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Gable MaskC1515

Gable mask with an oval, carved face painted in red, black and white with protruding eyes and ears, a protruding tongue, and a series of holes with twined sennit fibre fed through and knotted. A wedge of wood is attached to the top on the reverse, and two wooden loops are carved out of the wood at the bottom reverse.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, sennit fibre and paint
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PouchD2.116 a-b

One piece is a reddish suede ? skin pouch (part a), sewn together with a green painted design. The other piece (part b) is grass sewn up into red suede and rawhide.

Culture
Plains
Material
skin, grass and paint
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlH2.57

Circular clay bowl with rounded sides. Exterior is red with very dark geometric designs. Interior features a cream-coloured slip with red and dark brown geometric patterns and two birds. The glaze has the appearance of varnish, obtained from tree resin.

Culture
Shuar ? or Achuar ?
Material
paint, clay and resin
Made in
Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlH2.58

Circular clay bowl with rounded sides and a small raised foot--features bands of red and dark brown geometric patterning on a beige-coloured slip. The interior has a geometric border, but is largely unadorned. The glaze has the appearance of varnish, obtained from tree resin. The foot is broken, leaving the bowl out of kilter.

Culture
Interior Amazonia ?
Material
paint, clay and resin
Made in
Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlH2.59

Bowl made from a spherical brown gourd, hollow, with its top quarter cut off. Red and brown geometric and linear patterns are painted around the outside surface.

Culture
Ecuadorian
Material
paint and gourd fruit
Made in
Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC1582

Plain shaft with the end bound. Long hardwood point set in reed shaft. The long point is painted black. The end of the shaft is wrapped with fibre in a wide round bundle.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood, stem ?, fibre and paint
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BoomerangC1600

L-shaped boomerang with short end and small portion of long end painted white, rest of long end painted red, and a grey line separating the two colours. On top side, tip of long end is smooth with a tooth-patterned band and then the rest of the boomerang has grooves carved into it. On bottom side, the surface is smooth.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood, ochre pigment and paint
Made in
Northern Territory, Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SheathD2.72

Skin sheath with painted geometric design in red and blue. Red or blue wool has been wound around the tops of the long braided fringe and tassels.

Culture
Plains
Material
rawhide skin, wool fibre and paint
Made in
Manitoba, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa ClothC1337

The cloth is rectangular and natural in colour. There are several thin brown lines along the bottom edge with some extending across the cloth.

Culture
Fijian
Material
mulberry bark and paint
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa ClothC1338

Irregular shaped tapa (masi) with painted designs on natural ground. The tapa is rectangular with a narrow end piece that extends past the main piece. The main piece has thin brown stripes with two perpendicular black lines and large random black dots. The end piece has short black diagonal lines.

Culture
Fijian
Material
mulberry bark and paint
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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