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Plate441/1

Round plate edged with metal. The inner edge of the piece is decorated with light purple flowers inside semi-circles. The majority of the plate has a black coloured background and is decorated with blue, red, pink, green and gold floral designs. There is a red circle in the centre of the plate and it has an image of a bird and flowers inside of it. The under side of the plate has a metal foot, and the outer and inner edge of the piece is decorated with black coloured scale-like bands. In between the bands are alternating blue and pink floral designs on a green background.

Culture
Japanese
Material
metal, pigment and glass
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure1405/7

Dark brown standing human figure with articulated head, arms, legs, and protruding female genitalia. Figure stands over a carved pole/handle extending vertically from its feet. Red colouring has been applied in many places.

Culture
West Papuan
Material
wood, stain ? and pigment ?
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PotIe478 a-b

Clay pot (part a) with a grass ring stand (part b). The pot has a long narrow bottom with a bulbous middle that tapers into the neck that has a flared rim opening. On the side of the neck is a face decoration in relief with inset eyes surrounded by large, protruding cheek-like structures. Around the head is band of small ovals; below is a band of large, outlined ovals with many small ovals in the middle. The pot is covered in ochre while the face has traces of black pigment. The fibre ring (part b) consists of numerous pieces wrapped and knotted on the outside edge.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
clay, plant fibre ?, ochre pigment and pigment
Made in
East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BoardIe464

Board with overall elongated oval shape. The board is decorated with a symmetrical curvilinear design that is divided down the centre of the length and is carved into the wood with a slightly raised border around each shape. The design is filled in with white and black pigment and the remainder is covered in an orangy-brown on the face and a blackish finish on the reverse.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood and pigment
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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VesselSf1172

Zoomorphic pottery vessel with strap handle. Appears to be in the shape of a duck with short spout and three holes in back of head. Handle goes from spout to neck of duck.

Culture
Viscus
Material
clay and pigment
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Slit GongIb471

Indonesian slit gong or Kentongan wood drum from carved in the shape of a figure with a cylindrical shape body and a flat bottom. The top has a bulbous head with a carved face with incised eyes, nose, mouth and ears. There is a semi-circular ridge in the top with a hole drilled through the head for hanging. Through the middle of the body is a large slit opening that leads to a hollow interior. There is an incised band around the bottom edge with a stylized design. The band and the head are painted red.

Culture
Western Indonesian ?
Material
wood, stain and pigment
Made in
Lombok, Nusa Tenggara Barat, Indonesia ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CoinEdz2947

Round, 4-sided hole in centre, rims around outer edge and centre hole, obverse 4 characters, crescent and line on reverse. Zhouyuan tongbao (top-bottom-right-left) in Chinese characters on obverse; 2 lines bottom on reverse.

Culture
Chinese
Material
metal and pigment
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask1373/8

Oval-shaped mask with brown-coloured rim and hair. Hair protrudes upwards at an angle and is carved with grooves to simulate hair texture. Face is white, has arched eyebrows, closed eyes with thin slits, a small triangular nose, triangular ears, and protruding lips; chin comes to a tapered point.

Culture
Punu
Material
wood, synthetic fibre, paint and pigment
Made in
Gabon
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeadCd353

Bead with tapering depth to one side and cross-hatching incised overall with off-white pigment in the recessed areas.

Culture
Egyptian
Material
stone and pigment
Made in
Egypt
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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EwerEdz1416

White pitcher with a flat base, double rounded body, short neck and narrow mouth. The lower body rounds in to a narrow middle, before rounding out again to form the upper body. The handle and spout attach once to each the upper and lower bodies. The handles is in the shape of a small dragon. Brown-black spots symmetrically but widely spaced on the glaze. Opaque, unctuous, blue tinged glaze falls short of base in places.

Culture
Chinese
Material
glaze, ferrous oxide pigment and clay
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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