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Shadow PuppetEdz1381

A shadow puppet of a Chinese man with a wrinkled face, short black hair, and a long moustache. Wearing a red hat with yellow plumes on the back and two flowers. Wearing black high cut Manchu laced boots and intricate floral robes with trousers to match. Three horn handling sticks, one at the back of the head bending downwards at a right angle, tied with black string, and one at each hand tied also with black string. Plastic rivets connect parts, shoulder, elbows, hands, waist, and hips. One boot shows completely while with the other, only the foot appears from under the long robes.

Culture
Chinese
Material
plastic, ink, paint, horn, skin and fibre
Made in
Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LadleA2608

Large bowl with short, curved handle; the inside of the bowl is incised with design of a sea creature resembling a dogfish. The handle is carved as a bird, inlaid in four places with abalone. 'a9ka' and 'al' are incised into the lower part of the bowl

Culture
Tlingit
Material
mountain sheep horn and abalone shell
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BoxEd5.2953 a-b

Barrel-shaped with rounded corners. Dark brown sides with yellowed transparent top and bottom. Lid (b) has gold-painted design of peacock flying over water; islands, grass, and rocks with mountains in background. Large whitish area upper right. Sides fit over base (a); the two longest have one centred notch each at rim.

Culture
Japanese
Material
lacquer and horn
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureAf335

Standing wood figure (ibeji) with black, disc-shaped, beaded waistband (discs of horn?). Head is capped with a conical headdress. Cap is decorated with two sets of vertical ridges and the back with four. Nine scarification marks radiate from and point downward from the navel. Extended arms have hands touching thighs. Has very short legs in relation to body and the feet are extremely large. Stands on circular pedestal. Body and base is heavily encrusted with red earth, and cap has traces of indigo. Has worn camwood patina.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
wood, fibre, indigo pigment, camwood pigment, horn ? and glass
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LadleA2460

Ladle with a light and medium brown mountain sheep horn bowl with a curved, elongated oval shape that is joined to a black mountain goat horn handle with wire inserted through three holes in the bowl. The tapering handle is carved with an otter or sea lion figure near the tip, a creature with a small head in its mouth, and a sea wolf type figure at the base. There are two holes bored through the bowl near at the handle base.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
mountain sheep horn, metal and mountain goat horn
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonA2459

Spoon carved from one piece of black mountain goat horn with a humanoid face inlaid with brown glass (?) carved at the junction of the bowl and handle. The handle is carved with transverse parallel lines.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
mountain goat horn and glass ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonA2458

Shallow oval bowl of mountain sheep horn joined with rivets to handle of mountain goat horn. Handle carved from tip down with: killer whale; human ?; bear; human ?; and whale.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
mountain sheep horn, iron metal and mountain goat horn
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureAf497

Standing wood female figure (ibeji) on oval base. Figure has a long trunk and arms on short stocky legs. Arms are at the sides. Has protruding stomach, breasts, and buttocks. Large head with facial features in relief of large protruding eyes having incised eyelids and eight incised notches on each cheek with three at the forehead. Tall pointed four-sided headdress with knob at top is patterned with incised lines. Recesses filled with indigo dye. Large pierced ears placed far back on the head. Earring of strung horn beads and one jasper. Arm on the right has brass bracelet with spiral incising. Two strings of dark horn beads at waist. Necklace of elongated blue beads with one red jasper bead. Incising at back of head, spine, and stomach. Carved wood piece with dark brown patina and red camwood in areas.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
wood, jasper mineral, stone, horn, brass metal, cotton fibre, indigo pigment and camwood pigment
Made in
Oyo, Nigeria ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CupAe67

Horn cup with a spout. Rim and spout are uneven with a hole in the spout. Upper, outer surface is rough and wrinkled. There is a roughly incised ring near the pointed tip. Interior striations and unpolished. Exterior is polished.

Culture
Central African
Material
horn
Made in
Cameroon
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CupAe66

Horn drinking cup with an indented rim and two bead-like forms carved at the base. Natural bone colours.

Culture
Central African
Material
horn
Made in
Cameroon
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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