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MaskIe485

Carved wooden spirit mask in an elongated oval shape. In lower centre is a human face with protruding round eyes, flared nostrils, open mouth with carved teeth and small ears. Covering over the inset face are concentric points meeting vertically from oval background, each one overlapping above and below the face. Four below and six above. Small knobs at both ends; top has a small woven fibre tie.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, stain, lime mineral, charcoal pigment and fibre
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Orators StoolIe499

Carved, wood stool consisting of a standing figure on a base with bent knees and arms extending parallel to body. Palms facing inside body. The large, oval shaped face is fringed with cassowary feathers and elaborately painted brown, black and white. Framing the face is inlaid with small cowrie shells. The face has circular-like shapes encompassing the large protruding eyes inlaid with shells. The nose is long, narrow and slightly projects at the tip. On the cheeks are triangular tattoo-like incisions. The mouth is open with the tongue protruding out. The chest is incised with geometric designs and a large rectangular carved pendant in the middle. Around the waist is a woven cord loincloth covering the prominent genital area. Attached to the lower back of the figure is semi-circular stool with a small mask on lower part of leg. The face is incised with lines and has protruding eyes, nose and tongue. The body of the figure is covered in black, charcoal ? pigment.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, cassowary feather, fibre, cowrie shell, shell, charcoal pigment ?, ochre pigment, lime mineral and human hair
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Body MaskIe505

Tumbuan body mask/costume. Mask is composed of a conical basketry top with woven facial features near the top, which is finished with a lip that juts upwards and outwards to form a circle as viewed from the top. The top is painted in alternating white and orange vertical bands. The bottom of the mask is finished with a long fringe attached to a ring of bent branch.

Culture
Asmat
Material
wood, bark fibre, ochre pigment ?, lime mineral ? and palm leaf
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FinialIe368

Pot-shaped stand upon which sits the figure of a man, on whose shoulders, there is a bird with outstretched wings. The stand has two raised wavy lines and raised concentric circles near the top. The man has an upturned face and no neck. The bird has sucker-like protrusions on its tail. The stand is several shades of brown with white highlights. The man's right side is brown while the other side is black. The bird is brown. Both the man and the bird have spots and lines.

Culture
Chambri
Material
charcoal, lime mineral and clay
Made in
Aibom, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HookIe361

Carved wooden yipwon (hook figure). Flat, rectangular wood piece with a slight curve at the bottom and a taper to a rounded end. The front has three dimensional carving, starting at the top: two hooks facing each other, elongated human face with shell inlay eyes, three carved projections, one hook facing up. The base of the hook is carved in relief with a stylized geometric design. In the cuts is a white pigment.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, shell, charcoal, oil and lime mineral
Made in
East Sepik, Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Canoe ProwIe358

Triangular shaped wooden prow with a cylindrical shaped base that tapers to a point. The sides of the base are incised with a repeating stylized geometric design. Attached below is a framework of triangular shapes intermixed with fish and bird heads. White pigment outlines the shapes while orange pigment is added to the engravings. Five fibre tassels hang from the base.

Culture
Asmat
Material
wood, charcoal pigment, lime mineral, ochre pigment, fibre and chalk stone ?
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskIe395

Mask with a concave face, protruding eyes, a looped nose, concave ears, and a dish-like oval object on the forehead. A rail runs below the face, and another bound with cassowary feathers and brown feathers are also spaced evenly along the rail. Cassowary feathers decorate the nose and sennit fibre tassels hang from the ears. The mask is made of rattan woven over a frame of wood that is thinly coated with clay. The facial features are emphasized with black and white pigment.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
sennit fibre, clay, cassowary feather, feather, bamboo grass, rattan, chalk stone ?, lime mineral ? and pigment
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeltIe401

A wide flat coiled bark belt with a pattern incised into the outside surface of the outer coil. The inside coil is entirely unadorned. The curvilinear pattern has human faces within the rounded borders of both ends. Lime white accents the pattern. Fibre and string run through a series of holes in one area. The belt ends are tongue-shaped.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
lime mineral, fibre and bark
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureIb425

Polychrome, carved wood sculpture of a standing dark brown tortoise supporting a green serpent-like dragon curled on its shell which is also surmounted by a standing white-winged, red-brown dragon ? whose front paws hug the snake body at the neck. Tail has multi-pointed plume like both wings, all of which are outlined by red. End of snake is in an upright position at the back. All three creatures face the same direction with open mouths and bulging eyes. Dragon-like figures have tall ornate crowns and fanged teeth. Face at the back of the upper figure's crown has a beak. Creatures' heads move and are held in the neck areas with pins.

Culture
Balinese
Material
metal, paint, lime mineral and wood
Made in
Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskSh2

Light wood piece with centre hollowed out. All features of face are pronounced: red lower lip protrudes further than black upper lip around perforated mouth slit; yellow lime covers large geometric nose, softened cheekbones and chin; recessed eye sockets have protruding white eyelids around lozenge-shaped eye perforations. Eyebrows are black arcs. One perforated hole on either temple with knotted twine; the hole on the left with length of twisted wire. Knotted tag attached to hole on the right and three stamps on inside of mask.

Culture
Chane
Material
metal, wood, fibre and lime mineral
Made in
Aguaray, Argentina
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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