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Victory Textile2590/3

Large contemporary, commemorative textile with a repeating pattern of blue geometrical shapes, dots, and horizontal bands of heart-shapes. Along the bottom and top there is red text. Two horizontal rows predominate in the middle. Each alternates an image of a man contained within a red circle with a square red, blue, and white emblem with an elephant with a blue outline in it. Text appears in the circles with the images in black; within the squares in white; in the background in red (not in English). Cloth is thin with a slight stiffness.

Culture
Ghanaian
Material
polyester fibre, dye, ink ? and cotton fibre
Made in
Ghana ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SandalsSa405 a-b

Pair of leather sandals (part a-b). The sandals are made of two leather pieces, held together with a nail and a long, thin ankle and toe strap. The toe strap is knotted on the underside; the ankle strap is threaded through flaps on the sides.

Culture
Maya: Mam
Material
leather skin, stain ?, ink and metal
Made in
San Juan Atitan, Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Flute2600/11

Flute with six finger holes containing a rolled up paper with blue writing.

Culture
Wounaan
Material
reed grass, paper and ink
Made in
Pimia River, Choco, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SandalsSa396 a-b

Pair of men’s leather sandals (part a-b). The sandals have a full back backs and a tongue piece attached by leather thongs to the sides. The tongue piece is red with an upper green stripe and five incised metal rings. The toe strap is pulled through a hole and threaded back through the tongue piece. The sandals are have black rubber tire soles and are held together with metal nails.

Culture
Maya: Mam
Material
leather skin, synthetic rubber, paint ?, ink and metal
Made in
San Juan Atitan, Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Funeral Textile2590/1

Large contemporary, commemorative textile with repeating pattern in the background of alternating Adinkra symbols. Along the top and bottom edge there is a band of repeating Adinkra symbols. The middle has a row of circular images depicting a seated man encircled by text. Above and below this row, there is a row of circular images of weapons, alternating with circular images of a porcupine on a stool. There is text within these circles. There is a label in the lower left corner from the manufacturer.

Culture
Asante
Material
cotton fibre, polyester fibre, ink ? and dye
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Manuscript2569/15

Multiple pages of Sinhala script etched into palm leaves between wooden covers painted with red and yellow leaf designs. Book is joined together by a long string that goes through a hole at one end of the book. There is a clear glass bead at one end of the string.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
palm leaf, wood, paint, ink, glass and fibre
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Manuscript2569/14 a-e

Multiple pages of script etched into palm leaves between black and red painted wooden covers. Edges of the pages are gold. Yellow and blue string connects some of the pages through holes. There is a painted wooden cover (part a), another painted wooden cover with peeling paint (part b), and groups of palm leaves (parts c-e).

Culture
Khmer ?
Material
palm leaf, ink, wood, paint and fibre
Made in
Cambodia ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Manuscript2569/13 a-c

Pages of script written on palm leaf. The pages are joined by a string that goes through a hole in the middle of the pages and then wraps around the book with a small circular wood knob. Two smaller notes are also wrapped with the book. The book is part a; parts b-c are loose pieces of leaf with script.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
palm leaf, fibre and ink
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Waxemedlagin xusbandayu' (Even Though I am the Last, I Still Count)Nb3.1494 a-b

Two mixed-media, photo-based installation panels. On panel 'a', the outer borders depict four wolves, while the inner photographic image is of the artist's aunts and uncles as children, and the larger image is of old growth forest in Kingcome Inlet. Panel 'b' depicts four ravens on the outer borders, while the inner photographic image is of the artist's mother and her youngest sister, inside the larger image of the water and islands around Gilford Island.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, paper, ink, plastic, paint and metal
Made in
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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The Last Voyage of the Black Ship2574/100

Soft cover book of thirty-six pages. Cover shows two people in a canoe with paddles with a bear clinging to the prow, with a large black ship behind them. The title and author's name are in the upper left corner. The back of the book is predominantly red with a central white rectangle with black writing and a picture of the author. The inside of the book is filled with drawings and words in comic book fashion.

Culture
Haida
Material
paper, adhesive and ink
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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