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FigureEg132

Male figure dancing on a round pedestal platform on a square base. Holds a ball in hand to left and a lotus bud in opposite hand. Foot on left rests on a unidentifiable object. Wears bracelets, armbands, necklace, belt and anklets. Has elaborate ear ornaments.

Culture
South India
Material
bronze metal
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureEg131

Standing male holds in each of his four arms an object. Necklace and costume are denoted by incision. Wears a layered headpiece.

Culture
South India
Material
bronze metal
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureEg130

Winged male standing on a square base, hands in front with palms held together in posture of reverence. Wings, crown, jewelry and costume denoted by incision.

Culture
South India
Material
bronze metal
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureEg129

Female standing with hip shifted off-centre to right. Holds unidentified object in right hand. Crown, jewelry, and costume are denoted by incision.

Culture
South India
Material
bronze metal
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureEg128

Female seated cross-legged on set on a squared base. Holds a ladle across her lap. Costume, ladle, crown and base covered with extensive decorative incising. Purposeful holes on either side of head.

Culture
South India
Material
bronze metal
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureEg81

Light yellow-white horse head, neck, face and outer ears. Black mane, eyebrows, top eye outline and pupils. Red inner ears, nostrils, mouth, snout, lower eye outline, and marks on forehead and either side of neck. Affixed to black mount and stand.

Culture
South India
Material
wood, paint and metal
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thumb PianoAa73

A hollowed wooden block with sixteen flattened, then curved, bicycle spokes of varying lengths laid parallel to each other and crossing an inset metal plate. The spokes are held in place across their flattened ends by a metal rod, whose ends have been pounded into the wooden block. The rod is secured by four metal loops spaced across its length and pinned into the block. A small metal rod projecting from the opposite end of the instrument holds twelve small metal rings.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
grewium wood and metal
Made in
Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hand PuppetIa59 a-b

Hand puppet representing the character Xu Wen (bearded official). Costumed cloth hand puppet with carved, painted wooden head, hands, and feet. Varnished green face with orange cheeks, black hair and details. Black hair beard (26 cm long) attached below nose; sideburns. Body (part a) is undyed cotton flaps, attaching around head, light blue hands with holes through sideways, stuffed legs, white and light blue soled black boots. Pasted and stitched red silk robe (part b) with three centre, paper reinforced front flaps, with centre mirror, brocade circle, turquoise and white fur trim. Yellow brocade at front edges, yellow strip inside front. Decorations include yellow silk insets along blue borders, green and light blue silk flower-like insets with metal sequins, tin edged mirrors and silver and gold foil wrapped thread. Yellow cord trim at orange and blue stand up collar. White cord tie at neck, otherwise costume is detachable.

Culture
Taiwanese
Material
cotton fibre, wood, paste adhesive, paper, skin, metal, silk fibre, hair, lacquer and paint
Made in
Taiwan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hand PuppetIa58 a-b

Hand puppet representing the character Wu Sheng (young warrior). Costumed cloth hand puppet with carved, painted wooden head, hands and feet. Varnished yellow/cream face, black and red detail; black hair glued; ponytail held with glued string. Body (part a) is undyed cotton flaps, attaching around head with attached white hands with holes through sideways; stuffed legs with attached white and green soled black boots. Pasted and stitched panelled green silk robe (part b) in six rounded sections; double front flap at centre; cotton lined. Orange waistband and insets; stuffed yellow and green cat face at centre with red plastic ears, tongue and white plastic fangs; metal eyes. Decorations include; silver foil wrapped tread meanders, gold foil wrapped thread outlines, round and leaf shaped metal sequins and white and orange fur trim. Detachable costume; cord tie at neck.

Culture
Taiwanese
Material
cotton fibre, wood, paste adhesive, skin, metal, paper, plastic, silk fibre, adhesive, hair, lacquer and paint
Made in
Taiwan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskEh20

Mask representing a wolf head (this is a type of theatrical Kolam mask) with a black face, a long narrow snout, open mouth with red lips and pointed red teeth, bulging eyes with red-rimmed black pupils, and red nostrils. One protruding black and red ear remains nailed the the left side of the animal's head. One longer canine tooth in lower left side of jaw. Flexible red rubber tongue tip and segment of tongue have broken off the end of the remaining piece of tongue that is nailed to the inside of the lower jaw. The upper and lower jaws are wired together on each side with two equidistant vertical stitches. Cotton string is looped through a hole in the top of the head at the back edge and the ends of the string tied together.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
paint, leather skin, nux vomica wood ?, rubber, cotton fibre ? and metal
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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