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JugM1.23

Small jug made of light brown, fine grained dense clay with occasional small white limestone particles and flakes of gold mica. Thick grey/white slip covers the entire surface. The design is in thin, matte brown paint. Flat raised base, carination where base joins globular body; short narrow neck with a trefoil spout; large flat strap handle from rim to shoulder and two secondary horizontal handles on shoulder. Body and neck bear group of two concentric half circles with short pendant strokes. On handles double zigzag line framing dots.

Culture
Cypriot
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Cyprus
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JugM1.22

Miniature yellow-buff coloured jug with gray-black designs. The jug is fine grained, hard-fired clay. There is a yellow-buff slip over the entire surface and a gray-black matte pain. The jug has a very low ring foot, ovoid body, narrow neck with a large ridge and a flat everted rim. There is a small vertical handle from ridge to shoulder. Designs on the body include 11 bands of varying thickness and four sets of concentric circles above the bands. Designs on the neck consist of three horizontal bands and one wavy band. On the rim there is a ring of triangles.

Culture
Cypriot
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Cyprus
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureAe53

Large carved figure. Erect zoomorphic figure, legs flared, hands on chest, fingers extended toward chin. Monkey face, open mouth, tongue slightly protruding between teeth. Large protruding circular ears, small nose. Toes splayed, toes and fingers elongated, narrow. Stomach rounded, upper arms and thighs heavy. Figure stands on base. All over black stain except for teeth and tongue. Crack between feet extending through 2/3 of base. Nose chipped and gouged areas over most of carving. Indications that teeth may have been white, tongue pink.

Culture
Central African
Material
wood, stain and paint
Made in
Cameroon
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressAf478

An all black Janus headdress; one of the heads has a multi-peg headdress, clean-shaven, open mouth revealing filed teeth, protruding lips, ears, eyes, short nose, and a vertical ridge high on the forehead. Second head has matted hair, beard, and other features similar to first. Both heads supported by a common neck merging into a round base. Skin covering wrinkled and broken in several places, revealing wood. Base hollow, interior painted black.

Culture
Ekoi
Material
wood, skin, paint and fibre
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketEdz1362 a-b

Basket (a) with upright handle and separate lid (b). Body of basket is plaited, weft has zigzag appearance over wider horizontal warps. Border and footed twisted withe-like elements; fine wicker work above foot; handle is bamboo slats, wrapped with twisted elements at corners and on either side of wrapped circle on top. Brown overall with multi-coloured floral and bird design. Rooster and chrysanthemums on one side and a crested, long-tailed bird (pheasant?) with gardenia like flowers on the other. Handle, green outside, natural inside and warp ties (some red); border and base remnants of red; wicker work blue and white. Five wrapped bamboo strips, reinforced base. Lid has convex plaited top, rim as basket border, wicker work between, colour as basket. Painted design, blue vase with gardenia-like flowers; vegetables (?) in a basket on right and ceramic dish on left; two red and white fruit (persimmons?) to right.

Culture
Chinese
Material
paint and bamboo grass
Made in
Shantou, Guangdong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerIb372

Cylindrical container with lid from natural nodes of bamboo, one end closed on each. Red geometric patterns on container with diamond shapes. Ends with gold and red rings. Red cross on lid's indented top. Shorter lid is fitted over the longer container. Woven rings are inset into the bamboo on each. Single cut grass strand is knotted at both ends to two woven handles protruding from both sides of the container's woven ring. Grass passes up through the two drilled holes in the lid, is knotted together, and extends stiffly upwards.

Culture
Punan
Material
grass, bamboo grass and paint
Made in
Punan Lusong, Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Totem PoleNb11.239

Model totem pole with four figures, all mounted on a rectangular wooden base. Figures from bottom up: wolf, human holding fish-like animal, bird. Bottom figure is torso only, with head of wolf; large teeth, long snout, erect ears. Clothed human figure with facial paint on cheeks and painted moustache; has deep prismatic face with pronounced brow ridge; man's feet rest on wolf's head, almost forming ears; fish in his hands extends down to feet. Bird figure above has folded wings and ears. Back of pole is flat. Fragment of newspaper clipping about totem poles is glued on reverse.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
metal, paint and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureNb3.1331

Standing figure with splayed legs and bent knees. Block-shaped feet, and prominent square-like head. Black-painted arm sockets appear as protruding sections, as if arms behind back. Face and body painted in black, white, and grey-blue. Face has white spotted sections on cheeks and jaw, and line of black dots under eyes. White and grey-blue paint on middle of chest and around belly, top of legs, and around ankles. Small black circle at centre of breast. Protruding brow, open mouth turned down at corners, recessed eye area, one ear on the right side.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
paint and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FluteSf700

Cylindrical bone flute with four holes on the top; decorated with three lines of punctuated circles; a small fourth line of three circles sits near one of the ends.

Culture
Andes
Material
bone and paint ?
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CaseSf628 a-b

Roughly conical hand-built ceramic case (part a) with a rectangular hole cut out near the base. A well fitting cover (part b) for the opening has holes in the corners matching holes on the vessel. The orange ware vessel has many small scale geometric designs of hooks and frets in lengthwise rows which are painted in black on a neutral slip base. One third of the surface, opposite to opening has no design. Nipple-like projections on base and tip of cone.

Culture
Andes
Material
clay, paint and glaze
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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