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String PuppetN1.132 c

Female puppet in standing position and dressed in traditional stage costumes: Puppet is wearing a thigh-length purple tunic with a multicoloured floral print, and off white and pink damask patterned pants. It has a Y-shaped bamboo control rod that is attached to its wrists and head by white string.

Culture
Chinese
Material
paper, wood, silk fibre, clay, paint and bamboo grass
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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String PuppetN1.132 b

Male puppet standing position and dressed in traditional stage costumes. Puppet is holding two knives, and wearing a pink, black and green hat and a long orange tunic with a long black moustache and beard. It has a Y-shaped bamboo control rod that is attached to its wrists and head by white string.

Culture
Chinese
Material
paper, wood, silk fibre, clay, paint, bamboo grass and metal
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BootsN2.330 a-b

Boots composed of woven grass with a complicated woven pattern on the toe. The soles are woven on a rag base. Bound with red fabric at cuffs and tied together with twined grass at the top front of each.

Culture
Japanese
Material
grass, fibre and dye
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketN2.178

Basket with rounded sides and base. The rim of the basket is supported by strips of bamboo that are bound to the sides of the basket with a strip of bamboo wound around the edge. A short strip of bamboo is knotted through the basket at the rim to serve as a handle.

Culture
Japanese
Material
bamboo grass
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SaddlebagN2.184

Saddlebag woven from twined grass with a u-shaped body, segments of twine joined with black cloth to form a band that wraps around the base of the body, and two straps that emerge from the top and loop back behind the body. The straps are interwoven with bands of twined red, blue, purple and black cloth.

Culture
Japanese
Material
fibre, grass and dye
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skirt1060/84

Skirt made of brown grasses with painted palm leaves. The grass is woven into a thick fibre band along the top of the skirt. Also woven into the band are palm leaves decoratively cut and painted red, orange and brown.

Culture
Samoan
Material
fibre, palm leaf, grass and paint
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC296

The tip is coiled with yellow-brown plant fibre, below which, there are the following: five sets of four small barbs; three sets of four increasingly longer barbs; and three sets of four small barbs. The point is decorated with a red and yellow grass sleeve with a horizontal zig zag pattern, a carved band that is emphasized with white and that consists of two figures (each of which has circular eyes and a double upward pointed nose), and a fibre tuft. Below, there is another red and yellow grass sleeve that has a pattern of red triangles on a yellow background. Bright red and yellow plant fibre coiling are at either ends of the grass sleeve. The red-brown wood shaft is plain.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
wood, grass, fibre, bone, paint and pigment ?
Made in
Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC314

The tip is coiled with red plant fibre, below which, there are the following: four sets of four small barbs; three sets of four increasingly longer barbs; and nine sets of four small barbs. The point is decorated with a red and yellow grass sleeve with a thin horizontal zig zag pattern, a carved band that is emphasized with white and that consists of two figures (each of which has circular eyes, a nose, and a smiling mouth), and a wood ball that is painted red except around the middle where there is a plain horizontal band. Below, there is another red and yellow grass sleeve that has a similar pattern as the one above but with a wider design. Bright red and yellow plant fibre coiling are at either ends of the grass sleeve. The red-brown wood shaft is plain.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
bone, fibre, grass, wood, paint and pigment ?
Made in
Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC301

The tip has the following: six sets of four small barbs; three sets of four increasingly longer barbs; and six sets of four small barbs. The point is decorated with a red and yellow grass sleeve with a yellow diagonal line pattern on a red background, a carved band that is emphasized with white and that consists of two figures (each of which has circular eyes surrounded by a triangular shape and double upward pointing nose), and a fibre tuft with string underneath. Below, there is another red and yellow grass sleeve that has a horizontal zig zag pattern. Bright red and yellow plant fibre coiling are at either ends of the grass sleeve. The red-brown wood shaft is plain and tapers at the end.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
wood, grass, fibre, bone, paint and pigment ?
Made in
Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC299

The tip is coiled with yellow-brown plant fibre, below which, there are the following: four sets of four small barbs; three sets of four increasingly longer barbs; and four sets of four small barbs. The point is decorated with a red and yellow grass sleeve with a horizontal zig zag pattern, a carved band that is emphasized with white and that consists of two figures (each of which has a triangular face with circular eyes and a thin nose, and an outlined x-shaped body), and a fibre tuft with string at either end. Bright red and yellow plant fibre coiling are at either ends of the grass sleeve. The red-brown wood shaft is plain.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
wood, grass, fibre, bone, paint and pigment ?
Made in
Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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