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Container905/10 a-b

A small cylindrical wood container (part a) with a flared out rounded bottom. Attached, there is a long thin skin band. There is a small circular lid (part b)

Culture
Kamba ?
Material
wood, skin and hair
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Knife2516/10 a-b

Knife with long blade and highly decorated scabbard. The blade has carved designs near tip and near handle. Bone handle has inter-woven wires wound around lower part and incised designs covering upper part. Tufts of pink, dark brown and off-white hair are attached at protrusions of handle. Blade has blackened throughout all non-sharpened areas. Part b is a wooden scabbard with four large areas of inlaid bone carving covering much of front, attached by bent metal pins. The bone carving closest to top has a fang-like protrusion sticking sharply out. Between the carvings are many tufts of red, black and white hair and two beadwork bands. The sides are held together with grass bands. At back is a thin pod-like sheath, attached by a grass band and by the woven handle protruding through an opening in the sheath. Dark brown pitch(?) is rubbed over the edges and undecorated areas of the front of the scabbard.

Culture
Iban
Material
wood, metal, bone, pod ?, pig hair ?, dye ?, human hair ?, glass and grass
Made in
Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Knife2516/9 a-b

Bone-handled knife (part a) with long pointed metal blade. Base of bone handle has thick band of inter-woven wires wound around it, top has incised designs. At top and protrusion of handle there are tufts of hair, some dyed red, and longer strands of dark human hair. Blade has darkened to almost black in some areas. Part b is a wooden scabbard with incised designs in upper section, and at bottom. It has 14 dark brown double bands of grass encircling it. There are two woven circular designs made of light and dark coloured grass, among the bands. On the upper part there are 14 rows of light coloured grass wound around and through the wood underneath the incised design. Attached to the back of the scabbard is a thinner scabbard that appears to be made from a seed pod(?) which is lashed onto the scabbard with string and wire. There is a braided grass handle attached at the back of the scabbard, and a tie of cotton printed fabric tied to the handle. The wood of the scabbard has a red stain(?) over most of its surface and there is another longer tuft of hair attached behind the scabbard.

Culture
Iban
Material
wood, pod ?, human hair, cotton fibre, stain ?, metal, pig hair ?, grass ?, steel metal and bone
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hair Tufting Textile1785/1

Moose hair tufting in a floral design, on black velvet. Rectangular light-grey mat with oval centre cut-out that frames an arrangement of flowers, leaves and stems. Velvet is stapled onto a layer of matboard and foam core.

Culture
Dene
Material
paper, metal, cotton fibre and moose hair
Made in
Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Headdress1689/7

An elongated headpiece made from dyed hair (commonly referred to as a 'roach'). Centre is clipped short and dyed green with a white border; outer edge is long, vertical, and dyed bright orange.

Culture
Plains
Material
horse hair ?, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Alberta, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Woven Hat953/2

A brown woven hat that has a coiled band going along the top from the front to the back. Red-brown hair is erect at the front with a tail-like effect at the back. The hat is mainly brown with yellow stripes. String is attached to both sides.

Culture
Naga
Material
human hair, fibre and dye
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera Spear1704/15

Cantonese opera prop. Spear with a cylindrical wooden shaft that has been wrapped in off-white fabric tape and has a silver, decorative wooden finial. Grey hair has been attached around the shaft at the base of the finial and tied with orange cord.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
wood, cotton fibre, hair and paint
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskEe102

Flat, rectangular wooden mask with two square eyeholes, a long, protruding nose, and a crescent moon-shaped mouth with gold covered teeth. Wiry brown, black and grey hair is applied for the hair, eyebrows, moustache and beard.

Culture
Himalayas
Material
wood, hair, gold metal and wood resin
Made in
Kathmandu, Nepal
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pouch1633/1

Vertical bag with long brown shoulder strap. Bag is entirely covered with small white-grey shells tied onto the surface. Four curved white-yellow tusks and three locks of black hair are also affixed to the front of the bag.

Culture
West Papuan
Material
fibre, tusk, hair and shell
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RopeB808 a-b

Two twisted bundles of goat hair rope. One rope (part a) is dark brown, and grey. The other rope (part b) is light brown, and grey.

Culture
Kalash
Material
goat hair
Made in
Broun, Northwest Frontier, Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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