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FigureZ 14856

Carved and painted wooden figure, the body encrusted with mica flakes. Rests on a pivot which allows it to rotate. The face has been painted with red nostrils and mouth, black eyebrows, and has U-form decorations on the forehead. The hands are also painted red, and are carved with long fingers.; Good

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
wood, hair, gum, spruce wood ? and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Figure1885.66.16

Wooden figure with head threaded with hair. Two projections on soles of feet for standing figure upright on stand. The right arm is moveable and the hand has a hole through it asthough objects were gripped.; Good

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wood, hair and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Club1925.371; D 1912.15

A slave killing club. The handle is in the form of a human head with teeth, driven in scalp locks from which protrudes a large ground blade forming the tongue of the head. Good.Stone tongue and club detached and separate when loaned in 2009

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
wood, tooth, pigment, stone and hair
Made in
Nootka Sound, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Club1922.949

Wooden slave killing club decorated with hair. The carved wooden head has an open mouth from which the wooden blade protrudes in the form of a tongue. Set into the head are teeth, and tufts of hair (?human) on the scalp, cheeks, below the nose and chin. Some tufts are missing.; Good.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
wood and human hair ?
Made in
Nootka Sound, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Adão2743/20 a-b

Pink painted wooden carving of Adão (Adam) holding a large green fig-leaf (part b) over his genitals, with blue painted eyes and red lips. The figure has hair on his head, around his pubic area, and for eyelashes, moustache and goatee, which is made of a mixture of curly stands of dark hair and a thick resin-like substance. The standing figure is nailed to a circular green base and has arms that rotate. (Pair with "Eva", 2843/21).

Culture
Portuguese
Material
wood, paint, hair ?, resin ? and metal
Made in
Torres Novas, Santarem, Portugal
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Lenten Mask2743/18

Carved wood mask with beard. Face mask with cut-out openings is painted red with black paint on prominent brows, thick mustache, and eyes. The long beard adhered to the chin is the leg fur of a small animal, with paw and claws attached. The interior is unpainted and lined with strips of gray foam. String is attached to eye hooks at top and sides.

Culture
Portuguese
Material
wood, paint, skin, claw, hair, adhesive, metal and synthetic fibre
Made in
Vila Boa, Braganca, Portugal
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Corpus Christi Mask2738/61

Corpus Christi face mask made of shaped and painted wire netting. Onto the pink wire are faintly painted eyes, brow and mouth in blue, black and red and around it is blue painted strip of metal. Strands of curly brown hair have been stitched to each of the upper corners.

Culture
Ecuadorian
Material
metal, paint, hair and wool fibre
Made in
Cotopaxi, Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Eva2743/21

Pink painted wood carving of Eva (Eve) with blue eyes and red lips, holding a large green fig-leaf over her pubic area. Hair on the head and around the pubis, as well as the eyebrows and eyelashes is made of a mixture of curly stands of dark hair and a thick resin-like substance. The standing figure has arms that rotate and is nailed to a circular green base. (Pair with "Adão", 2843/20).

Culture
Portuguese
Material
wood, paint, hair ?, resin ? and metal
Made in
Torres Novas, Santarem, Portugal
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera Shoes2701/6 a-b

A pair of flat-soled shoes made of white fabric heavily decorated with silver sequins. There is an image of a butterfly or moth made of sequins and edged with white fur over the toes.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
synthetic fibre ?, leather skin, plastic, cotton fibre and animal hair
Made in
Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerCa68 a-b

Container narrowing at top and bottom. The base (a) is concave and the mouth rim is tightly wrapped. The container is coiled in ten vertical sections. Cowrie shells are knotted on at the shoulder. The lid (b) also has cowrie shells knotted on just above the lip.

Culture
Borana
Material
giraffe hair, grass, cowrie shell and resin ?
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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