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Rattle2862/12

Rattle made of a gourd. The head of the rattle is dark brown and bulbous and has various light coloured patterns of shapes, lines and swirls carved into it. The wooden handle pierces the gourd at top and bottom, and is wrapped with orange, blue and white fibre where it meets the gourd at bottom, and with blue fibre at top. The rattle contains sound making elements inside the gourd.

Culture
Shipibo
Material
gourd fruit, wood, cotton fibre ? and feather
Made in
Iquitos, Loreto, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Decorated Gourd2862/18

Small, round yellow-orange gourd, with intricate black carvings covering most of the exterior surface. The carvings show important aspects of the area’s natural environment and culture. At top are motifs of father sun and mother moon, surrounded by stylized architecture and mountains, and dense jungle foliage with a snake, jungle cat and bird emerging. Below is a continuous, densely carved montage of village life, with people working in fields, animals, huts and houses, and various kinds of trees. The bottom of the gourd is unmarked. Dried seeds inside the gourd serve as noise making elements.

Culture
Quechua
Material
gourd fruit
Made in
Chincheros, Apurimac, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rattle2862/14

Rattle made of a gourd. The head of the rattle is dark brown and bulbous and has various light coloured patterns of lines and swirls carved into it. The wooden handle is wrapped with thin fibre where it meets the head, and is decorated with a long thin bone ? bead. On top of the rattle head is a feather and another smaller bone ? bead, both attached to the rattle by the same fibre as is found on the handle. The rattle contains sound making elements inside the gourd.

Culture
Shipibo
Material
gourd fruit, wood, fibre, feather and bone ?
Made in
Iquitos, Loreto, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rattle2862/13

Rattle made of a gourd. The head of the rattle is dark brown and bulbous and has various light coloured patterns of shapes and lines carved into it. The wooden handle pierces the gourd at top and bottom, and is wrapped with orange, blue and white fibre where it meets the gourd at bottom, and with blue fibre at top. A small feather is attached to the rattle by the blue fibre at top. The rattle contains sound making elements inside the gourd.

Culture
Shipibo
Material
gourd fruit, wood, cotton fibre ? and feather
Made in
Iquitos, Loreto, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rattle2862/11

Rattle made of a gourd. The head of the rattle is dark brown and bulbous and has various light coloured patterns of shapes, lines and swirls carved into it. The wooden handle pierces the gourd at top and bottom, and is wrapped with orange, blue and white fibre where it meets the gourd at bottom, and with blue fibre at top. A small piece of feather is attached to the rattle by the blue fibre at top. The rattle contains sound making elements inside the gourd.

Culture
Shipibo
Material
gourd fruit, wood, cotton fibre ? and feather
Made in
Iquitos, Loreto, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rattle2862/10

Rattle made of a gourd. The head of the rattle is dark brown and bulbous and has various light coloured patterns of shapes, lines and swirls carved into it. The wooden handle pierces the gourd at top and bottom, and is wrapped with orange, blue and white fibre where it meets the gourd at bottom, and with blue fibre at top. Two small feathers are attached to the rattle by the blue fibre at top. The rattle contains sound making elements inside the gourd.

Culture
Shipibo
Material
gourd fruit, wood, cotton fibre ? and feather
Made in
Iquitos, Loreto, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rattle2814/28

Rattle made from a dark brown gourd with carved designs of square patterns and lines. Gourd is round and long, and tapers towards the top. A thin wooden stick goes through the length of the gourd, forming the handle. Braided palm twine is tied at the top of the handle at the base of the gourd and goes around the rattle, secured in a knot at the top end of the stick. There are two slits made on either side of the gourd, and the rattle is filled with seeds to make noise.

Culture
Makuna
Material
gourd fruit, wood, seed and tucum palm fibre
Made in
Vaupes, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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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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