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Brush573/1

Bamboo brush with white coloured hair bristles. Eight bamboo pieces are attached together and at the top corners, the outer bamboo pieces are cut on the diagonal. Chinese characters are written down either side.

Culture
Chinese
Material
bamboo grass, paint ?, adhesive and hair ?
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sarong1404/26

Fuschia background with large and small purple geometric paterns overall. Wide border of gold painted patterns on two ends of leaves, flowers, and interlocking diagonal lines. Narrow gold painted border on other ends of scroll shapes, and also down centre of textile, on top of centre seam, of flowers and leaves.

Culture
Western Indonesian
Material
silk fibre ?, paint and dye
Made in
Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dance ScreenNb11.354

Rectangular canvas with metal grommets and hemmed edges along the sides and top. Painted with Northwest Coast designs in black, blue and red. Repeated circular star-like motif along upper edge in blue and black. Large central image of an outstretched bird figure standing over top of a whale-like figure; figures appear to be joined in the centre and each have other faces or zoomorphic figures incorporated into them.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Tla-o-qui-aht
Material
fibre, metal and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Button1060/18

Two large, dome shaped buttons attached to a long braided piece of brown skin. The outer, rounded surfaces of the buttons are decorated with a light brown, woven, geometric pattern; the outer edge has a border of woven stripes alternating black and light brown. The undersides are painted with a black and red floral design; alternating with each petal is a red diamond. Object is tied in a knot.

Culture
West African
Material
skin, stem, fibre, paint and dye ?
Made in
“Gambia” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Carving1183/3

A flat stone piece carved with a stylized Egyptian head of ancient Egyptian mother goddess Mut facing the left. She wears an elaborate headdress. Red paint remnants.

Culture
Egyptian
Material
stone and paint
Made in
Luxor, Egypt
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Carving1183/2

A flat stone piece carved with a head facing the right with four diagonal rays of sun. Red paint remnants.

Culture
Egyptian
Material
stone and paint
Made in
Luxor, Egypt
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sake BottleEd5.2958

Bottle with a long, narrow, flared neck and a raised foot. Exterior is decorated with six scenes contained is outlines of different shapes. The two largest designs are of a floral scene and a scene with bird and bamboo; the two scenes in a fan-shaped outline are of an ocean and mountain scene and a pier and tree scene; the two scenes in the cloud-shaped outlines are of a pier, tree, and distant mountains and of a building with a tree near the ocean. Geometric decorations are at the neck and above and below band of scenes.

Culture
Japanese
Material
clay, glaze and paint
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlEd5.2957 a-b

Ta bowl of irregular, yet symmetrical, shape. Grooved indents in sides are at two opposite points and at one end to form an v-shape in the rim. Decoration in on exterior only and is brown line drawings on a beige ground. Part b is a wooden stand.

Culture
Japanese
Material
clay, paint and glaze
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure907/9

A figure of a man standing on a flat rectangular wood base. He is wearing a white, brown, and black turban-like headpiece and a red and yellow-white garment on his lower body. There is a red rectangular object attached to his right hip.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian ? or Indian: Central Indian ?
Material
wood, paper, lacquer and paint
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure907/7

A wood female figure standing on a flat rectangular base that is painted red and green. She is wearing a red tapered hat rimmed with green which looks semi-oval-like to the sides and triangular-like to the front and back. She is wearing a yellow robe rimmed with green. Her right arm is bent perpendicularly forward, and her left arm is bent toward her waist.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian ? or Indian: Central Indian ?
Material
wood, lacquer and paint
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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