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Retablo Altar2738/197

Brightly painted portable "retablo" box altar. Two doors open outwards from the centre on leather hinges to show a scene commemorating the discovery of America in 1492, with three ships (caravels) in a dragon-filled sea. The exterior sides of the box are painted with blue dots while the doors on both sides are painted with floral motifs in red, purple, yellow, and black on a white background.

Culture
Peruvian
Material
wood, paint, clay, leather skin, metal and graphite mineral
Made in
Ayacucho, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Musical Instrument2738/117

Percussion instrument that consists of heavy copper cowbells attached with long, twisted leather strips to a rectangular piece of thick leather.

Culture
Ecuadorian
Material
leather skin, copper alloy metal and iron metal
Made in
Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Corpus Christi Drum2738/59

Small drum with painted scenes of Corpus Christi celebrations. Light coloured skins are stretched around a circular-shaped twig frame, which are fitted over each end of the central wood piece, secured with another bent twig and bound with green plastic twine and leather fastenings that zigzag between the two. On one end is depicted a priest, an elaborately costumed dance figure and an official, on the other, a red spotted wolf and a yellow jaguar stand beside a rounded harp-like object.

Culture
Ecuadorian
Material
wood, leather skin, skin, synthetic fibre and paint
Made in
Salasaca, Tungurahua, Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bracelet2704/23

Double layered beaded bracelet on leather backing. The beads are sewn sections, differing in colour (black, white, orange, yellow, red) and motif (solid, stripe, triangle). Stitches around the middle create the look of two layers.

Culture
West African
Material
leather skin, plastic and fibre
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bracelet2704/22

Beaded bracelet on leather backing. The beads are sewn in a triangle pattern, alternating black and white with red outlines. There is a beaded border around the edges, white on one side and red on the other. Inside is a square sticker.

Culture
West African
Material
leather skin, plastic and fibre
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask2704/5

Black mask with horns. The mask has a round forehead with gold bar, red flap ears, wide cheeks and white eyes with open corners. Under the eyes are yellow half circles with red and white dots. The lower jaw is movable but secured with leather ties, splitting through the large red lips. The interior is unpainted.

Culture
West African
Material
wood, paint and leather skin
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera Boots2701/11 a-b

A pair of boots high enough to cover the wearer’s calf, with very thick white soles curved upwards at the front. The sides of the boots are decorated with frontal images of flowers in two shades of blue sequins, with tendrils extending from them filled in with silver sequins, as are the centres of the flowers. There are also flowers on the toes of the boots. There are long loops of fabric attached to the tops of the boots at the centre front. A red stamp with Chinese characters is inside (a) near top.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
synthetic fibre ?, leather skin, paint, plastic and cotton fibre
Made in
Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera Boots2701/10 a-b

A pair of boots high enough to cover the wearer’s calf, with very thick white soles curved upwards at the front. The sides of the boots are decorated with images of flowers made of yellow sequins outlined in gold, as are the flowers on the toes of the boots. There are wavy lines of yellow sequins above the flowers. White piping demarcates the foot of the boots from the uppers. There are long loops of fabric attached to the tops of the boots at the centre front. A red stamp with Chinese characters is inside of each boot, near the top.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
synthetic fibre ?, leather skin, paint, plastic and cotton fibre
Made in
Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera Boots2701/8 a-b

A pair of boots high enough to cover the wearer’s calf, with very thick white soles curved upwards at the front. The foot is demarcated from the calf with a line of silver sequins. The sides of the boots are decorated with large images of birds facing downwards, the birds and their details outlined in silver, and the images filled in with cream coloured sequins. There are long loops of fabric attached to the tops of the boots at the centre front.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
synthetic fibre ?, leather skin, paint, plastic and cotton fibre
Made in
Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera Shoes2701/6 a-b

A pair of flat-soled shoes made of white fabric heavily decorated with silver sequins. There is an image of a butterfly or moth made of sequins and edged with white fur over the toes.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
synthetic fibre ?, leather skin, plastic, cotton fibre and animal hair
Made in
Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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