: pale green on the figure's right, and pink to the figure's left. Arms and hands painted gold, with bracelets and nails red. Hands are flat, with fingers extended. Clothed in full length tunic of six different multicoloured fabrics. Light purple upright collar; top, light blue with red and blue stripes; middle section (and jabot, the oval flap hanging from neck) made from synthetic black fabric with bright green, orange, red and yellow floral print. Jabot decorated with sequins and beads. Lower section of tunic: red, white and green flowers on a dark blue background. Black, red, white diagonal stripes with white dots on reverse. Sleeves are made of light and dark brown sythetic material.

Culture
Sundanese
Material
wood, synthetic fibre, fibre, paint, plastic and glass
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceAa154

Consists of two complete and four incomplete strands of brown herb root beads, clustered in groups of fives, separated by lengths of very small white, blue, red, green and yellow trade beads.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
herb root, sinew and glass
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceAa150

Three strands made of short sections of light brown grass stalk are interspersed with tiny trade beads strung on twisted sinew.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
grass, sinew and glass
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceAa146

Ostrich eggshell beads strung on sinew. A short sinew thread has one red glass trade bead and one eggshell bead attached to the necklace.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
ostrich egg, glass and sinew
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BandEdz903

Band of glass beads woven on nylon line. The pattern is a row of lozenges along longitudinal axis of the band at centre. There are blue beads at each corner of lozenges with semicircles along edges attached to lateral points of lozenges. Half of the lozenges and semi-circles are red and half are yellow, except for one and one half green diamonds.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
glass and nylon fibre
Made in
Macau
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ApronAa144

Strips of hide and strands of red, blue, and yellow trade beads are knotted and suspended from a hide tie.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
steinbok skin, glass and sinew
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceAa143

Small light blue, green, medium blue, clear glass, red, white, yellow and dark blue trade beads strung on sinew systematically in a type of patterning. Five larger white trade beads at fastening.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
glass and sinew
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rod PuppetIb336 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. Red face, bulging eyes with green irises, black moustache, beard and sideburns, blunt protruding nose, white and gold upper teeth slightly protruding. Green and white striped turban, gold sumping, white Garuda Mungkur with short red tongue. Black curly hair decorated with gold appearing from back of headdress. Gold neck. Head detachable and joined to body by controlling rod. Pink rounded torso; swelling breasts; blue circles around breasts and navel. Breasts covered by black velvet yoke with appliqued seed beads; velvet worn and some beads missing. Yoke attached to chest and back with nails. Pink arms articulated at shoulder and elbow by string. Green and blue upper arm, and blue and red wrist ornaments. Hands at right angles to arms with fingers curled; attached by string to controlling wands. Blue, green, orange and yellow plaid skirt.

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