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Spoon1570/14

Large spoon with handle that curves outward. The top of the handle is carved goat horn, the middle of the handle is carved copper, and the bowl of the spoon is made out of sheep horn. Both the handle portions are carved with Northwest Coast design elements.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
mountain sheep horn, copper metal and mountain goat horn
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shadow Puppet1568/4

Shadow puppet (wayang kulit) representing the character Petruk. Two dimensional, tall, thin man with articulated shoulders and elbows; arms have rods of horn from hands; another long, horn rod has central split and goes up height of puppet on both sides. Man is of a translucent skin with opaque painted decorations of shoes, bracelets, skirt, necklace, earrings, and facial features. Decorations are painted on both sides. Skirt is of a black and gold triangle design with red outlines; waist has a row of red and green alternating triangles above a row of green and gold triangles; fringe is in orange, blue, and white. Shoes are black with gold decoration. Head has braid of dark hair through a hole at the back of the painted hair area; strands of red string tie end of braid.

Culture
Javanese
Material
water buffalo skin, hair, paint, fibre and water buffalo horn
Made in
Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LoomSf1126 a-o

Part a: Overdress loom, consists of two large branch beams, warp and partly woven overdress, heddles and rod and large branch shed rod. Weaving is about two thirds black warp face and one third (on one side) design panel of horses and geometric in purple, white, orange, red, green and yellow. Part b: shed roll, part c: comb made of dark wood, flat and slightly tapered, jagged top and bottom. Part d: long slender stick for holding picked up threads, part e: pick beater made of yellow horn. Part f: flattened pointed stick for picking up threads made of dark wood and slightly curved and tapered to a point. Part g: Dark brown wood, one piece with knob handle and round shaft which is shaped to a point. Part h: dark brown wood with tapered ends, roughly rounded and smoothed. Part i: dark brown leather tie, two lengths joined through slits. Part j: leather tie but only one length and end has three slits. Part k: Grey, brown and red braid tie. Part l: Long stick. Part m: long and thick rounded bar. Part n: Grey and light brown coloured woven band with red spots. Part o: Dark and light brown tie.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wood, cotton fibre, sheep wool fibre, skin, horn, synthetic fibre and dye
Made in
Candelaria, Chuquisaca, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Container1455/6

A carved pitcher-shaped container with a flat handle, that has a raised irregular grape vine with fruit and a geometric band design on the foot.

Culture
Chinese
Material
rhinocero horn ?
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonNb7.247

Dark brown-black spoon carved from horn with a short, pointed handle.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
mountain goat horn
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Powder HornA1586

Hollow, curved section of yellow-brown horn with a stick-like wooden stopper at the pointed end and a wooden plug affixed with metal rivets blocking the large end. A braided srting strap with tassels runs from the stopper to the centre of the plug.

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
horn, fibre, wood, metal and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mallet1374/40

A hammer with a curved brown wood handle and a slightly curved black horn head.

Culture
Javanese
Material
wood and horn
Made in
Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Puppet Rod1374/34

A long curvy translucent multi-shades of brown stick piece. There is a short tapered end separated from the long gradually two-piece diverging and tapering end by a bulbous and grooved section. The long end has pink plastic coiled around it.

Culture
Javanese
Material
water buffalo horn and plastic
Made in
Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Headdress1003/1

Dark brown-black fur headdress. Long neck flap attached to the main hat. Two buffalo-like horns protruding from the top. Two skin thongs used as chin straps.

Culture
Plains
Material
buffalo skin ? or buffalo horn ?
Made in
Alberta, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shadow Puppet1374/1

Shadow puppet of male figure with black face in profile. Long neck, with six black lines, projecting out from body. Long nose, open mouth with three teeth. Hair tied into curved and pointed shape with gold coloured attachment. Skirt has brightly coloured design and chest is bare. Hair and skirt finely perforated. Long, jointed arms attached to controlling rods. Ring on each hand with three red circles on it. Feet are joined heel to toe by red strip. The shoulders and elbows are rotatable and a marionette stick is attached through the palm of each hand.

Culture
Javanese
Material
water buffalo skin, gold metal, fibre, adhesive, paint and water buffalo horn
Made in
Surakarta, Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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