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Collar1176/8 c

Flat golden collar with a protruding, zigzagging border around the bottom half. Collar has elaborate, arabesque-like cut-out designs and ten circular and drop-shaped mirrored insets; red fabric backing shows through the cut-out designs. A thick fringe of long black fur-like hair protrudes from the edge. A safety pin secures the collar's ends together.

Culture
Eastern Indonesian ?
Material
fibre, cotton fibre, glass, hair ?, dye and paint
Made in
Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Headdress1498/2

A woman’s headdress consisting of a crown and a broad panel that hangs down along the back. It is shaped from a piece of coarsely woven dark brown and blue textile and is heavily decorated with cowrie shells, red and white glass beads, and embroidery. The crown portion is embellished with closely-spaced rows of cowrie shells and a central strip of geometric shapes formed from red and white glass beads. There is a large brown and orange pom pom at the centre back. The “tail” is decorated with scattered small buttons of various kinds and small silver diamond-shaped ornaments. A costume jewelry brooch (gold with red and blue stones) is pinned in the centre. There is a strip of embroidered geometric shapes at the end of the “tail", and the bottom edge is finished with a braided fringe formed from the warp threads of the textile.

Culture
Kalash
Material
wool fibre, goat hair fibre ?, cotton fibre, cowrie shell, glass, plastic and dye
Made in
Chitral, Northwest Frontier, Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Stringed Musical Instrument2668/2

Cantonese opera instrument. Two string fiddle, or violin (erhu, erxian), with bow attached, made from bamboo cane; two gourd-like pegs and two strings stretched over a bridge attached to a section of bamboo covered with reptile skin. Bow is strung with hair.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
bamboo grass, horse hair, reptile skin and paint ?
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hairpiece2668/34

Bun-shaped bundle of black hair in a black hair net.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
human hair and fibre
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask2655/119

A wood mask of a greyish-blue pig monster ? decorated with white circle outlines and having brown and white hair for bristles. The oval eyes are red. Two holes are cut out below for the wearer to see through. There is a large snout and chin. Four white fangs on the upper gum and two white fangs on the lower gum. The oval ears are black with a white circle outline. A white snake decorated with red, pink, blue, yellow, and black circles and dots is wrapped around the upper part of the face.

Culture
Mexican
Material
wood, paint and hair
Made in
Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask2655/2

Papier-mache devil mask painted purple with two horns that curve at an angle upward and inward. Slanted upward at an angle, the red eyes are cut out, outlined with black and have brown hair for the eyebrows above. The red mouth is open and cut out with four red fangs, two above and two below. The mouth is outlined with black and has brown hair above for the moustache. The cheeks, the upward pointed ears, the chin and the cut out nostrils are outlined with black. A grey and blue cloth is attached with plastic cording.

Culture
Cora
Material
paper, paste adhesive, paint, hair and fibre
Made in
Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Headdress1498/1

A woman’s headdress made from coarsely woven dark brown wool textile. Consisting of a headband and an attached narrow “tail” or streamer that hangs down the back. Lavishly decorated with cowrie shells, red, and white glass beads, buttons, and embroidery. The headband is embellished with two rows of cowrie shells separated by a row of red glass beads. The bottom edge of the headband is finished with multi-coloured embroidery resembling a braid. The “tail” is trimmed with many buttons, red, and white glass beads, and cowrie shells forming floral and geometric shapes. The bottom is fringed (about 13.5 cm) and the side edges are finished with red, blue, and yellow-green embroidery resembling a braid. The textile used to construct the headband is woven in plain weave while the streamer is made from warp yarns which have been braided and loosely woven together to form a fabric.

Culture
Kalash
Material
wool fibre, goat hair fibre ?, cotton fibre ?, cowrie shell, glass, plastic and dye
Made in
Chitral, Northwest Frontier, Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketH1.309 a-o

Nest of fourteen round, flat bottomed woven baskets. The outer basket (part a) has alternating bands of red and blue around the sides and a lid (part o). The lid has alternating bands of red, blue, and open work encircling its centre. The inner baskets each have a red rim. A broken braided handle arcs from one side of the basket to the other.

Culture
Chilean
Material
horse hair and dye
Made in
Maule, Chile
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubD2.79

The ball is covered with hide, then with beading which has two sections of mauve across from each and two sections of turquoise across from each other outlined with red. The shaft is cloth-covered with an orange patterned cloth and with strands of white, turquoise, and dark blue beads wrapped around it. Long black hair is attached at one end, and feather attached to other end.

Culture
Plains
Material
glass, wood, stone, horse hair, leather skin, fibre and feather
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Strap1376/3

Very long, narrow, black and grey textile, decorated with many horizontal rows of resist-dyed or painted red disks that are overprinted or stamped with black cross-shaped motifs, like petals of a flower. Sections woven with wool or goat hair yarns alternate with sections woven with cotton yarns. Long black fringes at each end are made by tightly twisting the warp yarns.

Culture
North India ?
Material
wool fibre ?, goat hair fibre ?, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Jammu-Kashmir, India ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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