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FigureE277

Full length figure with wide skirt-like costume and a headdress which comes down each side of the face with a triangular-like shape. Arms are folded and resting in the middle with hands holding each other at the waist line. Dull dark green.

Culture
Central Mexico
Material
jade mineral
Made in
Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaceN1.261 a-b

Curved, stick-like mace with a large, flat head; carved from mottled brown and grey mutton fat jade. Handle and head are carved with peaches, persimmons and flowers. Circular British Antique Dealers Association tag on bottom of mace. Part b is a flat, rectangular rosewood stand with two support posts holding the mace horizontally; tag on bottom identifies "Bluett & Sons, London."

Culture
Chinese
Material
jade mineral and rosewood wood
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Trumpet HornEe4.46

Trumpet like horn. One end is a large darkened bone (human?), dark brown with two holes bored through one end. The other end is capped with a metal cap with a small hole in its centre. Half of the bone towards the metal-capped end is wound in gold-coloured metal wire; running from this wire towards the other end are four decorative bands of metal with raised designs that, excepting the central band, are each set with three red and blue stones or minerals.

Culture
Himalayas
Material
bone, metal and mineral ?
Made in
Asia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureEdz959

White, carved figure of a standing woman in long robes, hair piled on top of her head, holding a water lily-like flower against her shoulder. Figure is mounted on base carved from brown stone.

Culture
Chinese
Material
mineral and stone
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ornament2663/29

Brass disk with clip soldered to back. Cloudy turquoise-coloured stone in centre, surrounded by flower-like clusters of attached loops of brass. Edge has a two-strand twisted rope decoration.

Culture
Tibetan
Material
brass metal and mineral ?
Made in
Tibet
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Button294/48

Rectangular button with rounded corners. Front face has a central divot through which go two small holes for stringing. One triangular divot at centre of each edge of front.

Culture
Andes ?
Material
carnelian mineral ?
Made in
Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace2663/57

Necklace of 74 oval carnelian beads in graduated sizes, strung on orange thread with knots between beads.

Culture
Tibetan
Material
carnelian mineral and cotton fibre
Made in
Tibet
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace456/6 e

Necklace composed of eight strands of cylindrical red-orange beads cut from semi-precious stone, strung on cotton or flax thread; strands are graduated lengths (36.5 to 45.5 cm), tied together at each end. The two longest strands have a silvery metallic bead in the centre. Loop made of wool yard at each end. No provision for fastening.

Culture
Hutsul
Material
mineral, cotton fibre ?, flax fibre ? and metal
Made in
Ukraine
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Lime Container1543/4 a-b

Container made of a hollow bone decorated with incised geometric patterns. One end is plugged with a piece of dark brown wood while the other has a removable wooden stopper in the shape of a man; the man's face is recessed except for the nose and forehead; ears and a headdress protrude from the head; body is decorated with arms in relief above a recessed band that then flares out to the bottom. A white powdery substance, lime(?), is in the crevices of the incised decoration.

Culture
Eastern Indonesian
Material
bone, wood and lime mineral ?
Made in
West Timor, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pendant294/34

Arch-shaped pendant with flat top edge and two incised lines from top edge around bottom and back up other side. Stringing hole is at one of the lines; another incised line is on one side from front to back.

Culture
Andes ?
Material
jade mineral ?
Made in
Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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