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FibreAa50

Tan vegetable fibre. One end is smooth, the remainder is pounded into a soft, very light mass.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
plant fibre
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskEh28

Mask with a slightly elongated, humanoid face with fibre hair held in place by nails and a dark red face. The mask also has exaggerated features: a protruding nose, ears, and pointed chin as well as bulging eyes with large black irises and a crescent-shaped slit beneath each eye. Black lines are used to define eyebrows and nostrils, and wrinkles in low relief on forehead and at the corners of the eyes. The mask's open mouth displays two square white teeth protruding from the upper lip. On the reverse a screw eye is inserted in the top of the head behind the hair, and there are two twined strings, each attached to the hair at either end of the head.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
metal, wood, paint, plant fibre and fibre
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskEh2

Mask depicting a prince figure (kolam mask) with an elongated pink face, a wrinkled brow, high arched black eyebrows, wide eyes with a crescent-shaped slit under each, a narrow protruding nose, small ears, and a small open mouth with an upper set of teeth showing. The prince figure is wearing a lobed grey-white crown with a red border and red design of dots in concentric circles on the narrower centre lobe of the crown. Holes at either side of the mask, and in the chin. Loop of coarse twine tied through screw eye on reverse. A label on the reverse reads, "PRINCE: Kolam, " in typewritten characters, and "44" handwritten in blue ink.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
wood, paint and plant fibre
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskEh25

Mask with humanoid face that is orange brown with thin black eyebrows, a thick black moustache with long pointed ends, a black beard, protruding eyes that are flat and angled downwards, protruding pointed cheeks, and a rounded opem mouth showing two rows of teeth. At the top of the head is a turban carved in relief with three wrapped folds, green fading to yellow at the edges. Twine is threaded through a hole on either side of the face, and is attached to nail at the top. An inscription in blue pencil on the reverse reads, "23 TIG No. 36" with the 36 crossed out.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
plant fibre, paint, wood and gesso
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskEh96

Mask depicting Kendy Paliya with a humanoid face and a movable lower jaw. The round, black eyes are deeply recessed with crescent-shaped openings directly beneath each. Tha mask also has big black eyebrows with a hint of yellow and green, black lines that adorn the forehead, cheeks, and nostrils, a prominent nose with flared nostrils, a plant fibre moustache, stuffed red cloth lips, and fifteen white plastic teeth. Label on reverse reads, "Kendy Paliya."

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
cotton fibre ?, paint, nux vomica wood ?, plastic and plant fibre
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskEh125

Mask depicting a yellow creature's head with bushy black eyebrows, pointed ears, large upward looking eyes, flared round nostrils and a wide open mouth exposing eighteen upper and fifteen lower large pointed teeth. There is also a plume-like protrusion between the eyes. Two pieces of twine, two pieces of bark ? and one piece of nylon are attached at the back.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
wood, paint, nylon fibre, cotton fibre, clay ? and plant fibre
Made in
Denegeri, Sri Lanka ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Plant MaterialAa136

Soft plant fibre, beige in colour, beaten flat and gathered in a bundle.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
plant fibre
Made in
Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatIb433

Long rectangular mat of plaited split-leaf grass fibres. The majority of fibres are yellowish brown with some green and purple fibres. The edges on the long side have been folded over and woven back to create a finished edge and a border.

Culture
Dusun
Material
plant fibre
Made in
Jambi, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskEh121

Mask depicting a male humanoid face with a multicoloured crown that has a line and dot design, back hair around small projecting ears, black eyebrows, red-rimmed eyes that each have a crescent-shaped hole beneath, a pointed nose, a black moustache with upturned ends, and a smiling mouth with red lips. Twine is knotted through holes beneath the ears on either side.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
lacquer ?, plant fibre, paint and wood
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskEh126

Mask depicting a creature with a red-brown face dotted with white spots, bushy black eyebrows, protruding eyes that look upwards and have black centres surrounded by radiating black lines on white. A vertical ridge between the eyes joins a square snout with round holes for the nostrils. The mouth is wide open to expose white teeth and a wide red leather tongue, which is nailed to bottom of the jaw and protrudes out the front. Two pointy ears either side of the face.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
leather skin, wood, paint and plant fibre
Made in
Galle, Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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