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String Puppet1232/3

A wooden male puppet (Zawgyi or Magician character) carved with black hair in a bun and a black hair for a moustache. He has an orange and yellow headdress decorated with sequins and glass circles. He is wearing a robe with a pink top that has a shiny floral pattern, and a pink and pearl-coloured robe with a swirl and zig zag pattern. His shoes are painted black. Attached to a wooden marionette handle with strings.

Culture
Burmese
Material
fibre, hair, metal, plastic, wood and glass
Made in
“Myanmar” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tea Cup529/16 a-b

Porcelain cup with plastic lid. Cup is tall and narrow with angular indent at centre of body. It is decorated on the outside with a brown platform held by scaffolding; on either side of platform are banners, three to the left and five to the right that go up in a diagonal line from the base of the scaffolding. To the left of the design are two Japanese characters in black above one character in red. Lid is domed and undecorated black.

Culture
Japanese
Material
clay, glaze, paint and plastic
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Doll1053/1 a

Doll (part a) that came in a glass case (parts b-c). The doll is a Korean drum dancer with her black thread hair tied in a bun at the back of her head near her neck with a green stick holding it in place, and a wearing a red headdress rimmed with yellow and decorated with a yellow feather-like decoration at the top and silver and blue metal flowers and gold and orange metal flowers along the sides with a pearl-like bead at the centre. She has pearl earrings. Her robe is green at the top with a red rim which has a gold floral pattern, and red at the bottom with a gold pattern. Her shoes are red and rimmed with gold. She is holding a red and yellow drum diagonally with her right hand and her left arm is curved upward and out. She is standing on a flat black rectangular wood base. Plaque on case reads: "Presented by / Korean Consul General / August 1985".

Culture
Korean
Material
fibre, dye, plastic and wood
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Paper Money335/28

Two Korean bills attached to each other and covered in a plastic(?). The denominations are a green one-hundred hwan and a brown-black five-hundred hwan. The faces of the bill that are visible are the reverse of the one-hundred hwan with Independence Gate, and the obverse of the five-hundred hwan with Lee Sung-man.

Culture
Korean
Material
paper and plastic ?
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Carving1373/42

Slender, curved, dark brown tusk-shaped object that tapers to a point. Object is carved and held vertically by a square black plastic base. The upper half is carved into the shape of a human with a tall, conical hat and hands clasped in front of themselves. The bottom half is carved with ornate patterns, giving the impression that the figure is standing on a pillar or pedestal.

Culture
West African
Material
ivory, plastic and stain ?
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask985/6

A green-faced mask with brown eyes outlined with red, red nostrils, and a red mouth with six teeth covered with shells. The black moustache is curvy as are the eyebrows. The forehead is decorated with a gold-like tear-drop-shaped design with a green stone in the middle. To each sides of the hair, there is another gold-like tear-drop-shaped design with a red-painted middle. There is a headpiece on the black hair which is gold-like and has a green stone in the middle with two red-painted areas at either sides. Attached to the sides of the mask is a rubber band.

Culture
Western Indonesian
Material
wood, paint, rubber and shell
Made in
Bali, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Headdress1060/45

Small circular-shaped beaded headdress with beaded shell fringe and a long chin strap made of two interwoven beaded strands with alternating colours of orange, blue, red, green, white and pink. In the centre and on the inside of the main part of headdress is a small circular-shaped patch of brown coloured skin. On the outside, starting at the top of the headdress is a central orange bead with three bands of vertically beaded rows extending outwards with alternating grey, brown, red and blue coloured beads. Two small skin loops are found on each side of the headdress.

Culture
Alutiiq ?
Material
glass, fibre, plastic ? and rawhide skin
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bracelet1060/21

A pink, blue, white, and red beaded bracelet with a square piece in the centre with blue, white, and pink beaded extensions. The centre square has four triangular designs.

Culture
Zulu ?
Material
glass ?, plastic ? and fibre
Made in
South Africa ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask2655/23

Black, red and white carnival mask. The white forehead has a black triangular pattern on the top with black eyebrows and eyelashes that have a hole made underneath each. The rest of the face is black with a protruding red mouth. The bulging black eyes are outlined with red. The sides of the face are carved in a zigzag pattern, making high pointed cheek bones and a protruding chin. There are two holes at either sides of the mask along the eye-line.

Culture
Mexican
Material
wood, paint and plastic
Made in
Pinotepa Nacional, Oaxaca, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask2655/24

Black, red and white carnival mask. The white forehead has a black triangular pattern on the top with black eyebrows and eyelashes that have a hole made underneath each. The rest of the face is black with a protruding red mouth. The bulging black eyes are outlined with red. The sides of the face are carved in a zigzag pattern, making high pointed cheek bones and a protruding chin. There are two holes at either sides of the mask along the eye-line.

Culture
Mexican
Material
wood, paint and plastic
Made in
Pinotepa Nacional, Oaxaca, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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