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Sanjuan Mask3010/7

Sanjuan mask. Black rectangular-shaped face with slightly furrowed brow, round eye sockets, flat nose, and long, extended tongue. Fur headband and small dark feathers extending out of the top. Facial hair made of fur surrounds mouth with bared teeth. Single hole drilled on each side of mask with string tied into it. Back of mask is plain.

Culture
Kamentsa
Material
wood, paint, natural fibre and pig skin
Made in
Putumayo, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Knife2516/14 a-b

Knife (part a) with long steel blade. Top edge at blade tip is carved out in notched pattern and the blade itself curves slightly lengthwise. Base of bone handle has interwoven wires wrapped around it, upper area has incised designs and tufts of pink, black and off-white hair sticking out of protrusion openings. The wood scabbard is made of two pieces held together with 15 encircling dark brown grass bands. There are also two designs of interwoven light and dark grass forming circular patterns. The wood of the scabbard (part b) has two areas of incised designs and four areas with pink, black and off-white hair tufts. At the back of the scabbard is a thin pod-like sheath attached, which has a woven grass handle and a string attached through a slit. A piece of stiff folded pig skin(?) protrudes from the bottom opening of the scabbard. There is a group of tufts of hair at the bottom of the scabbard. The wood of the scabbard appears to have been stained.

Culture
Bidayuh ?
Material
wood, metal, pod ?, pig hair ?, stain ?, dye ?, pig skin ?, cotton fibre, human hair ?, grass ? and bone
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ChestNb677

Chest made of wood covered with leather on the top, front, sides and back. The corners and edges are reinforced with metal sheeting, and there is a border of two rows of metal tacks on the top, front and sides with a multicoloured painted inner floral motif border on the front, sides and top of the lid on a black ground. A painted floral motif decorates the top centre of the lid. A metal handle is attached at each end with a metal lock and ring at the front. The lid is hinged on the inside.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
camphor wood, brass metal, paint, metal and pig skin
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ChestNb676

Chest made of wood covered with leather on the top, front, sides and back. The corners and edges are reinforced with metal sheeting, and there is a border of two rows of metal tacks on the top, front and sides with a multicoloured painted inner floral motif border on the front, sides and top of the lid. An additional border of tacks surrounds a painted floral motif at the top centre of the lid. A metal handle is attached at each end with a metal lock and ring at the front. The lid is hinged on the inside.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
camphor wood, metal, paint, pig skin and brass metal
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ChestNb675

Chest made of wood covered with leather on the top, front, sides and back. The corners and edges are reinforced with metal sheeting, and there is a border of two rows of metal tacks on the top, front and sides with a multicoloured painted inner floral motif border on the front, sides and top of the lid on a brown ground. A painted floral motif decorates the top centre of the lid. A metal handle is attached at each end with a metal lock and ring at the front. The lid is hinged on the inside.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
camphor wood, paint, metal, brass metal and pig skin
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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