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Sago PotIe494 a-b

Sago pot (a) has a decorative face at the front of the pot with a protruding, snout-like nose, and a rim around the eyes ornamented with a plant fibre tassel at each side. The pot is painted yellow, black, orange, and white. The pot sits on an open weave bark fibre (?) ring (b).

Culture
New Guinea
Material
clay, bark fibre ?, paint ? and sennit fibre
Made in
Aibom, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureEe4.95

Hollow metal sculpture of a dog with an open mouth and its right front paw resting on a ball; remnants of green, black, and red paint cover the figure. Dog wears a collar with three charm-like objects on it and has a red, curling tail.

Culture
Tibetan
Material
metal and paint
Made in
Tibet
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Flute Stop FigureIe481

Flute stop representing a male figure with a black and white painted face and a cylindrical post underneath its feet. The figure is wearing a tooth necklace with a cassowary feather skirt and a cowrie shell waistband. The figure is also ornamented with a cowrie shell headband, a circular piece of shell on the forehead, shell earrings, and a segment of tusk inserted through the nose with a strip of woven cord hanging from it. The eyes are inlaid with iridescent shell.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
cowrie shell, cassowary feather, fibre, tusk, tooth, paint, wood and shell
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskIe480

Mask depicting a long and narrow human face with protruding eyes, a protruding tongue and a recurved nose with the head of a boar-like figure at the chin. The face is heavily encrusted with shells at the edges, and ornamented with black cassowary feathers at the sides. Tusks protrude from the nostrils and the cheeks as well as from the cheeks of the boar-like figure. Sennit fibre tassels are tied through holes along the protruding rod running from the forehead to below the mouth. A loop hanger is attached at the top.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
sennit fibre, cassowary feather, shell, wood, paint, wool fibre and dye
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskIe479

Carved wood mask consisting of a head with an elongated brow; a long nose, mouth and chin. The top of the head is decorated with cassowary feathers and a small tuft of human hair. The face is elaborately detailed with dark blue, light blue and brown stylized designs on a white ground. There is a long, cylindrical shaped piece of wood that stretches from the bottom of the nose to the bottom of the mask; on the end is a small carved bird. The forehead and the side of the face are inlaid with rows of small shells; the eyes and sections of the forehead are detailed with inlaid cowrie shells. The nose has boar tusk on either side. The lower sides and bottom are lined with small bundles of sennit fibre. The bottom tip and the sides have bundles of black feathers.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, shell, cassowary feather, sennit fibre, human hair, boar tusk, paint, cowrie shell and feather
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FluteIe455

Flute stop. Carved with an obal face with a handle extending from the bottom. Inlaid cowrie shell eyes are surrounded by a black tapering oval. Open black mouth with red lips and white teeth in a grin. Face is decorated with curvi-linear triangular lines painted red, black, and white. Cylindrical handle tapering at both ends. Handle is black with horizontal red and white bands at the top.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, cowrie shell and paint
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskIe449

Open-work basketry woven mask of plant fibre that tapers from the sides to a long vertical point, creating the nose with a circular eye on either side surrounded by a vertical oval. From the top of the head, there are three flat levels of radiating zig zag bands. Covered with clay and painted white, black, red and yellow-orange.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
fibre, paint and clay
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Carving1283/18 a-b

Painted wooden carving of a standing eagle with wings outstretched as if poised for flight (part a); the eagle is painted brown with a white head and tail feathers and yellow talons and beak. Part b is a segment of branch mounted on a thick wooden base with a short horizontal offshoot at the top to act as a perch; the base is covered with short dark brown inked lines.

Culture
Tsimshian ?
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ornament1400/2

Cylindrical-shaped tube with a cut-out design of a dragon down the side. Inside of tube is red. Outside of tube is gold. There is fibre wrapped around one of the ends.

Culture
Chinese
Material
wood, paint ? and fibre
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ornament1400/1

Cylindrical-shaped tube with a cut-out design of a dragon down the side. Inside of tube is red. Outside of tube is gold.

Culture
Chinese
Material
wood and paint ?
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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