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Shield3383/8

Shield with designs carved in low relief on the concave front. The body has abstract mirrored M-shaped designs in orange-red, outlined in black, with off-white in the negative space. The top of the shield has two large round white eyes, outlined in black with black pupils and a vertical ridge extending down between them. Back is plain with a large vertical carved handle. A loop of plant fibre is tied to the handle with a Jayapura Airport (DJJ) Merpati airlines luggage tag attached.

Culture
Asmat
Material
wood, paint and plant fibre
Made in
Basim, Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shield3383/6

Shield with designs carved in low relief on the convex front. The body has abstract mirrored M-shaped designs in orange-red, outlined in black, with brown in the negative space. The top of the shield has abstract eyes and nose. Back is plain except for a single black line painted horizontally across the shield above a large vertical carved handle.

Culture
Asmat
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BottleM2122

Eight-sided clear glass bottle; four narrow diagonal sides at the 'corners'. The body rounds to a broad oval shoulder, with a narrow neck at the centre. The top of the neck has been broken off long ago. Painted decorations on all sides, with a blue and white swirl around the shoulder area. One side shows a woman standing, in a green and white skirt and red blouse. The rest of the decorations are floral, curlicues, or dashes, in red, yellow, white and light blue. There is brown residue on the inside glass.

Culture
English
Material
glass and paint
Made in
United Kingdom and England
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3371/6

Carved stone dog in seated position. The figure has an open mouth with an inset pink tongue, a large slightly curled tail, small rounded ears, and etched eyes and whiskers.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone and paint
Made in
Nunavik, Quebec, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Chilkat Pattern Board3379/1

Painted wooded pattern board for weaving a Chilkat style robe. The panel is somewhat rectangular except for the bottom right corner which is cut off at an angle. There is a rectangular human-like face at the centre front, above which is an eye form containing a frog face. Below the rectangular form are two inverted eye forms, to the right of which is a foot with claws. Above, are two more eye forms. At the midpoint of the side edge is a rectangular profile human-like face looking inwards towards the centre. Back is undecorated.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
cedar wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hunting Cloth3377/19

Hunting cloth decorated with hand painted and stamped designs. Composed of two rectangular pieces of woven fabric stitched together down the long edge. Design features four partridges across the top, and a large snow leopard with a snake wrapped around its body. Ten small clover-like designs are stamped across the top, left and bottom edges with more stamped within the leopard along with stamped circles and dots. Light yellow borders the edge of the textile.

Culture
Afghan
Material
paint and cotton fibre
Made in
Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hunting Cloth3377/18

Hunting cloth decorated with hand painted and stamped designs. Composed of two rectangular pieces of woven fabric stitched together down the long edge. Design features a partridge on the left, and a large seated lion with a snake wrapped around its body. The background is stamped with clover-like designs and small dots are stamped all over the lion's body. Edges are unfinished.

Culture
Afghan
Material
cotton fibre and paint
Made in
Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hunting Cloth3377/17

Hunting cloth decorated with hand painted and stamped designs. Central figure is a large camel in trappings - cover, neck decoration and bridle with hanging bell - with two partridges above its back, and one below its head. The background is stamped with clover-like designs. Edges are unfinished. A bright orange borders the edge of the textile.

Culture
Afghan
Material
cotton fibre and paint
Made in
Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drumstick3376/4

Drumstick(?). Wooden carved stick with a rounded face at one end. The face tapers to a rounded nose, and has a notch between the brows. Behind the head is a scooped out area, like the bowl of a spoon. The face has round black eyes, two large nostrils, and a wide open red mouth. There is also a section of red and then black down the curved portion of the handle, which is flat and angular on the opposite side. There is a fine line etched around the base of the handle, and halfway around the knot in the wood.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hand Puppet3350/4

Joey the Clown puppet. Hand puppet of the Joey the Clown character, from a Punch and Judy puppet set. Head and hands carved from wood. Hands are beige. Face is painted white with a red nose, lips and triangles on the cheeks and forehead. Red lines and dots are painted around the light blue eyes. Black eyebrows painted in a semi-circle over eyes. Three large, black pom-poms glued to top of head for hair. Character is wearing a white ruffled shirt over its white fabric body. Shirt has frilled collar, epaulettes and hemline. Ruffles are trimmed with silver, red and dark blue wavy lines. Sun-like shape in centre of shirt. Shape is a red circle, with a dark blue outline and silver triangles protruding from it. Metal ring along bottom edge of body opening. Operated by inserting hand inside the body of the puppet to control the head and hands.

Culture
English
Material
fibre, linden wood, acrylic paint, metal and oak wood
Made in
United Kingdom and Axminster, Devon, England
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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