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Mask2655/3

Paper mache animal mask. Deer-like horns have four prongs that angle inwards and are painted green, purple, and black. Orange-red hair surrounds the head down to the cheeks. Triangular shaped ears are just below the horns and are painted purple and outlined with the colour black. The outside of the eye sockets are painted lime green and the hollow socket walls are painted black. The snout is painted dark green, and the opened mouth is painted purple and has a twelve teeth on the upper and lower gum. The tongue sticks out of the mouth and is upturned exposing black ink print on the underside. The rim of the entire mask is bound with rags or cloth-like material.

Culture
Cora
Material
paper, paint, hair, fibre and adhesive
Made in
Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask2624/1

Painted wooden mask with flesh-coloured complexion and a furrowed brow. Strips of brown fur are nailed in place for the eyebrows and mustache. Bottom of mask ends at the jaw.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
wood, metal, paint and animal hair
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hair Cover2617/1

A man's hairnet woven from black horse hair, which is twisted, knotted, and braided in various sections. Two elongated fabric hair ties hang from the netting.

Culture
Chinese
Material
horse hair and cotton fibre
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear2623/55

Long wooden spear with feathers, coiled grass fibre, cuscus and decorative ? edging between point and shaft of spear. Shaft has a circular barrel and tip has square edges tapering to a point.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
black palm wood, animal hair and feather
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cord403/1

Cord composed of twined off-white and grey goat hair and cedar bark.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
goat hair and cedar bark
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ear Ornament2623/6

Ear decorations. Two lengths of bamboo with two types of feathers and tufts of fur sticking out one end. Decorations are strung together with corded plant fibre. The bamboo has burnt etching in geometric patterns down the barrel.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bamboo grass, feather and animal hair
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Collar1176/9 c

Flat, circular, golden collar with a protruding, zigzagging border around the bottom half. Collar has elaborate, arabesque-like cut-out designs and eight 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, paint, hair ? and dye
Made in
Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Knife2516/14 a-b

Knife (part a) with long steel blade. Top edge at blade tip is carved out in notched pattern and the blade itself curves slightly lengthwise. Base of bone handle has interwoven wires wrapped around it, upper area has incised designs and tufts of pink, black and off-white hair sticking out of protrusion openings. The wood scabbard is made of two pieces held together with 15 encircling dark brown grass bands. There are also two designs of interwoven light and dark grass forming circular patterns. The wood of the scabbard (part b) has two areas of incised designs and four areas with pink, black and off-white hair tufts. At the back of the scabbard is a thin pod-like sheath attached, which has a woven grass handle and a string attached through a slit. A piece of stiff folded pig skin(?) protrudes from the bottom opening of the scabbard. There is a group of tufts of hair at the bottom of the scabbard. The wood of the scabbard appears to have been stained.

Culture
Bidayuh ?
Material
wood, metal, pod ?, pig hair ?, stain ?, dye ?, pig skin ?, cotton fibre, human hair ?, grass ? and bone
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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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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