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Maiden Spirit Mask3466/2

Mmwo helmet mask, depicts a female face with an elaborate headdress. Face is coloured dark cream with raised dark brown lines down the centre of the forehead and across brow ridges. Additional lines highlight the eyes, mouth, cheeks, nostrils and ears. Dark brown dots painted down length of the nose. Hair is done in dark brown and has incised spirals and lines throughout. Headdress is on the top centre of the head. Left and right sides consist of rows of tiered, rounded triangles, protruding outward. Three tall arches in centre. Smaller, outer arches are identical, with mostly hollow interiors except for a wavy line through the middle. Central arch has a large semi-circle in the middle, with circle decorations protruding from the edges, connecting it to the arch. Square cut-outs along edges of all arches, where crescent-shaped pieces are inserted. Headdress is painted dark brown with dark cream highlights. Holes through mask for the eyes, mouth and ears. Interior of mask is undecorated.

Culture
Igbo
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Maiden Spirit Mask3466/1

Mmwo helmet mask, depicts a female face with an elaborate headdress. Face is cream coloured with raised brown lines highlighting the brow ridge, nose, eyes, mouth and ears. Additional raised dark brown designs on forehead and around ears, decorated with incised lines, painted cream. The designs are two circles next to the ears and a star-like shape on the forehead. Brown circles are painted on the cheeks, at ends of raised lines. Hair is painted dark brown and has incised spirals and lines throughout. Headdress is on top centre of head. It consists of three arches. The smaller, outer arches are cream coloured and have dark brown circles protruding from the outer sides. Below them are dark brown, irregularly shaped arches that extend toward the sides of the mask. Central arch consists of curved, dark brown poles with a hollow semi-circle on top. In middle of semi-circle are white and dark brown circles. Square cut-outs along edges of all arches, where crescent-shaped pieces are inserted. Holes through mask for eyes, mouth and ears. Wrapped cloth border tied around lower edge of mask, interior is undecorated. Large sections of mask’s headdress are missing.

Culture
Igbo
Material
wood, paint and cotton fibre
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask3442/1

Dark reddish brown painted, wooden face mask. Face has an angular nose, slit-like eyes and protruding lips. Area surrounding eyes is sunken, carved teeth are small and pointed. Geometric motif incised on forehead, lines and ovals carved across cheeks, linear design along chin. Square-like ears on either side of face, with holes drilled through the lobes. Mask has holes for eyes, nose and mouth. A bulbous headpiece is carved above the face. Circles imprinted across sides, at intervals, and top. Headpiece has an additional woven component, attached to the upper back and sides. Woven headpiece is made of thickly braided fibre, shaped by an inner slat frame. Rectangular sections of knotted fibre protrude from the sides and top. Below the headpiece is an open-weave net made of plant fibre, that hangs down behind the wearer's head.

Culture
Chokwe
Material
wood, plant fibre, fibre, bark ? and paint
Made in
Democratic Republic of the Congo ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spindle3263/72

Spindle with long, thin wooden shaft; pointed at both ends and thicker towards the centre. Encircling lines in dark brown and white paint decorate the shaft, towards the bottom end of the spindle.

Culture
Chancay
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spindle3263/71

Spindle. Long, thin wooden shaft pointed at both ends and thicker at centre; pierces a clay bead in centre. Encircling lines in dark brown, yellow and white paint decorate the shaft on both sides of bead. Bead is round, painted black and decorated with an incised line towards its top. Line is filled with white paint. Tufts of wool(?) spun around the shaft, above the bead.

Culture
Chancay
Material
wool fibre ?, wood, clay and paint
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Dress3263/24

Fragment of a garment. Textile is light brown-white and rectangular in shape. Grid of squares painted overtop entire surface. Squares are divided into two diagonal triangles. Triangles in upper left corner are plain brown-orange. Triangles in lower right have dark brown diagonal lines with perpendicular repeating straights lines extending from the diagonal lines. Textile stitched to cream coloured fabric, secured to off-white matboard.

Culture
Chimu
Material
cotton fibre and paint
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spindle3263/88

Fragment of a spindle shaft. Top end is tapered, bottom end is splintered. Dark and light brown bands painted near the base. Dark yellow cotton yarn wound around shaft, above the painted decoration.

Culture
Chancay
Material
wood, cotton fibre and paint
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hand Puppet3350/3

Baby puppet. Hand puppet of the Baby character, from a Punch and Judy puppet set. Head, hands and central body carved from wood. Visible wood components- head and hands- painted beige. Character has protruding ears, round cheeks and long button nose. Cheeks are rosy. Mouth is open and painted pink. Eyes are light blue circles with white dots in them. Baby has short red-orange strands of yarn for hair. Character is wearing a red polka-dotted dress and white bib, with lace-like trim. Dress has two rows of wavy blue trim along the bottom edge. Plain wood cylinder, that head is attached to, inside fabric body with rod attached to bottom. Metal ring along bottom edge of body opening. Operated by holding the rod inside of the puppet’s body.

Culture
English
Material
fibre, linden wood, acrylic paint, metal and cotton fibre
Made in
United Kingdom and Axminster, Devon, England
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sanjuan Mask3010/12

Sanjuan Mask. Wide face painted black. Small red downturned mouth and large flat nose. Strip of leather with some hair nailed horizontally across top of forehead with three nails. Single hole drilled on either side with yellow string attached. White collar extends from below jawline. Back of mask is unpainted.

Culture
Kamentsa
Material
wood, paint, synthetic fibre and animal skin
Made in
Putumayo, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blowing Shaman Mask3010/9

Blowing Shaman Mask. Shaman has deep orbital sockets with holes for eyes, nostrils and the pursed mouth. The cheekbones are well-defined and the nose is carved in high relief. The face is painted red with black eyebrows and hair painted over. He wears a green, yellow, and white ringed collar. Drilled hole on each side for twine.

Culture
Kamentsa
Material
wood, paint and plant fibre
Made in
Putumayo, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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