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Rod Puppet2872/32 a-c

Panakawan puppet named Semar. The head (part a) has a white face with protruding bumps behind each ear and in the middle of the forehead. The eyes are partially open and have red pupils. Below the small nose is an open smiling mouth with one white tooth protruding from the lower gum. The lower lip protrudes out past the upper, which is lined with a small black moustache. A tuft of fibre hair sticks out of the top of the head, and the black painted hair is gathered at the back of the head in a bun. The torso (part b) is uncovered and painted black. There is a bulge between the shoulders at the back, and to the front are a plump pectoral area and a bulging belly. A white bag with a strap is draped horizontally across the chest. A checked sarong with a green waistband falls past the puppet’s feet and hides a removable wooden stick, embedded in a white wooden base, (part c) that extends through the torso to control the movement of the head. The arms are moveable at shoulder and elbow by wooden sticks attached to each hand. Red bracelets surround each wrist. The thumb and third and fourth fingers of each hand are curled into the palm, while the first and second fingers remain straight.

Culture
Sundanese
Material
wood, cotton fibre, paint and plastic fibre ?
Made in
West Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shell Necklace2763/7

Necklace made of small yellowish shells strung onto plastic thread. Shell-fringed medallion-like pendant is made of blue, green, and yellow plastic raffia wrapped around a disc of cardboard ? and decorated with a ring of shells around a brown seed.

Culture
Tuvaluan
Material
shell, plastic fibre, paper and seed
Made in
Tuvalu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket2763/16

Colourful basket with rectangular base and oblong rim, woven with stiff pink, purple, white, green and natural coloured grass. Two looping macrame straps are attached at the top and bright yellow, pink, blue and green grass flowers and tassels decorated the front.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
leaf, grass, plastic fibre and synthetic dye ?
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace2623/22

Alternating Job's tears and bush banana tips strung on green plastic fibre.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
job's tear seed, plastic fibre and plant
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace2623/44

Coconut shell scraper attached to a necklace of Job's tears strung on green plastic fibre. Scraper has been sharpened to a concave rounded edge and sides have been notched for decoration. A small piece of bark fibre rope loops the scraper to the necklace, hiding the plastic fibre. Pahaion necklace.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
coconut nutshell, plastic fibre, bark fibre and job's tear seed
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace2623/27

Boar tusk and bush banana tips necklace. The tusks are wrapped to the strand of bush banana tips with two types of fibre. The banana tips are strung on a clear plastic fibre.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
nutshell, boar tusk, plastic fibre and fibre
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace2623/24

Large polished shell and bush banana tips strung on green plastic string. Shell has two additional holdes at each end, suggested that it had previously been used for a similar purpose.

Culture
Torres Strait Islander
Material
shell, nutshell ? and plastic fibre
Made in
“Torres Strait Islands: Thursday Island” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace2623/23

Necklace made from bush banana tips and Job's tears in alternating sections and strung on clear plastic fibre.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
job's tear seed, plant and plastic fibre
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fly Whisk3577/11

Fly whisk. The handle is a short and relatively straight stick covered with woven back and yellow fibre, held together by orange stitching. At upper end is a long, thick hank of white horse hair, attached by a tightly woven panel fibre. Hair thins toward end of whisk.

Culture
Ethiopian
Material
fibre, horse hair ?, wood and plastic fibre
Made in
Ethiopia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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