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Spoon1570/12

Spoon with shallow horn scoop hafted to another pointed horn. The inside surface of the bowl has incised decorations with inlaid shell and copper(?) decorations. The handle is carved in relief and also has inlaid shell decorations.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
mountain goat horn, copper metal ? and shell
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spoon1570/13

Horn spoon with intricately carved handle; scoop is shallow and undecorated. Handle's decoration is a hollow animal with inlaid abalone eyes and an upward protrusion that has two more inlaid circles on it sides.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
cow horn and abalone shell
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spoon1570/53

Spoon with shallow scoop and narrow, pointed handle. Spoon is undecorated; scoop is demarcated from handle by a sharp cut.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
mountain goat horn
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureEdz964 a-b

Carving of a koi-like orange fish with bulbous white and black glass eyes, a curving tail and shallowly carved scales; fish rests on a wooden stand with four legs (part b).

Culture
Chinese
Material
horn ?, wood, glass and dye
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure1418/1

A large wood figure with wings outstretched. The circular eyes are drilled into a deep hollow hole. Upraised eyebrows with three white circles in a row. Two horn-like pieces carved into a curve around the sides of the face. Flowing hair down the sides and for the beard as well. Hairy moustache. Four white teeth and a wood tongue. Top of head decorated with shells. Rope belt has shells on it. Carved wood skirt with vertical grooved lines of white. Short wood feet with shell and plant fibre anklets.

Culture
Dan ?
Material
wood, shell, horn, stem, hair and skin
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shadow Puppet1374/28

A flat tall puppet painted gold-coloured. Represents the character Bima, Pandhawa Prince. The curly black hair curves backward and upward. The black face is accentuated with red. The lower garment is black, red, and gold-coloured checkered edged with a green, red, pink, white, black, and gold-coloured floral design. There is also an alternating green and red downward spike design. There is a matching headdress. The feet are connected with a horizontal red band. The feet and the head face to the puppet's left. Each arm has a red shoulder band and bracelet which has two blue curly protrusions. The shoulders and elbows are rotatable and a marionette stick is attached through the palm of each hand.

Culture
Javanese
Material
water buffalo skin, fibre, pigment and horn
Made in
Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shadow Puppet1374/29

A flat tall puppet painted yellow-white. Represents the character Arjuna, Pandhawa Prince. There are red eyes and the three upper teeth are white. The curly black hair curves backward and upward, and are tinged with gold along the edges. The lower garment is finely perforated with a red, green, blue, and gold design. The feet and the head face to the puppet's right. There is a gold necklace with a green pendant. Two gold shoulder rings and a bracelet are on each arm. The shoulders and the elbows are rotatable and a marionette stick is attached through the palm of each hand.

Culture
Balinese ?
Material
water buffalo skin, horn, fibre and pigment
Made in
Bali, Indonesia ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shadow PuppetIb440

Two-dimensional painted puppet of an ornately dressed golden humanoid figure with long, curling black hair and wing-like shapes protruding from the back. Long, translucent yellow-brown carved sticks are attached to both hands with a third, tapering stick running up the figure's right leg and chest, ending in a looping reverse curve over the figure's ear that continues up a wing-like protrusion. Both arms have movable joints at the elbows and shoulders.

Culture
Javanese
Material
water buffalo skin, fibre, horn and paint
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shadow Puppet1568/5

Two-dimensional painted puppet of an ornately dressed man (Sultan, Hamengkubuwono IX) wearing a hat. Long, translucent yellow-brown carved sticks are attached to both hands with a third, tapering stick running up the figure's left leg and chest, ending in a looping reverse curve over the figure's ear. Both arms have movable joints at the elbows and shoulders.

Culture
Javanese
Material
water buffalo skin, fibre, water buffalo horn and paint
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Puppet Control Rod1374/7 a-b

Two horn rods for controlling the arms of a shadow puppet. The rods are slightly bowed. They are undecorated except for an area near the centre where they have a raised area containing four rings on part a and three rings on part b. Each rod has a small hole through one end.

Culture
Western Indonesian
Material
water buffalo horn
Made in
Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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