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Hand Puppet3350/9 a-b

Devil puppet. Hand puppet of the Devil character, from a Punch and Judy puppet set. Head and hands carved from wood. Components painted dark red. Character has protruding chin, hooked nose and pointed ears. Two tall, angled horns on forehead. Has black goatee. Eyes are circlular, and painted yellow with small, black pupils. Black lines on face highlight nostrils, chin, ears, furrowed brow and cheek bones. Frowning mouth is painted black. Has large slanted eyebrows. Fingers have pointed ends. Character is wearing a separate black, satin cape with a red interior (part b). Cape has high, ruffled collar. Wearing a silver-gold vest with black lines, giving it a scaled appearance. Vest only on front side of puppet and is overtop a red, velvet-like robe. Above vest, attached to robe, is a black, lace-like ascot tie. Velvet-like robe has braided trim around the bottom edge. Braid made from small gold, emerald green and dark purple plastic ribbons. 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, plastic, metal and oak wood
Made in
United Kingdom and Axminster, Devon, England
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hand Puppet3350/1 a-b

Punch puppet. Hand puppet of the Punch character (part a) and his slapstick (part b), from a Punch and Judy puppet set. Head, hands and legs carved from wood. Head and hands painted beige. Character has protruding chin and long, hooked nose. Nose, cheeks and chin are rosy. Lips are red and eyes light blue. Small red dots in the corners of the eyes. Character is wearing blue eye shadow and has large black eyebrows. Dark brown lines on face to highlight nostrils, mouth, chin, furrowed brow, ears and wrinkles around eyes. Punch has white fuzzy hair, glued to his head, and is wearing a red, yellow and gold jester’s hat. Character is wearing a red tunic with a large, yellow ruffled collar and a frilled hemline. Collar has a line of dark red trim. Cuffs have a line of wavy yellow trim. Bottom edge of tunic has two rows of wavy gold trim. Two lines down front of tunic, with an oval in between them. Lines and oval made up of yellow and orange fringe decoration. Stuffed, oval-like shapes attached to the back and belly of Punch. Shapes are same colour as tunic. Tunic connects to a black fabric body for the puppet. Hanging in front of the black fabric are two wooden legs. Legs are painted bright yellow. Has short-heeled, red shoes with yellow and red ruffles on them. Metal ring along bottom edge of body opening. Operated by inserting hand inside the black fabric body to control the head and hands. The slap stick is made of two and a half grey-brown, thin slats of wood.

Culture
English
Material
fibre, acrylic paint, linden wood, oak wood and metal
Made in
United Kingdom and Axminster, Devon, England
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dzunuk'wa Mask3370/1

Large Dzunuk'wa mask painted black and red. Mask has a protruding forehead, sunken temples and cheeks, recessed narrow eyes, hooked nose, and large pursed lips. Mask has long hair parted at the middle, long bushy eyebrows, a long moustache and goatee, all made from horse hair nailed to the mask. Back/inside is plain carved wood.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, paint, horse hair, metal and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pot3359/3

Small clay pot with globular body, rounded bottom and two lug handles on the sides. Has a short flared rim. Pot is painted white on the exterior with vertical grey stripes painted around the body. Interior rim is painted grey and interior body is painted white.

Culture
Chancay
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Jug3359/2

Small clay jug with rounded bottom, two lug handles and a tall flared rim. Sides of body are circular, front and back are flattened. Jug exterior is painted white and the handles and top rim are painted grey. Interior of jug is unpainted.

Culture
Chancay
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Jug3359/1

Small clay jug with globular body, rounded bottom and two lug handles on the sides. Rim is bowl-shaped, surrounding a smaller mouth. There are two small protuberances on the front and back of the jug. The exterior is painted white-brown and there is a wide grey-brown band painted around the bottom portion of the jug. Above the large band there is a thin grey-brown line. The base is white. The base of the jug rim is grey-brown and there are grey-brown designs on the exterior of the rim. The interior of the rim is white and the interior body is unpainted.

Culture
Chancay
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3362/4

Carved male figure. The man is standing, holding binoculars in front of his body. Wearing an off-white pith helmet with a black chin strap, and matching off-white jacket and shorts with tall black boots. The figure has wide eyes, and a thin black moustache. He has a narrow nose, wide mouth, and large ears.

Culture
Baule
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hare Mask3362/3

Hare mask of carved and painted wood. Front of mask has a flat arched forehead with two long, deep rectangular carved out sections below (leaving three long dividing lines level with the forehead). Within are two small cutout rectangular eye holes. Extending up from the head are two large rabbit ears, facing outwards. Down each side of the head are long human-like ears with a single hole drilled through the top. There are two holes drilled horizontally through the mask behind each ear, and four holes drilled through at an angle along the top edge of the back. There are many small holes randomly drilled all over. The ears and face are painted with small reddish-brown dots.

Culture
Dogon
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Mopti, Mali
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Totem Pole3342/1

Model pole, carved and painted. From top: bird, human figure, rectangular section with three faces (one with body), two figures (one wrapped around the other), and a human figure at the base. Mounted on a small wooden base painted red, off-white and black. The base is square, with a wide angled notch cut out behind the pole.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
wood, paint and metal
Made in
Port Essington, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skull Mask3326/1

Small carved skull mask. A raised ridge line extends down the forehead and nose. The lower half of the face tapers in and curves outwards at the lips. The eyes are two cutout holes, with brown pigment extending down from the holes to the peak of the lips. A crown or headband of two parallel horizontal bands topped with triangles wraps around the head. Beneath, hair is indicated by small sections of brown marked with vertical grooves. The mouth is very angular, grinning, and filled with long white teeth.

Culture
Ibibio
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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