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MaskNa1124

Oval, roughly carved face mask with green-brown stain and patchy grey pigment overall. Seal head appendage at top. Dark brown seal has incised eye slits and wide mouth slit. Notches indicate nostrils. Forehead of mask is higher than plane of face. Long, narrow, nose is nailed on with three metal nails. Nose is stained dark brown with red under stain and at bottom, scraped to bare wood at tip. Almond shaped eye holes below sloped lids. Two small holes below nose and downturned mouth hole with black over red lips. A hole on each side has a two strand twine cord tied between. Back is very uneven. Black #12 above #311 on side and faded '26920-2' in white.

Culture
Inuit
Material
pigment, stain, fibre, metal and wood
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dog FigureNi50

Roughly shaped dog with long triangular head and inset blue glass bead eyes. Pointed ears above eyes. Four short wide legs and a straight thin pointed tail. Blue crayon rubbed over entire surface.

Culture
Huichol
Material
wax, wood, pigment and glass
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bull FigureNi49

Roughly shaped bull figure with triangular head and inset blue glass bead eyes. Straight circular horns above eyes. Ear on left is behind and at side of horn, while ear on right is above and behind horn. Four straight legs, with rear leg on right shorter than others. Short downward pointing tail. Red crayon band around neck and on hind quarters with blue crayon band around mid-section and on horns.

Culture
Huichol
Material
wood, glass, pigment and wax
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureNi48

Roughly shaped human figure with straight arms at front sides. Legs are drawn up to torso with knees at hip level. Forelegs are straight and the feet are pointed. The chest is flat chest and the back and the bottom are rounded. There is a large bald head with oval ears, pencilled brows, an outline to inset the eyes and eyelashes. The black bead bordered on either side by a white bead forms each eye. There is a long straight nose, flat cheeks, an indented mouth, and a pointed chin. Red crayon on chest and arms, blue crayon on back. White, blue, yellow, and orange beads are strung together to form a necklace.

Culture
Huichol
Material
fibre, graphite mineral, glass, pigment, wax and wood
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskNa1121

Oval, green-brown face mask with smooth, contoured front surface. Eyebrow ridge forms a heart-shape with chin. Almond-shaped eye holes are deep-set, prominent high cheek, triangular nose with triangular nostrils at a ninety degree angle to face and mouth slit between thin dark pink-red wedge-shaped lips. Interior surface is grey-green with rough adze marks. Two small holes on either side of eyes. There is fishing line tied through the top set of holes. There are six other holes along the outside margin which do not go through to the inside. Hole at top back, slightly off-centre. Wood is checked at top margin.

Culture
Inuit
Material
pigment and wood
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureNa1110

Miniature, carved arctic fox with tapering snout, incised mouth on flat end with nostrils at top. Eyes on sloping face with erect ears at top of head; straight body with tail out straight behind; contoured legs. Stain on top back, shallow holes on each side and on one back leg. Longitudinal cracks on body; 'Mastodon' printed on side; rectangle tape mark on one side. Entire figure is mounted on a rectangular, brown wooden base.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk, wood, pigment and adhesive
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag FastenerNa1107

Tapering cylinder with closely spaced incised spiral lines in 8 places along the length, widest line band at ends. Three closely spaced incised concentric rings are x'd 5 times around circumference; a single line equally off-centre to other side, is similarly x'd. Between first 3 line bands, at each end, are rows of x's. Two shallow elliptical holes, at centre, forming a channel for fastening.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk ? or pigment ?
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Line Drag HandleNa1106

Cylindrically shaped stylized seal; slope sided flat-topped appendage at centre around oval hole. Seal head at one end with incised circle and dot eyes, downturned mouth, nostrils and triangular line at muzzle. Square, indentation at top of head; flippers at other end with hole between. Top, non-appendage side has 3 rows of circle and dot motif. Mottled dentine visible, longitudinally, along under side at centre and across seal's head.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk and pigment ?
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CarvingNa1103

Round face, flat in cross-section with oval eyes cut through. Shallow channel over eyes and outlining cheeks. End of nose grooved in v-shape with diagonal lines, in relief, running from nose down to jaw. Oval mouth in relief. White and grey pigment in low areas and grey patchy areas, especially around outside edge.

Culture
Inuit
Material
pigment and wood
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FluteIe370

Flute consisting of hollowed bamboo held together by crisscrossed fibre. Three rings of cassowary feathers, one at the bottom, middle and top. Just below the top ring is a small hole carved out of the bamboo. The top feather ring is woven on tightly with fibre which covers this area. The stopper of the flute, above the top feather ring, is a human male figure standing full front with arms down to the side. His head is disproportionately large to the rest of his body. Standing behind him is small bird which is resting its hands on the shoulders of the human figure. Its long beak extends over the head of the human figure. The creature has ridges along its back. Tassels come out of these ridges. The bamboo and the fibre ties are covered in a black stain.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
human hair, cowrie shell, cassowary feather, sennit fibre, wood, bamboo grass, pigment and fibre
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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