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Model Totem Pole1666/9

Light brown wooden model totem pole with dark brown, green and black painted accents. From top to bottom, figures depicted are: a thunderbird, a raven and a beaver with its tail curled up between its legs. Protruding from the top of the pole is a cylindrical segment with three carved notches encircling it. Pole stands on a wooden base.

Culture
Nisga'a
Material
wood, paint and ink
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Picture Frame1960/732

Wooden frame with photograph of an old mission church glued onto the centre. Frame is incised with Northwest Coast images. Inscription on back.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
wood and ink
Made in
Port Simpson, British Columbia, Canada and Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bowl1060/59

A deep oval wood dish with pointed ends and four conical legs with a double-side-by-side triangular protrusion through which a fibre rope loops around the middle. Inside the dish there are two pieces of tape, one reads "CEREMONIAL DISH", the other reads "FIJI".

Culture
Fijian
Material
wood, paper, ink and fibre
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pattern524/8 b

Rectangular pattern made from piercing a piece of translucent skin with a small point. Pattern has an edge of floral designs and an edge of solid fill formed by fairly dense, evenly dispersed pinholes. Pattern has ink around floral parts of pattern on one side of skin.

Culture
English
Material
skin and ink
Made in
United Kingdom and Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Whisk1060/69

A long cylindrical skin handle with circular protrusions all around that have some plant fibre weaving decoration. The top end of the handle has a looped skin band painted with red dots connected by a brown zig zag line. The bottom end of the handle flares out with skin strands from which grey hair flows down.

Culture
West African
Material
ink, hair, skin, plant fibre, paint and paper
Made in
“Gambia” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Carving946/36

Miniature wooden carving of a man pushing an open, flat cart with a single wagon-like wheel underneath and two stick-like handles attached at the back for the driver to man--the wheel and cart can pivot. A vertical protrusion divides the cart in two with two basket like objects resting on either side of it--a piece a red fabric with a white pattern is draped over this divider and onto the floor of the cart. The carving is mounted on a flat rectangular piece of wood with an inscription on the bottom: "Coal carrying."

Culture
Chinese
Material
wood, ink, paint, adhesive and fibre
Made in
Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bottle973/17

Glass bottle with white plastic lid. Bottle has incised grooves on upper portion and has a white label with green coloured printed writing on the front. The bottle contains white coconut oil.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
glass, paper, ink and oil
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Carving946/20

Miniature wooden carving of a man pushing an open, flat cart with a single wagon-like wheel underneath and two stick-like handles attached at the back for the driver to man--the wheel and cart can pivot. Riding on the cart are a man, a woman, and two packages on--the male passenger holds an umbrella over himself. The two passengers sit on either side of a vertical protrusion that divides the cart in two--a piece a red fabric with a white floral pattern is draped over this divider and onto the floor of the cart where the passengers sit. The carving is mounted on a flat rectangular piece of wood with an inscription on the bottom: "....One method of transportation."

Culture
Chinese
Material
wood, fibre, ink, metal and paint
Made in
Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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GameEdz1085 a-b

White sheet of rectangular paper (part a) divided by blue and red coloured lines into seven segments; segments have in them a rooster, fish, crab, shrimp, a conical object with a ribbon, two rows of characters, and a circular object with a ribbon, respectively--all images are red, green or blue. Three die in a shrink-wrapped package (part b) have images on their six sides corresponding to those on the paper--excluding the characters.

Culture
Chinese
Material
paper, ink and plastic ?
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentEdz1132 a-j

Ten objects of the same size and shape; triangular pieces of gold foil with green sticks glued down the back, protruding out the bottom. A second, smaller triangular foil tier--coloured red, green, pink and gold--is raised off the surface of the first by three cylindrical spacers; a red pompom sits in the centre of the second tier. A single, slender strip of peacock feather arises from the back of each object.

Culture
Chinese
Material
metal, silk fibre ?, dye, ink and peacock feather
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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