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Perfume Bottle3553/4

Triangular prism-like silver perfume bottle; stopper is missing. Long cylindrical neck extends from top, with a protruding lip; two curved handles, with looped ends, extend from either side of bottle. Bottle has a triangular top, flat back, and its front two sides curve outward at centre; bottom of bottle rounds to a point. Front two sides have curvilinear and vine-like motifs incised across surface; background covered with dots. Two raised circles in middle of designs, filled with a red mineral(?). Back of perfume bottle has three connected concentric circles, and a large floral motif incised in the middle. All sides of bottle have plain borders around edges. Large ring attached to left handle; additional loop clasp on left shoulder of perfume bottle.

Culture
Bedouin
Material
silver alloy metal and mineral ?
Made in
Saudi Arabia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask3607/1

Pink metal mesh chinelo dancer's mask with a matted fibre beard, moustache, and eyebrows. Brows gently curve overtop oval-shaped eyes, with long lashes. Moustache curves sharply at ends, curling up around sides of face; beard has similar curve and protrudes outward from mask. Face has a large slanted mouth and rosy cheeks. Eyes, mouth and cheeks are painted on; thin nose is shaped from mesh. Mask is edged with painted fabric; yellow tie across back, for hanging purposes.

Culture
Mexican
Material
metal, plastic, fibre, paint and cotton fibre
Made in
Tepoztlan, Morelos, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drum3604/1

Very heavy, cast bronze drum. The round drum head has a 14-pointed star at the centre, with many bands of dots, swirls and linear designs, and three larger bands with various birds, animals and humans. The sides are also decorated with many bands of designs except for the lower base, which is plain. There are four large handles attached to the sides. The inside is hollow. The metal appears to have a bronze coloured paint applied over the entire outer surface.

Culture
Vietnamese
Material
bronze metal and paint
Made in
Thanh Hoa, Vietnam
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask3428/2

Vejigante carnival mask of painted paper mache construction. Mask is mainly painted a light grey-blue, with purple and white dots, and purple dashes on the horns. The white face with cut-out holes at the eyes and mouth. There are floral-like designs in gold and purple that spiral out from around the eyes. The eye sockets and nostrils are painted purple, with large false lashes glued to the upper edge of the eye sockets. Three long curved horns project out from the top and sides. The top, centre horn extends up, and curves forward, and has a small gold cross in front of green fern-like leaves. The right horn curls forward, in front of the face, and the left horn curls up and over the head. The top of the head is lined with four large red flowers with yellow stamens, and two orange and black butterfly. On both sides, a small painted white metal key hangs from the horns. The snout has a large open mouth with black stitching along the lips, and three pointed white teeth with red gums. Black, grey and red ribbons are tied to each side of the mask and hang down. The interior is painted red. Signed and dated inside.

Culture
Puerto Rican
Material
paper, paste adhesive, paint, gesso, metal and synthetic fibre
Made in
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Earrings3596/8 a-b

Hoop-like leather earrings decorated with glass, seed, and plastic beads, and metal charms; earrings have different beaded patterns on front. Both earrings are rectangular with rounded tops; semi-circular protrusions along top edges, on front and back, where earrings secure. Both protrusions decorated with beaded stripes on front and back. Two semi-circular and one triangular beaded protrusion on outer edges of both earrings, with metal charms extending from them. Semi-circular protrusions have plastic buttons in their centres; protrusions on left earring (part a) are backed with leather. Metal loops on inner edges of both earrings, towards top. Earrings have three sections of decoration: semi-circle on top, main body, and small groupings of beads and a plastic button along bottom edge. Upper section of left earring is solidly decorated with a plastic button in the centre; outer edges trimmed with three plain bands. Main body is covered in horizontal rows, trimmed with stripes on all sides. Upper section of right earring (part b) has a ray-like motif, connecting to a central button. Main body consists of four rectangles with a wide decorative band across middle; all sides trimmed with multi-coloured stripes. Circular beads run down centre of main body of right earring. Backs and interior of both earrings are undecorated.

Culture
Maasai
Material
glass, seed, plastic, cow skin and metal
Made in
Narok, Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace3596/7

Round beaded neck ring consisting of eighteen strands of glass beads in encircling rows, becoming successively smaller in size towards centre. Rows are (from interior to exterior): yellow, yellow, red, red, red, red, red, white, white, white, white, blue, blue, blue, blue, orange, orange, and orange. Thin pieces of bone(?) placed intermittently across neck ring to hold beads in place. Space between two pieces of bone, at front of necklace, has a band pattern made up of horizontal and vertical stripes; done in same colours as rest of neck ring. Necklace secures at back with a large hook clasp.

Culture
Maasai
Material
glass, metal and bone ?
Made in
Narok, Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hand Plough3577/19

Wooden hand plough. Two long pieces of wood are inserted through a round centre piece. One end, the handle, is lashed together with plant fibre near the end, and another twisted plant fibre midway down, and the opposite ends are inserted into two metal blades. A third piece of wood, that is slightly S-shaped, is inserted through the round centre piece at an angle. This piece of wood is further attached by a length of skin which is tied to the other two pieces of wood.

Culture
Ethiopian
Material
wood, metal, plant fibre and skin
Made in
Ethiopia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace3577/18

Double-ended silver pendant necklace. Two pendants attached by eight long chains, four on each side. Trapezoid shaped pendant has small 3D decoration at centre, surrounded by inset chain. Six metal cones hang from along bottom edge from short chains. Rectangular pendant is has filigree all over and 5 convex metal discs. Along the bottom edge, nine metal cones hang on short chains.

Culture
Ethiopian
Material
metal
Made in
Ethiopia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Button Blanket3558/1

Black button blanket with wide red bands along all edges, on front; small red neck tie along top edge with a snap metal closure. Inner edges of red bands are decorated with groupings of four white buttons, done in diamond formation; groups are spaced evenly throughout. Central design on blanket is a large copper, done in red felt. Copper has bear design on the top half and "T"-like design on bottom. White buttons are stitched across red felt. Top back edge of blanket is decorated with a wide red band. Two loop ties on either side, towards centre on back.

Culture
Nisga'a
Material
synthetic fibre, wool fibre, plastic, metal and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Knife3589/1 a-b

Ceremonial parang (part a) with scabbard (part b). Long knife has a cylindrical horn hilt that tapers towards top; rectangular protrusion extends from left side. Both top half of hilt and protrusion are hollowed out. Circular, curvilinear, linear, and fang-like motifs carved in relief along upper half of hilt; hilt grip covered with woven band of rattan. Holes are drilled into the tapered section of the hilt, for hanging purposes; hilt attached to blade with resin. Knife blade is convex on one side, slightly concave on the other, and widens from the hilt; back edge of point is tiered. Linear, "X" designs, geometric, and curvilinear motifs incised along front of blade. Scabbard is composed of wood sheath for the long knife, and has a smaller plant fibre and fabric sheath tied to back with rattan. Wood sheath is made of two pieces of wood bound together with rattan; upper two bands of rattan are plain, bottom four are tied decoratively. Panels decorated with floral and curvilinear motifs carved along front of wood sheath. Smaller sheath is undecorated and has two pieces of bamboo along the interior edges, providing shape. Long braided rattan cord, with looped ends, threaded through small sheath, for carrying purposes.

Culture
Iban
Material
metal, bone, rattan, resin, bamboo grass ?, cotton fibre ? and plant fibre
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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